RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS HELP GEORGE CLINTON DURING HIATUS

Although the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still on an indefinite break, the band found the time to help long time friend George Clinton and his Gangsters of Love

Ever since George Clinton produced The Red Hot Chili Peppers album “Freaky Styley” back in 1985, they have shared a special musical bond and they have collaborated together countless times since then. Now that The Red Hot Chili Peppers continue on with their indefinite hiatus, it seems only natural that the director of The Mothership, George Clinton, was the only one who could bring the band together during their much earned time apart. For George Clinton’s latest album “George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love” The Red Hot Chili Peppers are joined by Kim Manning for a version of the classic song “Let the Good Times Roll.”

We caught up with George Clinton to get his thoughts on The Red Hot Chili Peppers helping the music come alive for their version of “Let the Good Times Roll.”

“Oh man, it brought it alive. When I do that kind of stuff they always bring it alive. They played “Free Your Mind, Your Ass Will Follow” for me and they made us start going back and redoing those songs. They are my boys. I mean, that’s like family for real. I just looked at a lot of the videos the other night and they’ve been on quite a few of the projects with me. You know that “Presence.” For instance we did that “Cinderella Theory” and “Hey Man Smell My Finger” and “Paint the White House Black” they was on that. They’ve been on quite a few of them. We did The Grammy’s with them, both groups at the same time. Give it Away!”

Just a few of George’s friends who also lent their talents to the project where Sly Stone, Carlos Santana, El Debarge, RZA from Wu Tang, Shavo Odadjian formerly of System of a Down and Kim Burrell. Look for The Red Hot Chili Peppers to continue on their hiatus after their success of their last album “Stadium Arcadium.” Although nothing is set in stone, Flea recently stated the band plans to break for at least 2 years, which will take them into 2010.