Billy Bass, the founding bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic whose real name was William Nelson, Jr., died on Saturday. The Facebook account for that group's frontman, George Clinton, announced the news ...

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Nelson co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton and was responsible for the name "Funkadelic" George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic/Facebook Billy Bass Nelson, the founding bassist for ...

The death of Nelson, who coined the term “Funkadelic,” was announced on the Facebook page of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. “We have now received official confirmation,” the post stated.