The name Maceo Parker is synonymous with funky music. From his early funk beginnings with James Brown to jumping aboard the Mothership with George Clinton to stretching out with Bootsy's Rubber Band, Maceo Parker's musical career is strongly intertwined in the history of funk music. Backed by the tightest little funk orchestra on earth, Maceo Parker navigates deftly between James Brown's 1960's soul and George Clinton's 1970's freaky funk while exploring mellower jazz and the grooves of hip-hop.