What role did they play? Did the women in the P-Funk write or produce any songs?
DS: I feel the women in P-Funk played a huge and significant role in terms of contributions to the group. Not only the singers, but some of the wives who served as managers and promoters. The sound of the She-Funk voices, Parlet and The Brides, covered layers of character voices. We tapped into all genre’s of music, from funk, rock, pop, jazz, blues, classical, opera, country, gospel to rhythm and blues. I still hear samples of our voices on rap songs, soundtracks and commercials. We were accustomed to having male singers produce the sessions –Ron Dunbar, Gary Shider, Glen Goins, Junie Morrison –even if we came up with the part, we didn’t get the credit. As it was back in the day, women took a back seat, and yes there was a pigeon hold in terms of our creativity. I only know of 2 females in the”P” who actually received a credit for writing songs on the Parliament/Funkadelic music catalouge, and that’s Jeanette Washington and Linda Shider. Even though we all have gold and platinum rec
