I would have to say this is probably one of the most soulful guitar solo's ever recorded. Every single note and sound dripping with impact.

A late night staple every Saturday night on Cleveland 70's radio! Great song!

Eddie Hazel, so brilliant. Definitely a disciple of Hendrix but did what true artists do and played authenticly from the heart. One of the most beautiful guitar recordings ever.

Eddie’s Hazel at his finest. I was wondering which version you would do. Mike Kid Funkadelic Hampton jams this also.

He was asked to play like he just heard his mom died😢 there's a LOT Going on in this ❤

First solo = Hazel finding out his Mum died. Second solo = She's still alive.

I got turned on to this album on my way to bootcamp for the Navy, 1978. On the bus to go to the airport, I met a brother named, "Walker", … military, you know everybody by their last name. Anyway my brother, Walker, enlighten me. I loved the album so much that I bought it for my sister for Christmas that year. You younger generation folks discovering this gold mine of music, really yanks the memories out of the "cobwebs of my mind". Keep you minds open grasshopper... so many jewels out there.

George Clinton to Eddie Hazel,tripping on acid, "Play like you heard your mom just died" Pressed RECORD One take. The GOAT

5:54 when that acid wave hits you hard,😂

Eddie Hazels guitar solo on this is literally rated one of the best solos on any instrument of all time.

Psychedelic Funk classic. Good request.

This is the opening cut on side 1 of the LP.

Intensity. Love this tune.

Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow

Eddie Hazel was a beast and a force of nature. If you like his guitar, check out Dean Ween's tribute (the band Ween) called "A Tear for Eddie". And if you like the studio version (Chocolate and Cheese is the album) then do check out some live performances, a couple are on youtube that are very eddie.

The contrast between this song and the rest of the album is something to behold.

Holy wow! Felt every bit of that! Great pick, Kyle! 💛💛💛

The first three funkadelic albums was the whole group doing lsd and you can hear it in the music the lyrics says it all You can hear Eddie all over the free your mind album and the parliament osmium album

EPIC CLASSIC!

great solo..Love Funkadelic...they say he was on acid when he recorded this one...george use to say every black man should listen to Zappa and sometimes they played a zappa tune early in the show..Where do you think they dreaw the ideas of creating band folk lore from like the comics and artwork...

You guys are great...and funny. The intro vocal is profound...& also HILARIOUS.

Fuzz drenched cascades of notes. Enough to make anyone damn, get off their ass and jam.

Incredible. This song is definitely not from the "easy listening" genre. Thanks for that back story Dan. The solo conveys all those feelings & emotion in a pure form. And for some reason I usually get a contact high whenever I listen to it. 😎

Absolutely beautiful 😍 Well deserving of all the hype. Next week I'm going to request "November Hotel" by Mad Season which I feel a strong connection to Maggot Brain.

The re- recorded this on the One Nation album and as a 45 that came with the album. I would play the 45 on 78rpm to make it even faster. Of course I smoked first 😎🤘🏾😎🤘🏾

This was pure emotion. George Clinton put his guitarist in a room, surrounded him with amps and speakers and told him to think of his grandmother dying and this was the result The great Eddie Hazel!

I haven't heard this song for about 40 years....I forgot how good it is.

Who said a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock and Roll 🎸?

definitely on trip.

This was an anthem in my college days. We’d get a good joint and listen to this and ALL of War . Even though I don’t do the joints anymore I am kind of curious what this would sound like with a good joint and some good headphones. 😊😉

Although Dan covered most of what I was going to say, I will add that this was recorded in one take. During the mixing process, George Clinton ramped down the volume of most of the other musician's parts and added delay and echo effects. "Maggot Brain" is really acid-rock, with very little funk, and the mix further emphasizes that. As a whole, it sounds like little else in Funkadelic's catalog, although the acid-rock style guitar shows up in many songs. The balance of the album has a heavy funk-rock groove (though not as dance oriented as some of their later stuff). "Super Stupid" is psych-funk, while "Wars of Armageddon", the final cut (and almost as long as "Maggot Brain") is an all over the map freakout jam. In the mid 1970s, Funkadelic and alter-ego Parliament, who recorded separately, began touring together as Parliament-Funkadelic or P-Funk. In 1981, for myriad reasons, Clinton dissolved both bands, but continued on solo and as the P-Funk All-Stars. I saw them for the first time in 2009, shortly before Clinton quit drugs and cleaned up his personal and business lives. When I next saw them in 2015, George had the dress and haircut of a company CEO. His makeover didn't affect the music though.

Besides Zappa there is a lot of space reserved for Funkadelic/Parliament in my music collection.

George Clinton told Eddie Hazel before they recorded Eddie he should play like he heard that his mother died. Clinton removed the other tracks. Story says they were on LSD

George loved Zappa.

Classic!

Yes!

great disk!

Who Says A FUNK Band Can’t Play Rock Music! FUNK ON!!!

Nice!!

A nice trip through outer space...

You guys should do Not for want of trying by Maybeshewill. The video is equally as powerful as the song.

There's an interesting "re-imagining" on Bill Laswell's Lost In TheTranslation track 2 "Peace" this link is for that track but the image is not the album cover kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8yAe85ytpjZgn0.html

Funkadelic is a Rock Band!

which came first? Maggot Brain or Watermelon in Easter hay?...hmm

apart from the narrative, which to me seemed pointless, I found this very soulful and chill, and with Dan's explanation at the end which I didn't know, gives it a bit more bite. I would argue about it being the best guitar solo ever though. It loses direction towards the end. You're hearing 2 guitars not just echoes. Though a different type of music, it's why I never liked Iommi's solo's as there were 2 different ones at once. Still, enjoyed this a lot

Give me some of what he'd been having

George Clinton: ...and play the second part of the song like you know that she actually didn't die.

🤘🏾🍭☠️👿👊🏾🕳🛰🛶🚀🎯💣🚨🖤

James Brown knocked her up first 2nd Sly Stone knocked her up 3rd time George Clinton and P- Funkadelic knocked her up

ATOMIC DOG!!!!! Please.🙏

I dig a bunch of P-Funk songs, this was never one of them. I've tried and tried but it just doesn't grab me.

Ya bobble heads look like edits

hippie black band. Took drugs ?

Just like Mr Zappa the solo is good but goes on way to long.........

Hey guys how's it going it's been a minute since I've been this way I seen that funkadelic maggot Brain had to check this video out and by the way I love your blue oyster Cult t-shirt that was from there very first album 1972. this whole entire funkadelic album is good another good track on this album wars of Armageddon which is very aggressive and intense and the last track on side 2

Eddie did this solo in one take for the album. He is 100% instrumental in adding the Hendrix style of play into the funk World of James Brown and Sly Stone. He is a guitar legend but I still feel he doesn't get the credit that he deserves on how impactful he was to music and a genre.