Nelson co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton and was responsible for the name "Funkadelic" ...

Flea has led tributes to the Funkadelic bassist, who was one of the founding architects of funk’s most audacious musical revolution ...

The musician born William Nelson, Jr. played on the George Clinton-led Funkadelic's first three studio albums.

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., a founding force behind the funk revolution of Parliament-Funkadelic, has died at 75, ...

Billy Bass Nelson, the original bassist for what was once George Clinton's backing band Funkadelic, has died, the band ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton’s pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has ...

In the documentary One Nation Under a Groove, Bass recalls how the heavy psychedelic rock of Funkadelic crystalized at a show where they opened for Vanilla Fudge. When Funkadelic's gear was lost on ...