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Marshall began playing guitar in his teens, counting as musical influences P-Funk (Parliament Funkadelic), Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats, Prince, Django Reinhardt, Steven Hufsteter, Matthew Ashman from Bow Wow Wow, the Clash, Michael Jackson, the Talking Heads, Björk, and the Isley Brothers, among many others.
Individually and collectively the band members have performed with or opened for Dispatch, Bela Fleck, John Paul Jones, Devotchka, Michael Franti, Little Feat, Yonder Mountain String Band, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, State Radio, String Cheese Incident, Shanti Groove, and others.
A personal management company, Available Entertainment went on to represent George Clinton, Parliament/Funkadelic, Brian Auger, Living Colour, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Iranian singer, writer, performer Sussan Deyhim.
The earliest use of sine wave synthesizers and Parliament-Funkadelic-style bass grooves in Dr. Dre's work appeared on N.W.A's single "Alwayz into Somethin'" from their 1991 album Efil4zaggin.
As early as 1989, Dr. Dre's production was styled around fewer samples per track, studio instrumentation, and heavy sampling from artists – Parliament-Funkadelic most notably in Dre's case – who were amenable to having their music sampled by hip hop producers.
Heavy Metal Funkason is the first full-fledged solo album by Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton.
With the help of veteran soul producer Rena Sinakin, Michael Chance recorded early song demos with such laudable talents as Robert Martin (Orleans, Frank Zappa, Etta James), Wayne "Tex" Gabriel (of John Lennon and Elephant's Memory), Steve "Muruga" Booker (of the Parliament-Funkadelic), Steve Wise (Stevie Wonder's protégé), and Bruce Hawes, a pioneer of The Sound of Philadelphia.
Notable national performers (on the B and C stages located in the parking lot south of the stadium) included Sister Hazel, John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Tonic, The Charlie Daniels Band, STS9, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, as well as guitar greats Eric Johnson and Buddy Guy.
Additionally, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (of Parliament-Funkadelic), both also featured on the debut album, return for one lengthy track each: "Deathstar" includes Collins' "free-form bass explorations" and "Crossing" features Worrell's "psychedelic improvisation on a distorted Hammond organ".