{"id":19879,"date":"2024-03-20T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=19879"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:41:21","slug":"leon-county-commission-honors-funk-musician-george-clinton","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/leon-county-commission-honors-funk-musician-george-clinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County Commission honors funk musician George Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19879-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/georgeclinton032024s.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/georgeclinton032024s.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/03\/georgeclinton032024s.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The Leon County Commission honored funk musician George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic with a proclamation at last night&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton has already been honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. And he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. But he was emotional at the recognition from the place he calls home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-row\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-column\">\n<div class=\"PromoXS-content\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was already in love with the place,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, after this, y\u2019all ain\u2019t going to be able to get rid of me. Thank you. Thank everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Ben Crump was among those who accompanied Clinton to the podium and praised him\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230;because your music brings people together from all walks of life. I mean\u2026if ever there was a time for us to have one nation under a groove, it is now! 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