Aced Out Podcast

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more When singer/musician/songwriter LINDA SHIDER met the folks in Parliament-Funkadelic, she was working as a stewardess for Pan Am. A ...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more When DAWN SILVA – (Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk, GAP Band, All My funky Friends] – shopped her autobiography, The FUNK QUEEN to boo...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more As an undergrad at Cal Berkeley in the early 80s, RICKEY VINCENT— (History of Funk show and book/ Party Music/ Phool 4 the Funk)— st...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more “I remember I got paid $20 for a gig, man,” says RUSTEE ALLEN, funk bassist extraordinaire, first introduced to the world via the tr...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more At just age 20, STEVIE PANNELL, then strictly a bassist, wrote a song in his grandmother’s basement. He thought it was kinda special...

On October 16, 2021, RICHARD SEGOVIA — Mayor of the Mission District, San Francisco — put on an all-day show at La Raza Park to commemorate the unveiling of a new mural added to ...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more “Keepin that funk alive, to me, there’s no more of an important mission.” So declares PATRYCE “CHOC’LET” BANKS, cofounder of one of...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more “As long as you’re consistent, things can happen.” So says solo artist JAY DOUBLE YOU!—who began his funk career as a pro drummer i...

visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more In the early 1980s, when percussionist extraordinaire JUAN ESCOVEDO was in his early 20s, he was working for his cousin as a lands...

** visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more ** In the late 80s, when wonder woman of funk and rock bass STARR CULLARS was in her senior year in college, Prince—who was then...

** visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more ** “The funk is the stench that you smell after you work really hard.” So says MURGA BOOKER, drummer, percussionist, shaman & ca...

** visit acedoutpodcast.com to see photos and more ** The powerpack West Coast hip hop duo GOOCH GANG began out of necessity. Just over 10 years ago, LA-raised, longtime Bay Area ...