In Memoriam: Bassist, singer, songwriter, and producer Billy Bass Nelson was a founding member of 1997 Inductees Parliament-Funkadelic – he even came up with the name “Funkadelic” – and played a key role in shaping the band's signature sound. His blues-, jazz-, and R&B-influenced bass guitar style was a crucial element of the first three George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic albums, including 1971’s revolutionary classic Maggot Brain. Nelson’s influence can be heard in the work of many bassis