My earliest recollections of music are late '60s soul music (James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding) and rock like the Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The first albums I truly devoured as full-on, cohesive albums, though, were both by George Clinton: Parliament's Mothership Connection and Funkadelic's One Nation Under Groove. Interestingly enough, this all came about because of my older sister, who took me to see the Mothership Connection Tour (I think my Mom insisted, so sis wouldn't be alone with her then boyfriend) and later bought me One Nation as a Christmas present. Basically, I lucked out big time.