Never had you down as a Parliament/PFunk fan Mr Mooney but, yep , they were an important part of the music scene weren't they ? Had the pleasure of seeing 'Bootsy's Rubber Band at the Odeon, New Street in 1970 something; they were on with Ray Parker Jnr's Raydio. I have to say that I have never heard such a loud bass as that, it fair rattled the place. However, I am lead to believe that Lemmy (RIP) was even louder !
You probably know this anyway but did you realise Ray Parker played guitar on Band of Gold - Freda Payne.