Tawl Ross
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Lucius "Tawl" Ross was the rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic
from 1968 to 1971 and played on their first three albums. He left the band in 1971 soon after a debilitating experience with LSD
. He moved back to North Carolina and dropped out of the music scene, but resurfaced in 1995 after a nearly 25-year absence to release a solo album, a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline - Giant Shirley, issued by Coconut Grove Records under the name "Tal" Ross.
Ross is now living in Maxton, North Carolina, recording local groups in a home studio.
Funkadelic
Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
from 1968 to 1971 and played on their first three albums. He left the band in 1971 soon after a debilitating experience with LSD
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
. He moved back to North Carolina and dropped out of the music scene, but resurfaced in 1995 after a nearly 25-year absence to release a solo album, a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline - Giant Shirley, issued by Coconut Grove Records under the name "Tal" Ross.
Ross is now living in Maxton, North Carolina, recording local groups in a home studio.
External links
- The Motherpage - review of a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline.