Stretch Arm Strong perform w/ George Clinton

Official press release: Right after Stretch Arm Strong finished playing songs off their new record, Free At Last, to a packed invite-only pre CMJ party at New York's SCB, a colorful dreadlocked singer made his way up on stage as SAS drummer John Barry laid down some rather out of character beats. Stretch vocalist, Chris McLane, introduced (though really, at this point none was needed) and handed the mic to George Clinton, of Parliament Funkadelic, who immediately went in on some improvisational funk rhymes. For almost 10 minutes, bass player Jeremy Jeffers and Barry kept up the rhythm, not too surprisingly well, considering they are one of the best combos out there, while guitarists David Sease and JC Lopez traded off on solos whenever Clinton took a break to beam out at the captivated crowd. "It was our pleasure to be a part of something so great like that. It was the first time we've ever played a CMJ related event and to have that included with someone as influential as George Clinton is mind-boggling. We all had so much fun. It was an honor and a privilege." Check out pics at www.stretcharmstrong.net.