Cordell "Boogie" Mosson (born Cardell Mosson; October 16, 1952 – April 18, 2013) was an American bassist who was a member of

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. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2019. Mosson was born in

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Biography

A good friend of

Garry Shider Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010) was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen ...

, the two left

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in their teens for Canada. They joined a band called United Soul, which came to the attention of George Clinton, who had known Shider as a youth in Plainfield. In 1971 Clinton produced several tracks by United Soul with input from members of Funkadelic. The songs "I Miss My Baby" and "Baby I Owe You Something Good" were released as a one-off single by

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in 1971 under the group name U.S. Music with Funkadelic. All the tracks recorded with Clinton in 1971 were released by Westbound in 2009 as the album '' U.S. Music With Funkadelic''. After producing United Soul, Clinton then invited Mosson and Shider to join

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. Two United Soul songs were rerecorded on later Funkadelic albums with Mosson as a member. Mosson was a prominent contributor to albums by both

and

from 1972 until the dissolution of the two groups in the early 1980s, and was the featured on-stage bassist for

after

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went solo. While Collins is more widely remembered as the P-Funk bassist, Mosson's contributions were arguably more numerous and are well regarded by fans. Mosson also appeared in the movie '' PCU'' as himself, in 1994. His name as spelled on his birth certificate is Cardell Mosson, and "Cordell" is his son's name, a common spelling in the notes for most of the

albums on which he appeared. Mosson is a member of the

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, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of

. He was also honored by the Recording Academy with a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2019. His children and long time partner received the award on his behalf. Mosson died of liver failure on April 18, 2013.

References

Liner notes to ''Music For Your Mother'' by Rob Bowman, 1992. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosson, Cordell P-Funk members 1952 births 2013 deaths Musicians from Plainfield, New Jersey American bass guitarists Guitarists from New Jersey American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists American male bass guitarists