1. Garry Marshall Shider was an American musician and guitarist.
16 Facts About Garry Shider
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Garry Shider was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history.
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Garry Shider was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
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George Clinton was living in Toronto at the time and began hearing about United Soul from people in the local music business, and took the band under his wing upon learning that Garry Shider was a member.
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Garry Shider was a prominent contributor to albums by both Parliament and Funkadelic until the dissolution of those two bands in the early 1980s, after which he continued to work regularly with Clinton's P-Funk All-Stars.
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Garry Shider co-wrote many noteworthy Parliament-Funkadelic songs, and he made important contributions to P-Funk spin-off acts including Bootsy Collins and Eddie Hazel.
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Garry Shider has been featured in Guitar Player Magazine three times, and once in the Japanese version.
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Garry Shider has been featured in Who's Who in Music and appeared on a compilation album by Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman band, and on rock group The Black Crowes' 1996 album Three Snakes and One Charm.
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Garry Shider has appeared on Saturday Night Live several times, the Late Show with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, New York Undercover, The Tonight Show, and others.
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Garry Shider appeared in the films PCU and The Night Before; both of which included songs he wrote and performed.
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Garry Shider has had songs featured in the film Bad Boys, with Sean Penn, as well as being the recipient of several Grammy nominations for songs like "Stomp" by Kirk Franklin, which used "One Nation Under a Groove" as its musical inspiration.
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Garry Shider released two full albums in 2002, Diaper Man, The Second Coming and Diaperman Goes Starchild.
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Garry Shider was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a prominent member of Parliament-Funkadelic.
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In 2010, it was announced that Garry Shider was suffering from cancer of the brain and lungs.
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On June 16,2010, Garry Shider died from complications of his cancer at his home in Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
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Garry Shider is survived by his two sons, as well as his wife, Linda Shider, a singer and songwriter.