Then who is Cholly Bassoline? (was Who is Cholly?)

[donah...@gmail.com]

Cholly Bassoline is absolutely a real person. He was a manager of the parliment funkadelics and he resides in Easton Pennsylvania. He is one of the sweetest men I have ever met. Have a funky day!

[beache...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, September 1, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Ian Krikor Timourian wrote:
> Greetings fellow funkateers!
>
> When I saw the discussion on who Cholly is (from Funk Gettin' Ready to Roll)
> I hoped it would put to rest my all-time p-funk question of
>
> "Who is Cholly Bassoline?"
>
> Cholly Bassoline, of course, is always in the "Thank Yous" on all
> the Parliament, Funkadelic, Horny Horns, etc. albums; I can't think
> of an album that doesn't have this name listed. Anyway, lacking a
> better answer, I always figured he was a made up person with some
> historical significance (the Cholly part) and the pun off of
> 'Bass Line' (the Bassoline part). And that when the song Cholly
> came out, it was in reference to this same person.
>
> If someone could help out a confused funkateer! ;)
>
> Peace and Funkiness,
> Ian
>
>
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According to the E-book "And Party Everyday: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records", Cholly Bassoline along with Ron Strassner was George Clinton's management team.

[krun...@yahoo.com]

Cholly was their (Parliament/everything Clinton) manager.