Editing Garry Shider (section)

==Career==
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 [[Westbound Records]] 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 Shider and Mosson to join [[Parliament-Funkadelic]]. Two United Soul songs were rerecorded on later Funkadelic albums with Shider as a member. Clinton groomed Shider for an important role in the [[P-Funk]] roster, which Shider joined full-time in 1972. He was a prominent contributor to albums by both [[Parliament (band)|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.

During [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] performances, Shider was known for appearing in a diaper, making him instantly recognizable on stage and earning him the nickname "Diaper Man". Shider is featured prominently in many hit songs like "Cosmic Slop," "Getting to Know You," and "[[One Nation Under a Groove (song)|One Nation Under a Groove]]". He co-wrote many noteworthy [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] songs, and he made important contributions to [[P-Funk]] spin-off acts including [[Bootsy Collins]] and [[Eddie Hazel]].

Shider has been featured in [[Guitar Player Magazine]] three times, and once in the Japanese version. He has been featured in ''Who's Who in Music'' and appeared on a compilation album by [[Paul Shaffer]] of the [[David Letterman]] band, and also on rock group [[The Black Crowes]]' 1996 album ''[[Three Snakes and One Charm]]''. Shider has also 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. He appeared in the films ''[[PCU (movie)|PCU]]'' and ''[[The Night Before (1988 film)|The Night Before]]''; both of which included songs he wrote and performed. He has also had songs featured in the film ''[[Bad Boys (1983 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. The song won Song of the Year at the [[GMA Dove Award]]s.

Shider released a solo single in 1988 entitled "Beautiful".<ref>"Beautiful at [http://www.discogs.com/Garry-Shider-Beautiful/master/82273 Discogs]</ref><ref>Allmusic [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p124643/discography|pure_url=yes}} Discography]</ref> The attempt to reconcile [[P-Funk#Musical characteristics|P-Funk]]'s distinct sound with that of late-80s synthpop yielded no chart success. He released two full albums in 2002, ''Diaper Man, The Second Coming''<ref>Diaperman, the Second Coming at [http://www.discogs.com/Garry-Diaper-Man-Shider-Diaper-ManSecond-Coming/release/2272737 Discogs]</ref> and ''Diaperman Goes Starchild''.<ref>Diaperman Goes Starchild at [Discogs].</ref>

Shider was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1997 as a prominent member of [[Parliament-Funkadelic]].