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Psychedelic soul
Stylistic origins	Psychedelic rock; Soul music; Funk; R&B; Rock 'n' roll
Cultural origins	Late 1960s, United States and United Kingdom
Typical instruments	Electric guitar (usually with guitar effects such as fuzz (distortion), wah-wah, phaser, reverb etc.) - Bass guitar - Drums - Electronic organ - Vocals - studio sound effects (e.g. recordings played backwards) • horns - percussion: congas, bongos
Mainstream popularity	Some famous Funk-soul-or rock musical artists have commercial success[citation needed]
Derivative forms	Funk, dub reggae, disco, funk rock

Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of psychedelic rock and soul/funk music. This kind of music thrived during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Psychedelic soul is often connected to artists such as Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic though the former's 1970s output is also often described simply as funk and the latter's music is often called funk-rock. However, they both took clear influences from psychedelic rock. Others, most notably The Temptations and their producer Norman Whitfield, War, The Undisputed Truth, and The 5th Dimension, followed the path laid out by the work of Sly Stone and his band. Psychedelic soul led the way for a harder, less subdued sound to permeate through black music, leading the way for the mainstream funk music of the early 1970s and later, disco.

An important band in this regard is Funkadelic, led by George Clinton. Funkadelic mixed the soul and funk of the late 1960s and early 1970s with extended distorted guitar solos and psychedelic sound effects. Further, they coupled this sound with surreal imagery and stage antics, especially on early albums such as Funkadelic (1970), Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow (1970), and Maggot Brain (1971).

Minnie Riperton and the Rotary Connection's cover of "Respect" is also an example of psychedelic soul.

In the 21st century, King Khan and the Shrines have been noted for reviving psychedelic soul. ^[1]