Sir Bootsy Collins

What it is, funkaholics!? Hope that jam got you goin', flowin' and left you glowin'! Next on this jam train is the home town of the wonderful, talented, groovy funk machine that is Bootsy Collins: Cincinnati, Ohio. Now Bootsy is basically a god damn vital organ in the voluptuous body of Funk music. Starting his career as a bass player in the 1960's, Collins went on to play with some of the most notable acts of all time. Seriously, almost every act listed on this blog, Bootsy has been involved in. To start off, Bootsy and his brother Catfish's band the pacemakers took over as James Brown's backing band in March of 1970. Though short lived, the band recorded the backing tracks such hits as "...Sex Machine", "Super Bad", and "The Grunt" (just to name a few). After the Brown stint, Bootsy and his brother moved to Detroit where they were introduced to the legendary George Clinton (some one soon to be featured on this blog) by Mallia Franklin. From that, Bootsy went on to play on most of the Funkadelic records, and all of the Parliament records. Once that was said and done, Bootsy and Catfish (along with many others) formed Bootsy's Rubber Band, seperate unit of Clintons P-Funk. They recorded 5 albums which are considered to be quintessential to the P-Funk collection. Clinton's label published Bootsy's first two solo albums "Ultra-Wave" and "Sweat Band". Around the same time he was also given credit for producing Zapp and Rodger. In 88 Bootsy joined forces with Bill Laswell after a 5 year hiatus, and the team released "What's Bootsy Doin?". From there, Laswell introduced Collins to Herbie Hancock, and the duo utilized the vibed out vocals of legendary SugarFoot from the Ohio Players (R.I.P) on the Electro Funk classic "Perfect Machine". Now this just brings us to the end of the 80's and Bootsy has been doing plenty more ever since, and he's stayed just as wacky. Now just to give you a taste, here's Bootsy and his Rubber Band's funk groove Another Point of View. Enjoy, and keep it funky! Right on, right on.