It’s impossible to overstate Bootsy Collins’ influence. Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place ...

What does it take to get a shout out in a Tom Tom Club song? For starters you’d have to be as cool and as influential as Bootsy Collins. In "Genius of Love," the group's 1981 dance/hip-hop classic ...

Funkmaster Bootsy Collins to Host 'AmsterJam' One and only funk bass virtuoso Bootsy Collins will host the AmsterJam music festival in New York City this weekend. Collins reviews his 30-year career ...

Tell Me More presents an encore of host Michel Martin's interview with funk musician Bootsy Collins. Before striking out on his own, he played bass for James Brown and George Clinton's Parliament ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bootsy Collins has been a notable figure not just in Cincinnati but around the world for his work pioneering funk music. After the release of his latest album, "Album of ...

For Bootsy Collins, a show in Detroit isn’t just another gig. Any time the groundbreaking bassist visits the Motor City — as he’ll do Friday, Aug. 8, for a Music Hall tribute concert — he is back in ...

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As a member of the Parliament-Funkadelic family and a solo artist in his own right, William “Bootsy” Collins has spent some serious time in the Detroit area — especially at United Sound Studios, where ...

Bootsy Collins and his star-shaped Space Bass rocketed into the funk-soul universe, first with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and later with his own Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He'll be on hand Aug.