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Oct 11, 2022 · James Brown. "When I came in to play with James I was still playing a lot of guitar, so I was playing a lot of guitar stuff on the bass. Then James Brown called me one night and he said, ‘Son, just slow down and give me the one. I love all these things you’re doing, you’re a great bass player, but if you give me that one you can do ...
Oct 31, 2017 · October 31, 2017. As Bootsy Collins releases his new album, 'World Wide Funk,' the bass superstar opens up about James Brown, Bernie Worrell and why he quit drugs. Michael Weintrob. There’s a ...
Oct 26, 2021 · If you play any form of funk bass guitar, you owe Bootsy Collins - the legend who’s played with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, like you didn’t know that already - a serious debt. Joel McIver meets the great man for tears of laughter, tears of sadness and enough groove to sink a battleship.
Jun 2, 2022 · Bootsy Collins and Lettuce, positively helping to keep the funk alive At the beginning of lockdown, the legendary funk bassist began posting uplifting messages to Instagram, where they found a ...
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Nov 23, 2020 · Bootsy Collins got his first lesson in the One — the rhythmic bedrock of soul and funk — after the bass guitarist joined James Brown’s band in 1970. The singer “broke it down in terms that even a kid could understand,” recalls Collins, who was 18 at the time. He counts off a series of four-beat measures over the phone from his home in ...
Feb 17, 2021 · Bootsy Collins on the Genius of Fela Kuti: ‘What He Brought Was Just So Powerful’. The bass legend recalls witnessing the live brilliance of the Afrobeat pioneer, and explains why Kuti's ...
