Bootsy Collins' 1976 album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band has long been considered a funk masterpiece. But what becomes clear all these years later is the way in which the album transcends the ...

When recording the song “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer,” Bootsy Collins had a very specific vibe in mind. “I wanted to give the people what they wanted back in the Seventies: a sense of hope, joy, ...

The guitarist could "put you in another world," the funk icon recalls in the ninth episode of UCR's ongoing video series celebrating the late legend's second album. 45 Years Ago: 'Aah...The Name Is ...

R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, died of cancer last Friday at his home ...

Today, Bootsy Collins looks back to his early days with “The JB’s Tribute Pastor P,” the latest single from the legendary bassist’s forthcoming record Album of the Year #1 Funkateer. Set to release on ...

Bootsy's delight in funk's unexplored possibilities came to full realization via Dr. Funkenstein a.k.a George Clinton, whose Parliament/Funkadelic had taken the genre to the next exponent of ...

We feature some bona fide bass guitar legends here, but very few come with a pedigree quite like William Collins, or Bootsy as he's known to the entire bass-playing world (and significant chunks of it ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

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 ...