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 ...

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 ...

Bootsy Collins is opening up about a moment that forever changed his relationship with George Clinton. Video In a recent interview with the “Zach Sang Show,” the 73-year-old funk icon recalled a trip ...

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 ...

A series called Artist Talks will share the background, inspiration and creative process of the artwork in Elm Street Plaza.

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.

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