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    STAR BASS

    Sep 03, 2019 3 minutes
    Words: Joe Shooman
    Image: Getty

    Bootsy Collins creates funk so fresh it must have come from outer space. Born in Cincinatti in 1951, the supremely talented Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer is a legend not just for his interstellar playing, but also for his star-shaped basses and off-the-planet style. The band he formed with his big brother ‘Catfish’ Collins, the Pacemakers, debuted in 1968 and took over as James Brown’s backing band for around a year in 1970—not bad grounding for a subsequent career alongside George Clinton in the peerless Funkadelic and Parliament. Hugely in demand as a sessionist

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