“You are funky–maybe you just don’t know it” AN AUDIENCE WITH BOOTSY COLLINS
“If I hadn’t started taking LSD at a young age, I probably wouldn’t have started writing”
IT’S testament to Bootsy Collins’ long-standing commitment to The Funk that, even from the depths of quarantine, he’s still managed to turn out an album that sounds like a party. , released in October on his own Bootzilla Records, boasts an impressive array of guest stars – from George Benson to Larry Graham, Branford Marsalis to Snoop Dogg – who certainly don’t sound inhibited by having to contribute remotely. “The whole concept was to bring in musicians who were not supposed to play together,” explains Collins down the line from Cincinnati. “Once you get the party started, anybody else that jumps in, they just gonna add on to that party. They gon’ get loaded with you, they gon’ have a blast, you know? It don’t matter if you love jazz music, rock music, metal music, ballads, R&B… none of that mattered on this record. It was all about showing the world that our differences don’t matter.
