Bootsy Collins, Funk Legend

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

NPR

Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

First up this week, Jesse's 2011 interview with funk bass legend Bootsy Collins. A bassist by happenstance, in his teen years Bootsy was discovered and hired by James Brown to be part of the band The J.B.'s. At only 19, he was on the rise and made the move to play with another inventive funk artist, George Clinton, as part of Parliament-Funkadelic. He later formed the pioneering Bootsy's Rubber Band. Bootsy talks to Jesse about his career as one of pop music's greatest bass players, being on the forefront of funk, and playing with James Brown.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:10.6	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:22.0	This week we're taking a look back at two Bullseye interviews with stone-cold music legends.
0:28.8	Two music legends who happened to be from Cincinnati, Ohio where this show just started airing.
0:34.3	First up, Bootsy College from 2011.
0:37.8	Bootsella, the pride of the NADI, one of pop music's greatest bass players,
0:43.3	legendary for his contribution to James Brown and the JB's and to Parliament Funkadelic,
0:48.8	and to his own band, Bootsy's rubber band, and to many, many, many years of hits.
0:55.3	He's the owner of one of the heaviest bass sounds in the world and one of the architects of Funk.
1:01.1	Earlier this summer he dropped a new single called Stars.
1:04.4	It features Dr. Cornel West, Steve Jordan, Bella Fleck, and many, many more.
1:10.0	It's part of a fundraiser for the music carousel COVID-19 relief fund put on by the Grammys.
1:15.3	Let's listen.
1:16.3	As the people we have crawled before, the struggle is pretty hard to ignore.
1:22.9	And on occasion we take it for granted, and we forget all the scenes that we've created.
1:29.1	How was that before the loss of the year coming in all colors?
1:34.3	Now the thing can last forever, oh we got it for Jovelle.
1:41.9	Bootsy College, welcome to Bullseye.
1:43.4	Let's go and all Jesse, how are you?
1:45.3	I'm doing good, man, how about you?
1:46.9	Oh, I'm doing really good, man.
1:48.9	You know, just getting back out here on the road and doing that thing.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.