Bootsy Collins

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2011

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The legendary funk bassist joins us to talk about creating the persona of Bootsy, playing music with two very different band leaders, James Brown and George Clinton, and more.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Maggie from Los Angeles.
0:02.4	I'm Colin from Louisville.
0:04.0	Hey, I'm Harry Nelson from 11 in Indiana.
0:07.5	The sound of Young America is produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:11.9	You should support the show like I did.
0:14.4	Just visit maximumfund.org slash donate.
0:18.0	I'm Jesse Thorne live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.
0:21.2	It's the sound of Young America from maximumfund.org and PRI public radio international.
0:30.0	It's the sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:41.0	My guest, Bootsie Collins, is one of popular music's greatest bass players.
0:46.6	He's legendary for his contributions to James Brown and the JB's,
0:51.1	to Parliament, Funkadelic, to his own band, Bootsie's rubber band,
0:56.0	and to many, many years of hits, he's the owner of one of the heaviest bass sounds in the world
1:04.9	and one of the architects of Funk.
1:07.8	His brand new record is called the Funk Capital of the World and he joins me now on the sound of Young
1:12.9	America from Cincinnati.
1:15.3	Yeah, what's going on, Jesse? How are you?
1:17.8	I'm doing good. How about you, man?
1:19.3	Oh, I'm doing really good, man.
1:21.5	You know, just getting back out here on the road and doing that thing,
1:25.2	and it's coming, connecting with the people again, it's a good thing.
1:28.9	I want to ask you about learning to play the bass.
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