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Bootsy Collins

R&B/Soul

The next Bootsy Collins concert is scheduled for Friday, May 30, 2025 at Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, CA, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts
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Top Songs By Bootsy Collins

Listen to After the Storm (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins) by Kali Uchis, see lyrics, music video & more!
After the Storm (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins)Kali Uchis
Listen to After Last Night (with Thundercat & Bootsy Collins) by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic, see lyrics, music video & more!
After Last Night (with Thundercat & Bootsy Collins)Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic
Listen to I'd Rather Be With You by Bootsy Collins, see lyrics, music video & more!
I'd Rather Be With YouBootsy Collins
Listen to What's a Telephone Bill? by Bootsy Collins, see lyrics, music video & more!
What's a Telephone Bill?Bootsy Collins
Listen to Munchies for Your Love by Bootsy Collins, see lyrics, music video & more!
Munchies for Your LoveBootsy Collins
Listen to Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) by Bootsy Collins, see lyrics, music video & more!
Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)Bootsy Collins
Listen to Bootzilla by Bootsy's Rubber Band, see lyrics, music video & more!
BootzillaBootsy's Rubber Band
Listen to I'd Rather Be with You by Bootsy Collins, see lyrics, music video & more!
I'd Rather Be with YouBootsy Collins
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Can't Stay AwayBootsy Collins
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Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, BabyBootsy Collins

Upcoming Concerts for Bootsy Collins

  • May
    30
    May 30, 2025
    Grammy Museum
    Los Angeles

Latest Release

Listen to Album of the Year #1 Funkateer by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMAlbum of the Year #1 FunkateerBootsy Collins

More albums from Bootsy Collins

Listen to Nothing but U on My Mind by Chew Fu & Bootsy Collins
ALBUMNothing but U on My MindChew Fu & Bootsy Collins
Listen to The Power of the One by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMThe Power of the OneBootsy Collins
Listen to World Wide Funk by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMWorld Wide FunkBootsy Collins
Listen to Tha Funk Capitol of the World by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMTha Funk Capitol of the WorldBootsy Collins
Listen to The-Official-Boot-Legged-Bootsy-CD by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMThe-Official-Boot-Legged-Bootsy-CDBootsy Collins
Listen to Play with Bootsy: A Tribute to the Funk by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMPlay with Bootsy: A Tribute to the FunkBootsy Collins
Listen to Fresh Outta "P" University by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMFresh Outta "P" UniversityBootsy Collins
Listen to Fresh Outta P University by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMFresh Outta P UniversityBootsy Collins
Listen to Lord of the Harvest by Zillatron
ALBUMLord of the HarvestZillatron
Listen to Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) by Praxis
ALBUMTransmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)Praxis
Listen to What's Bootsy Doin'? by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMWhat's Bootsy Doin'?Bootsy Collins
Listen to The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMThe One Giveth, The Count Taketh AwayBootsy Collins
Listen to Bootsy? Player of the Year by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMBootsy? Player of the YearBootsy Collins
Listen to Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMAhh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!Bootsy Collins
Listen to Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band by Bootsy Collins
ALBUMStretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber BandBootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins's Popular Music Videos

Watch After the Storm (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins) music video by Kali Uchis
After the Storm (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins)
Kali Uchis
Watch Keep That Funk Alive (feat. Bootsy Collins) [Official Music Video] music video by Lettuce
Keep That Funk Alive (feat. Bootsy Collins) [Official Music Video]
Lettuce
Watch Party On Plastic music video by Bootsy Collins
Party On Plastic
Bootsy Collins
Watch Honeysuckle Neckbone music video by BLK ODYSSY & Bootsy Collins
Honeysuckle Neckbone
BLK ODYSSY & Bootsy Collins
Watch The Case of the Dry Markers (feat. Bootsy Collins) music video by Zak Morgan
The Case of the Dry Markers (feat. Bootsy Collins)
Zak Morgan
Watch The JB's Tribute Pastor P (feat. Daru Jones, Harry Mack, Clyde Stubblefield, Fred Wesley & John "Jab'o" Starks) music video by Bootsy Collins
The JB's Tribute Pastor P (feat. Daru Jones, Harry Mack, Clyde Stubblefield, Fred Wesley & John "Jab'o" Starks)
Bootsy Collins
Watch Boot-A-Claus: Here 4 a Reason (feat. D-M.A.U.B., DREION, GARY G7 JENKINS, Baby Triggy & FANTAAZMA) music video by Bootsy Collins
Boot-A-Claus: Here 4 a Reason (feat. D-M.A.U.B., DREION, GARY G7 JENKINS, Baby Triggy & FANTAAZMA)
Bootsy Collins
Watch Funk Not Fight (feat. Baby Triggy & FANTAAZMA) music video by Bootsy Collins
Funk Not Fight (feat. Baby Triggy & FANTAAZMA)
Bootsy Collins
Watch We Outta B Funkin’ (Lyric Video) [feat. Soopafly, Temu Bacot & Myra Washington] music video by Bootsy Collins
We Outta B Funkin’ (Lyric Video) [feat. Soopafly, Temu Bacot & Myra Washington]
Bootsy Collins
Watch Album of the Year #1 Funkateer (feat. Bootdullivan & Myra Washington) music video by Bootsy Collins
Album of the Year #1 Funkateer (feat. Bootdullivan & Myra Washington)
Bootsy Collins

About Bootsy Collins

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Hometown
Cincinnati, OH, United States
Born
October 26, 1951
Genre
R&B/Soul
Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton remembers the first time he saw the cover for Bootsy Collins’ Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band. The white suit, the star-shaped glasses, the mix of blaxploitation star and psychedelic kids’ cartoon: Bootsy had a look. That’s the link, Clinton thought: someone who could take the freedom and density of funk and make it pop. Not only did Collins (born William Earl Collins in Cincinnati in 1951) help shape the rhythmic spine of both Parliament-Funkadelic and James Brown’s band as a bass player, he expanded the parameters of Black music in ways that laid ground for everything from LA G-funk to Detroit techno and house. (And, as he noted, helped make it okay for Black people to wear bright colors at a time when it was still considered weird.)
The P-Funk material is impeccable (“Give Up the Funk [Tear the Roof Off the Sucker],” the delirious post-doo-wop of “Be My Beach,” and hey, did you know he played drums on “Flash Light”?!), and the solo and Rubber Band work is great too (“Psychoticbumpschool,” “Vanish in Our Sleep”). But like George Clinton realized in 1976, Collins is also one of those rare artists whose look, sound, and aura helped crystallize an entire culture: the funk incarnate. “Funk has always been making something out of nothing,” Bootsy tells Apple Music. “That's what funk is. That's what we do as athletes. That's what we do as entertainers, musicians—we take what we got and learn to get forward with it. And that's what funk is.” In 2022, he began hosting The Bootsy Collins Show on Apple Music Hits.
Bootsy Collins has also released music as a member of Praxis, World-Wide-Funkdrive, The J.B.'s, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Bonzo Goes to Washington, Funkadelic, Bootsy's New Rubber Band, The Groove Grass Boyz, George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars Parliament.
Influenced by Bootsy CollinsBootsy Collins has influenced the music of Rick James, Prince, Faith No More and more.
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