With Clinton’s encouragement, he launched Bootsy’s Rubber Band with the Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and his brother Catfish. They made several classic albums, including the chart-topping ...

Bootsy Collins' 1976 album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band has long been considered a funk masterpiece. But what becomes clear all these years later is the way in which the album transcends ...

Bootsy Collins‘ endless alter-egos - Boot-Tron, Zillatron, King of the ... And he made several great albums with his solo outfit Bootsy's Rubber Band, notably 1977's Ahh… the Name Is Bootsy ...

William “Bootsy” Collins legendarily invented the slinky bassline that locked James Brown’s “Sex Machine” into one of the most ecstatic funk grooves of all time ...

Bootsy’s Rubber Band emerged in 1976, a spirited ensemble that included Collins’ brother Phelps (“Catfish”), as well as fellow James Brown bandmembers Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, Joel Johnson, Gary ...

There couldn’t be a better time than now to be Bootsy Collins. At the moment, he has not one but two new albums in the stores: “Blasters of the Universe” by Bootsy’s New Rubber Band, and ...

When recording the song “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer,” Bootsy Collins had a very specific ... Collins recorded throughout the Seventies with Parliament-Funkadelic and his own Rubber Band.

Bootsy Collins spoke with Rolling Stone about his upcoming 23rd album and the title track, 'Album of the Year #1 Funkateer.' ... ‘Nah, that has to go on a Bootsy’s Rubber Band album.’ ...

As Bootsy Collins prepares to release his new album, ... And he made several great albums with his solo outfit Bootsy’s Rubber Band, notably 1977’s Ahh… the Name Is Bootsy, Baby.