Joe Vs. The Bass...The Best of Bootsy Collins

Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins established himself as one of the leading names and innovators in funk with his driving basslines and humorous vocals. He later formed his own P-Funk side project known as Bootsy's Rubber Band.
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[@franciscoortiz6980]

One of the greatest bassist ever !

[@joevs.thebass4421]

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[@darrellcrawforf4174]

Yes they were, the funkiest band of all time. There was other good groups but Parliament, Funkadelic untouchable

[@charlesmaynard2236]

@@darrellcrawforf4174 Same funky folks!

[@mixc8]

True Legend! Bootsy helped me along my bass journey. I listened to him for hours on end learning from him. Thanks Bootsy.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Continues to influence my playing til this very day. So amazing!

[@mixc8]

@@joevs.thebass4421 Same here!

[@joevs.thebass4421]

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[@joevs.thebass4421]

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[@scottb5007]

Got my first Bootsy album at 6... Been listening for 4 decades... He's genius

[@YungTrinidad407]

Now that’s gangsta

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

WE WANT BOOTSY!!!!

[@joevs.thebass4421]

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[@16davelle]

That was incredible and it was nice to see Bootsy and his brother Catfish jamming.May Phelps always RIP.

[@mr61sprite]

Bootsy and Buckethead, two of the greatest!

[@Ogsonofgroo]

Oh man the 70's, we were grooving to everything we could find that wasn't opera or country (but there's some great country funk out there in the ether too), trippin' balls and dancing up a storm at 3am, thank you Bootsy and crew!

[@vanstry]

The Funk changed music in so many ways. And Bootsy was the one changing it. You can't call yourself a Bass player of you don't know who Bootsy Collins IS. He's right up there with all the rest of the greats. Amazing player.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Absolutely agree

[@davegallagher5121]

Boostsy brought it to the people. Still moving in my seat. A true treasure

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

Listen on the one ☝🏾 The Great Bootsy Collins🤘🏾 R. I. P. Catfish Collins 🙏🏾

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

Met him in Nashville - most kind/pleasant person - so nice to meet a legend and find out they are so grounded and grateful. Such a nice guy....

[@darrellcrawforf4174]

I was 13 listening to parliament, Funkadelic, the hard funk

[@tonyhoward9948]

Bootsy's music will live forever.

[@shadimuhammad6585]

LOV THE FUNK , N BROTHA BOOTSY N PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, 4 EVER FUNK WIL NEVER DIE PEACE

[@joevs.thebass4421]

The cat changed how I play bass forever. Thank you for the comment my brother and/or sister

[@shadimuhammad6585]

@@joevs.thebass4421 UR WELCOME

[@3RTracing]

the best of performance art before there was performance art. Excellent stuff, great musicianship, awesome stage presence. I have one of Bootsy's bass guitar cases.

[@kennycrockett8202]

Bootsy is an legendary bass thumper

[@luckyonyekaharrison435]

Bootsy has such a calm voice!

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Bootsy IS so calming. I never met him but he seems like a really good guy.

[@averyhorton3614]

I met Bootsy at Chuck Levin's music in Wheaton, MD in the 1970s. He spoke to me first.

[@larylhuntington5398]

Truly one of the greatest

[@joshthom1937]

Master! Respect ✊️

[@siriusaldebaran7852]

My hero !! On the one baba !!

[@PoRich19]

Cold Zilla tribute/mashup. Stank u very much🤘🏾

[@Chubbydippin]

There will never be another Bootsy. From playing with James Brown to P-Funk to Dee Lite to Praxis...the list goes on and on. One of my all time greatest heroes. Once, yrs ago(around 2010), I was talking with some young kids in their 20's and when I said his name they didn't even know who he was. It was at that point I turned around and walked away. Why am I even speaking with you about music if you don't know who Bootsy is? Could never pick a favorite moment or song he was a part of. Way too many to choose from. Some of the P-Funk and Praxis moments are so legendary. There are a "few" new shining creators coming up. But it is sad it's so few new musical gems these days.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Like Stanley Clarke (another fantastic bass player) says, we do our part to pass along the greats to future generations. But I hear you, the music today can be so heartless, shallow, and unfulfilling. Bootsy is and will always be a musical legend. He has influenced my bass playing incredibly and continues to do so. Thats why I make these videos of all the wonderful bass players-musicians that have helped me create my style. Thank you for sharing. Joe

[@trrevino]

one of my inspirations i love bootsy

[@dwayne4887]

My first live concert! Parliament & Bootsy's Rubber Band at the Philadelphia Spectrum circa 1976.

[@mikkiandreacanada8049]

Obviously, THEE GREATEST BASS PLAYER EVER!!!

[@Oddity2Commoddity]

Back when musicians actually had to play.

[@tee-Deezy123j59]

Seen them 1974 Long Live The #P#( Bootsy Live Bear Creek) a bad boy!

[@michaelfoort2592]

Just an amazing guy all around

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I have to correct you on the timeline here. Bootsy joined James Brown's band in 1968, which no matter how you slice it is not the early seventies. But to give you a really cool anecdote. When Bootsy joined the James Brown band, he played a silvertone guitar strung with bass strings and James put up with that for a little while until one day he walked up to Bootsy and went: “Son, now I say, SON! You can't play in with JAMES BROWN playing that ruler on a cornflakes box! You need PROPER GEAR! Now what do you wanna have?” So Bootsy, taken aback by that gesture, decided to go big and said “One o' them Fender Jazz Basses with the pearls in the neck and those Ampeg amplifiers which look like big refrigerators?” fully expecting Brown to tell him off. But much to his surprise Brown smiled and told him that he liked his style, called over a crew member to take care of that, and at the next rehearsal, the Fender Jazz bass and Ampeg amp were there.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Thank you for information my friend. Good stuff. Although I'm confused about the timeline comment. I didn't provide any input other than what boosty interviewed. Thank you for watching. Long live the funk

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Ohhh. You're talking about the intro. I took it from the internet. Duly noted my brother!!!

[@dougsfavorites2578]

I had Hiram Bullock's albums in the 80's! That bro could PLAY that guitar!!

[@musician069]

Yessssssssir. He sure did!!! RIP Mr. Bullock

[@teajaydc4484]

Thank you. I was racking my brain trying to remember his name. He was a bad ass on guitar.

[@xeropunt5749]

Uncut funkster!!!

[@stephoneystanfield546]

Funkiest Ax Player of all times

[@rodturpin5549]

A innovator and a leader in true aartist.

[@Gcode609]

Bootsy was wearing them top hats way before the dude Slash smh they steal everything...🤔💯🎩

[@jimgroff6880]

Ahhh... The Name is Bootsy Baaaaba

[@SynIMPFML666]

That damn 1 hitting like ike turner

[@musician069]

Maaaaan that Hiram Bullock could kill a solo

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Absolutely

[@maxcinerobinson505]

Yabba dabba doozie bobba!!

[@FunkATeer-qk7hq]

💜🤘🏿B🤩🤩 TSY BABY BABBA🤘🏿💜

[@izaiasgoncalves2183]

DEUS!!! WILLIAN BOOTSY COLINS

[@hermanhelmich]

Nice guy

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Agreed. Humble. The best.

[@vincentoliver8695]

Our Super Funky Hero!

[@michaels.ramsey7803]

" The funk is a creature from outer space, about the size of a medicine ball, all covered in teets." - Old Greg

[@nickrodmusic]

Is that Fancy Ray?!

[@dhulbert855]

@ 2:45 Hirum Bullock! SO freaking good! Gone TOO soon!

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Aww man. My favorite part of the video. Slamming!

[@charlesbr7684]

100%

[@jeffreyhancock8831]

Cut my teeth to P-Funk on a console stereo in the projects. Sounded like shit, but at that time, it worked. Fast forward to today.... I disrupt the air patterns with a Denon powered Bose/Altec Lansing speaker system..... Sounds the way it is supposed to now.... Sweet. 😎

[@sacreddragon69]

Joe - who was Bootsy referring to when in the interview he said "she took me over to his house"@ 13:17 who was the woman??

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Mallia "the queen of funk" Franklin. www.discogs.com/artist/154759-Mallia-Franklin

[@danielsullivan3510]

What song is it around the 6:15 in this video

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Disciples of funk.

[@josephvonbulow1164]

Thumpasaurus💪

[@Malama_Ki]

A lot of drugs were abused and sacrificed to make this video.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Ha!

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Gotta wonder if Bootsy and my bass hero, Stanley Clarke, have ever had any facetime. I've seen both of them play, and I really love them both, but Stanley had George Duke and Jean Luc Ponty and all those jazz fusion giants in his posse...not that any of that is exclusive. Only true outsider would be someone who didn't love either Bootsy or Stanley.

[@joevs.thebass4421]

Love Stanley. Another huge influence on my playing. Also on deck is best of Stanley Clarke as soon as I finish Larry Graham!

[@scottb5007]

Stanley Clarke appears on the song Bass-Rigged-System on the album World Wide Funk. Bootsy calls him out at 2:20🤓

[@joevs.thebass4421]

@@scottb5007 love Stanley Clarke. I'm doing a video on him now. The best was Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham together. Blew the roof off the place. (I wasn't there, just saw the video). But of all, Bootsy was the ultimate showman. All awesome bass players!