Released 1970, the first James Brown album to feature William "Bootsy" Collins on bass and brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins on guitar, both of whom went on to Parliament-Funkadelic fame years later. Bootsy and his brother Catfish were both in thier upper teens-early twenties at the time of this recording. Bootsy was fired within a year for coming on stage under the influence of LSD. Bootsy says, "I looked down at my bass and it turned into a snake, I didn't want no parts of that, so I threw my bass down and ran off stage." ["Sex Machine" … read more
Released 1970, the first James Brown album to feature William "Bootsy" Collins on bass and brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins on gu… read more
Released 1970, the first James Brown album to feature William "Bootsy" Collins on bass and brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins on guitar, both of whom went on to Parliam… read more
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural induc… read more
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century mu… read more
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific … read more
