Seventy-five years ago today, the bassist who helped shape funk music with a series of legendary bands was born in Ohio.

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Happy 75th birthday today to the unique and iconic bass figure, Bootsy Collins. Collins is one of funk music’s most influential figures, renowned for his elastic bass lines, flamboyant stage presence, ...

While other kids were making college plans, saxophonist Donn Bynum was creating a future with his horn. At the tender age of 18, Bynum joined the legendary Bootsy Collins Group for several shows ...

In the 1980s, funk stretched its boundaries under the stewardship of George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band. Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, learned from ...