October 30, 2025 • 44 mins
Forget what you *think* you know about funk. There’s a psychedelic superstar whose fingerprints are all over modern music, from hip-hop beats to pop anthems, and you might not even realize it. We’re diving deep into the enduring, almost unbelievable legacy of Bootsy Collins and how his unique sound continues to dominate, surprise, and inspire across generations.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, this is Bootsy Commons and you're listening to
the award nominated Backstage Past podcast on kyb N ninety
eight point one, your Bay Area broadcasting network.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yeah. Stream the show anytime.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
At the sportsguyspodcast dot com and anytime on iHeartRadio podcast
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Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yeah, and welcome inside the Backstage Past of course right there,
iHeartRadio podcast, THWN dot org and our friends at the
Sports Guys Podcast dot com and of course out there
affiliate kyb IN ninety eight point one, your Bay Area
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at the Sports Guys podcast dot com. Rockets to big
(00:56):
winners over the Brooklyn Nets. And of course back to
music today too on the show, and please bring in
I told him I was gonna I was gonna say
this when the show started. He is the King of
Funk out there too, and he's got a brand new
single out there called mental Health feature in Victor Wootin
out there, the King of Funk. Booci collegs to the
Backstage Past the Boosie. How you doing, brother.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Oh Man I'm just glad to be in the house
and thank you for having us. And uh yeah, we're
gonna spread some funk and some metal health all around
the world.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
We sure are, no doubt worldwide. Hey, tell us a
little bit about this at the start, boots in when
you got started back in the day. You know, it's
changed so much now, this music industry with streaming and
how it's taking it over right now too. But just
talk about and kind of remind the listeners a little
bit out there too in the various countries as we
spread the word of just you know, funk music today.
(01:47):
Kind of how you got started and kind of when
you first fell in love with this thing called funk music.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, I started off with the regular club band.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You know, We're going around playing you know, different different
rat hole clubs. Not nothing big, you know, but just
something to to get started, you know. And so me
and my brother had this group called the Pacemakers and
it was just three of us and we started out
in Cincinnati and King Records if you if you remember them,
(02:23):
they were here in Cincinnati and James Brown was their
biggest star over there. King Records. Hank Ballad was there
is brothers I mean, it was just so many different
groups and we just wanted to get in to meet
mister godfather of soul, James Brown. And so one day
(02:46):
we got a chance to meet him, and he had
heard so much talk about us, uh and our energy
that we brought to the to the studio and to
the stage that you know, he wanted us to sign
sign up with his production company, and so James Brown Production,
we signed up. We didn't know what we were signing,
(03:08):
but you know, everybody was asking me, did we ever
get paid for that? It was like we thought we
had to pay him? You know, That's that's how backwards,
you know, it seems today to us now, because you know,
we were in there with the hardest working man in
show business and you know, people are asking me, did
(03:32):
we ever get paid?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know, and no, we did not.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
But at the same time we did get paid as
far as learning the ropes and being on the road,
being in the studio.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So that was our first enlightenment.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Enlightenment party was being with James Brown. And from there,
you know, it just it just spark is sparred into uh,
George Clinton, you know, Parliament Funkadelic. So once we got
with them. That's when things really started taking off. I
started getting my own solo album, Bootsies, stretching out in
(04:17):
Bootsy Rubber Band, and so that started everything. Make a
long story short.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, And when you look back at it too, I mean,
you're you're spreading some great music out there. It's that
feel good music, you know, making somebody who's had just
a rough day a fan.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Of it too.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Boots you get up and just kind of feel something
that they don't have to worry about work and all
the different trials and tribulations of life. And you did
that with this last record, the album of the Year
number one teer, the Boots and College Record, which was
really really cool. And you know, I love seeing people
just have a good time in dancing. That's what this
is all about, right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
That's what I love. I mean, you know, from day one,
when I first.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Played with my brother Catfish, he was like he's eight
years older than I was, and you know, he I
always wanted to play with him. You know, we didn't
have a father in the house, so he was my
big brother, so you know, I wanted to take after him.
So that's how I got started playing with him, you know,
(05:18):
and one one night is a bass player couldn't make
it to the gig, and I asked him to hire me.
You know, I wouldn't even need to get paid, just
I just want to play.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
With you, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And he gave me a chance to play with him,
and ever since that one night, he was with me
all the way up until twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, And the stories of just like I said, people
listening to it, like I said, you know, and the
energy that you have in songs, man is it's so
contagious out there too.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
And just the word you're spreading out there to you again,
just to have everybody just really enjoy this. And we're
gonna play one right now for Bootsie Collins.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Here.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It's the latest six came out October the seventeenth. Here
kyb in ninety eight point one, your Bay Area Broadcasting
Network and the Sports Guys podcast dot com and of
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and always iHeartRadio podcasts, Mental Health. It's featuring Victor Wooden.
Here it is Bootsy Collins on the backstage pass you
know what, crank it up, dance a little bit, and uh,
(06:19):
like I said, have fun out there too. Back in
the flight Colins here on the Backstage Pass, stay tuned.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
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Speaker 12 (11:46):
Welcome to another edition of Backstage Past, powered by the
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Speaker 4 (11:58):
Hey Backer.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
On the show, Boots see Collins kind of enough to
joint to see her mental healthy, late us to single
across all the DSPs featuring Victor Wootin out there and
of course so you guys can check it out your
digital streaming platforms or wherever you download or stream music
out there too. So we got to talk about this
when I thought it was really just a cool feel.
It goes for a great cause, and uh, you know,
looking back at it. You really understand the message motally
(12:20):
coming from this one too. Talk about the mental health
for us and how you guys came about this idea.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Well, you know, Buckethead is really the the artist that's
uh that's on here along with Victory Wooten, and so
you know, we figured, you know, we need to try
to get a more easier way for people to be
able to talk about the condition, uh, and we figured
(12:48):
sent through music.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Music is the great healer.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
You know, people can hear and feel music, and so
we felt like this would be a great way to
you know, open open a lot of us up because
in these times, you know, it's like everybody's feeling the
crunch and you know it's good, you know, going to
(13:13):
everybody's kind of going a little crazy, whether they want
to admit it or not. But with this record, we
wanted to kind of mention it, kind of mention it first,
so people will at least think about, you know, trying
to get theirselves together or seeing somebody and that they're
(13:34):
not the only one that it happens to me. It
happens to bucket and I'm sure it happens to Victor
as well. You know, it comes a point where you
just can't, you know, you can't deal with certain things,
and you know you don't you don't like asking people
for stuff. So yes, it gets kind of deep, you know,
(13:58):
but we want people to know that, you know, it
happens to all of us, you know pretty much, you know,
And so through music we want to you know, kind
of let them know that, you know, they're not alone
with that, you know, we all kind of go through
one way or the other.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Yeah, there's just some things, you're right, we have to
let go.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
And mentally, sometimes it's in God's plans, it's in his hands,
and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don't. But
like I said that old saying, you know, one door closes,
another one opens. You've done a lot of collapse in
your career for collaborations. That's becoming more of the norm
in the today too, with the crossovers and things like that.
Talk about just how kind of special that is too,
for different genres of music and seeing different artists work
(14:43):
with other different artists maybe a different genre of music.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, well it's really special for me because my whole
career I've been you know, like I started off with
James Brown and then going with George Clinton and staying
with that that p funk brand for all those years.
You know, I wanted to always be able to do
(15:10):
other music, you know, other genres, you know, and so
I had to figure that out and I had to
take chances, and I actually would when I did that
thing with Delight. Now, George George Clinton didn't didn't like
the fact that I stepped out of p FONK to
(15:30):
do Delight, you know, but I thought, you know, it
was a good thing for all of us because it
was another genre, and plus I was having fun doing
it on the road, you know. But everything just you know,
don't work with everybody. It just seems to be happening
(15:51):
for me.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I met Bill Laswell, started working with all his different artists.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Herbie Hancock. I mean, you know, I never would have got.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
The opportunity to play with these casts that Bill Laswell,
Iggy Pop.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
All these guys, you know.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
So I got a chance to vibe with them in
the studio, you know, and and learn something else that
I didn't know. And so you know, that's what I
want to open up these doors and let people know
it can be done, and you can do it, you know,
if I can do it, you definitely can do it.
(16:31):
And so you know, I like to see the young artists,
you know, open up and just you know, just go
for it. You know what I really like about the
young artists now is they're picking up instruments and they're
you know, they're starting to really find their own way.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And that's a beautiful thing, you know.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah, it's really cool. I love the crossovers. I mean,
you've collaborated with a lot of great artists too in
your career too, looking back on and just you know,
pop cultures out there, and I love the fact that
because you know, so Snoop Dogg and outcasts and you
look at ye and I mean just.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
Everybody out there. Uh, you know that.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
I mean, it's just been a great thing to see
all these great artists do their thing out there too,
and really just kind of you know, not take music
so seriously, but at the same time, just you know,
catch a beat, catch a few words, and make something
kind of up out there. And for people to not
take things too seriously, right.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
That's all true.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
That's all true, And you know it's it's not taking
it too seriously, but you know, like like not really
being so distracted. I think that's what happened to a
lot of us is you know, we're being so distracted
by other things that's going on that we can't keep
(17:50):
our mind on what we're supposed to be doing and
what we're supposed to be being. And that's you know,
the number one thing would be able to grow and.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Play with each other.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
You know, that's the one thing that's kind of being
taken away from us by the new technology, is not
being able to play with each other and you know,
sit down and eat together, and all of those things
we kind of grew up on, you know, is fading away.
Which I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm just
(18:26):
saying it's different. It's a big change that we all
have to face. The kids, you know, nowadays are coming
up in a whole new world, and most of us
from from the eras that we came up, you know,
it was all different. You know, it was a different world,
(18:47):
and most of us don't want to accept how the
world is changing. But it happens every every era, something
else comes in. It's like the traditional piano player, you know,
he didn't want to accept the synthesizers, you know, I
know because I was right with Bernie Orrell when he
(19:09):
you know, he's a was a professional traditional piano player,
and when he got to synthesizer, you know, he lit
up and banged out a whole new way of approaching keyboards.
And when that came in, uh, it kind of scared,
(19:30):
I guess a lot of the traditional players, but at
the same time, it encouraged the ones that you know
that just took their hat off and just embraced it.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So that's the way I want to be. I want
to always be.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Able to uh see the change, adjust and make the
changes that I need to be a part of it,
you know, and still keep my integrity about where I
came from and what I've learned, and I always bring
that to the table when it's necessary.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Yeah, And that integrity you mentioned, and just kind of
being a real authentic artist and sticking to the music
you love, you know, and yeah, not trying to be
something that you're not at the same time. And you've
always done that through your music. And I want to
ask you about this great campaign here because I know
it was like late twenty twenty two you had kind
of started an initiative called Funk Not Fight, and this was, yeah,
(20:28):
stopped to the tide of the violence and kind of
unrest in different communities and every times see like we
turn on the news, there's this big story going on.
And I don't ever talk you know, politics of that,
but first of all, commend you for this campaign, Funk
Not Fight. How's it going? And I want to kind
of get an update with you on just a great
initiative and what you have done with this this cause.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, I got my wife here, my right hand.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
She heads up, you know, our campaigns, and she got
all the details and I did put her on the
spot right here.
Speaker 13 (21:02):
I'm here for that. So Bunk that Fight. You know,
we started it to help calm the violence and community.
So we were driving to Birmingham, Alabama, and we heard
about the shooting in Chicago on the fourth of July.
I think it's three years now that that happened. And
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I remember Bootsy looking at me saying I've got to
do something, and I said, okay. So we got back
to Cincinnati and he wrote a song called Funk That Fight,
and then he started talking to me about starting a
movement slash mission.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
With this song.
Speaker 13 (21:39):
So we launched it three years ago with the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, with the community,
with the mayor, with citizens, with artists, all on the
big stage at the Rock Hall. We're able to take
it on to south By Southwest where we had the
main stage and Zapp was our music for that particular event.
(22:03):
And we've been now to probably about five other cities
from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, touched down in Atlanta.
So but the again, the mission is to take the music,
take the theme, and let communities know that somebody out
there cares about them and if we can come together
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as one talk about what's going on in their community,
blend some music, show love for one another. Let your
neighbor know that if they want to knock on your
door again for a cup of sugar, that it's okay
to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
We need to get.
Speaker 13 (22:38):
To know our neighbors. We don't at this moment. So
that's what Funk that Fight's all about. We know that
we're not the savior, but just a little extra something
like Funk that Fight we believe can make a difference.
So we'll be going to Atlanta in twenty twenty six.
We're looking forward to that. Also, Chicago will be our
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next two big stony thieves.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Two of our great cities out there too, and I
come in you guys for a great calls and a
great song out there too as well. And love it
when those campaigns come together and really just give back
to those communities and things like that. Well, time to
play a little bit more funk here on the show.
It's Bootsy Collins, so you can check him out at
Bootsie Collins dot com. Out there too, Is anybody out there?
We're gonna answer that question, featuring Myra Washington and of
(23:21):
course the brother Nature out there too as well. Bootsie
Collins here, time to play one here on the backstage pass,
kyb In ninety eight point one, your Bay Area broadcasting Network,
Bootsy Collins. Does anybody out there? We're gonna find out
the answer to that question here too on the backstage
pass Stay two. Coming right back with the King of Funk,
Bootsie Collins here and check him out at Bootsie Collins
dot com.
Speaker 10 (23:42):
We have an.
Speaker 14 (23:47):
On nine.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Casting on Can you guys hear me?
Speaker 11 (24:07):
Can anybody y'all know?
Speaker 15 (24:10):
I'm just a girl born and before Jan Bama sent
a man love with the girl, I'm on the help
made so many must say I became a Harry.
Speaker 14 (24:27):
I've got my god today.
Speaker 16 (24:29):
Oh on my time page. But the same said one
of us in my mom trying to stay in the
way the way blood about beform it, get this good
about before it going to pee and get the steak.
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I haven't focused on my destiny.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
Open not ansoles come from me. And I didn't even
realize it was a losso by a star A long time.
Speaker 10 (25:30):
Say, I wanna keep pulling pray thish love keep. Can
you see it? Look, I'm gonna praysh love keep. Can
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you see I'm gonna keep pulling brain?
Speaker 5 (25:54):
This s love keep? Anyway? Tell the can you hear
to pay for the moon? Can you hear?
Speaker 14 (26:21):
Mother?
Speaker 16 (26:22):
Do his mother.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
Joined? I'm gonna old and.
Speaker 10 (26:45):
Praying Hi Ron, keep my head. I'm gonna get old
and praying fish.
Speaker 14 (26:56):
And run my Hey.
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Speaker 3 (31:00):
And back here on the show, Bootsy Collins joining us
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Speaker 4 (31:19):
So let's talk about it. Bootsie, I love this one.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
It featured Myra Washington and also for the nature out
there is anybody out there? Another great message out there too,
and I think we answered that question. We played the song, didn't.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
We Yes, But you know that one too.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
I mean, we're trying to have not only just the music,
we're trying to have a purpose, you know, because a
lot of people just kind of shun away from it.
I don't know what that's all about, but you know,
we want to gravitate towards it and be like the
(31:57):
first responders. You know, they come in, they bust in,
they run, they run towards the fire as opposed to
running away from it. And so as as humans, that's
what we have to learn how to do, is run
towards it, not away from it, because that's where we
(32:17):
get bigger problems than what we have is by not
speaking about it, not talking to each other about it,
you know, and so and as every every right, every
reason to not talk about it, but at the same time,
you know that's not doing us any good.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
We need to run forward, run towards the flame, you know,
and and help put it out, you know.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
And my wife again, she she's sitting here, she had
a lot to do with the song and the meaning
and the message of it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Would you like to speak on.
Speaker 13 (32:58):
So anybody out there? He put it on the album
of the Year number one Funketier album, and I just
it resonated with me. I would just listen to it
over and over again, and I thought to myself, you know,
why do I love this song so much. Well, it
turns out it's because it was given me that push
(33:19):
and the umph to tell my story of abuse from
a previous relationship. And Bootsy had been wanting me to
tell the story for years, but I just was not ready.
So when you wrote Anybody out There, I said, could
you take the song, take your voice off of it, and.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
I want to be able to.
Speaker 13 (33:39):
Tell my story with it. I think I can do it,
and he said yes, So he did it, went in
the studio and did it, and we changed the name.
We added is to Anybody out There? And one of
the reasons is because that was a major question for me.
I felt, is anybody out there? When I was going
through my abuse? And then Women Helping Women, which is
(34:02):
our partner here in Cincinnati and the tri State stated
that that's one of the first questions a woman will
ask when she goes to a shelter or just the
space that will help her with diapers and toiletries and
all these things that she's lost because she had to
leave the situation. So that's where the song actually came from.
(34:25):
So my podcast is called as Anybody out There. This
song is called as Anybody out There, and women are
telling me and then too, Patty. I'm able to tell
my story now because I'm hearing you telling yours, and
I know that healing begins when your story is told.
It's been forty two years from since my abuse, and
(34:47):
I could tell once I started talking about my story,
things started bubbling up inside and it was like almost
it just came on out and I feel free for
the first time. And forty two years right, So I'm
just thankful that Bootsy kept giving me that little punch
on that little cheek. Come on, you can do this,
(35:08):
And then the song came in here we.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Are, yeah, get that monkey off your back, no doubt too.
And again that's the question we always ask out there,
and there's people that you know, we'll listen to the
issues and the problems out there too, because it just
like everybody else, we all want to be seen, we
all want to be heard, and at the same time,
something that's bothering us. We have to figure out ways
to be able to handle that, and sometimes we seek
advice outside of our own means out there too, Bootsie,
(35:33):
I love the previous record of twenty twenty two, nothing
but you on my mind. A lot of great tracks
on there that was the time, a lot of cool
things that you could do with that one too, and
just remix and remix and against. Some great collaborations on
there with that particular one. As you think back and
we say to ourself, it's been about three years since
that came out, what do you remember best about that
(35:55):
particular record?
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (35:58):
You know what's funny with me about remembering music once.
Once I've done the music, it's like onward and upward
to the next. And you know, I don't even listen.
I don't even listen to uh stuff I've already done
(36:18):
because I guess I'm paranoid about it affecting whatever's coming
in next uh. And I've always kind of been like that.
I go in, I have the baby in the studio,
and then and then it's about the next baby. You know.
(36:40):
You know, that's that's just the way it's been. But
every now and then, Patty, Patty will tell me to
listen to a certain song, that I you know, I've
already done and it's very uplifting and and speaking of
that one song you talking about, the one with you Fu,
(37:02):
I mean it's very uplifting and being you could remix that,
and just like you said, it's one of those kind
that you can kind of keep hearing over and over
and over. So yeah, I'm gonna take your advice and
I'm gonna go back to that album. Yeah, yeah, because
I remember now that that was pretty powerful, pretty powerful.
Speaker 3 (37:26):
Good stuff, no doubt. I had a chance to go
to a show while back at the Nugget we covered it.
It was actually Kenny Wayne Shephard was on the Oh yeah, man,
Bobby Rush. Now I didn't realize, Yes, Bobby Rush is
still in his nineties, and I've never seen a guy
get up on stage and actually dance and have fun
outside of yourself.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
And I was saying to myself, and you wouldn't even
imagine the age.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
You're over ninety years old too as well, and I'm
sure you guys have cross passing your career. Man, he
can still sing it, he can play harmonica, and what
an entertaining guy that Bobby Rush is?
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Right, Yes, yes, absolutely right man, I mean, you know,
some of us have been so blessed, you know, and
I don't think we take that lightly, you know, man
to to be able to still do certain things that
you know, you up in age like that, it's incredible.
It's incredible.
Speaker 7 (38:15):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
I had my birthday two days ago and yeah, yeah,
October twenty sixth, and so you know, I just had
to think back on those days coming up and all
those other birthdays, and you know, I think I'm still
able to get up and walk around and you know,
(38:39):
kind of kind of not insane, but kind of insane,
you know, you know, and and to be able to
separate too, you know, it's it's a beautiful thing. You know,
I have no complaints able to still do music, you know,
(38:59):
on the mission to try and be a person of hope,
a person of change. Like just like what the music
did for me, it changed, it changed and it stayed
with the changes that's going on each and in each era.
I get a chance to see the era and listen
(39:21):
to what's changing, and you know, how can I be
a part of the change. You know?
Speaker 3 (39:27):
It is such a blessing, no doubt it is. And
I was going to ask you about just to celebrate.
And a lot of people don't ask about, you know,
awards and the careers, and if they do, it's kind
of you know, it comes with the territory. But I
mean for you, you've you've done it all in your career.
Of course, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame,
and of course the Lifetime Achievement award by a bass player?
(39:48):
Is there one that kind of stands out for you?
It's one of those moments that you think back here,
like and you mentioned like kind of like listening to
the music there too. It's just one thing after another.
You put out a project, you move on to the
next one too, but kind of cool. Sit back sometimes
and realize that some of the lifetime accomplishments, which one
stands out the most?
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (40:06):
Wow? I would have to probably say the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame, because we got a chance to
play play it live there with all the members, you know,
the members that were still you know, still here.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
I would have to say that was very special because.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
It wasn't just me, it was the whole you know,
the group that got inducted, you know, and to have
all of those cats back together, you know, because as
you know, you know groups, they tend to break up
after a certain amount of years, and we were no different.
And you know, it all kind of came crashing down.
(40:48):
But to have that day, you know, and we're all
back together jamming on stage, I think that was probably
the most special one for me.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Hello, that's well said right there too. Well, let's have
a little fun and closing here too. So are you
the cooking that household or does Patty make some really
good meals? I got to know about that too.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
Oh, I might say that I'm a failure at cooking
my wife tuesdays, so.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
It's already ready.
Speaker 4 (41:22):
Tuesday for that matter too.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
I guess when you get a little downtime, and I
know music takes up a lot of the time too, Bootsie.
What other kind of hobbies what do you get into
whether it be just uh uh taking walks or sometimes
people say they go fishing, or they do a little
bit sitting in a deer blind and go hunting, or
just anything out there. They read books. What do you
like to do for hobbies?
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Well, all of that that you said was, you know,
a part of me growing up. And you know what
I like most now is I get a chance to
go out in the woods with with the dogs and
just don't think about nothing, just absorb you know, the trees,
(42:02):
the grass, you know, and all the things of nature.
Just just looking around and being thankful for where you're at,
you know. And because I used to didn't have a
chance to do that. You know, it was all about working,
you know, it was all about hitting it, hitting the road,
you know, it's all about getting ready to go out.
Speaker 2 (42:24):
And perform, you know.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
But now I get a chance to walk in the
woods and I don't have to be in a rush,
you know, and that's just a beautiful thing. I get
a chance to sit out on the deck with the wifey,
you know, and that's that's kind of rare because when
when I'm working, she's working.
Speaker 2 (42:47):
When I ain't working, she's still working.
Speaker 1 (42:51):
So so so we strike a balance there sometimes somewhere
in there, you know. But uh, but yeah, it's it's
just a privilege for me to be it to be
able to be home, you know, as opposed on the while,
(43:11):
because you know, when you're out there, you know, you're
always chasing something, you know, if it ain't chasing the girl,
you're chasing drugs. I mean, you know, and that's part
of the fun, you know. To be able to get
away from that for a minute is a beautiful thing.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
It is too as well, and it's music like this,
it really stands to test the time and lives on.
And I've had a lot of legends here on this
very program, and he's right up there with him too,
the legend of Funk, the King of Funk out there.
Make sure you guys check out Bootsy Collins dot com
and go check out mental Health across all the digital
streaming platforms. Bootsy, been my pleasure to have you here
on the broadcast. We appreciate the time and looking forward
to doing this again man and continue success going forward.
Speaker 4 (43:55):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
Oh, thank you so much. Brandon, You've been a blast man.
We love you.
Speaker 4 (44:00):
You got it.
Speaker 3 (44:00):
And Patty we appreciate the time there too as well.
And Kadi It's and everybody that's set up the great
discussion today too. KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay
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Speaker 4 (44:18):
Take care, God bless we will see you.
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I told him I was gonna I was gonna say
this when the show started. He is the King of
Funk out there too, and he's got a brand new
single out there called mental Health feature in Victor Wootin
out there, the King of Funk. Booci collegs to the
Backstage Past the Boosie. How you doing, brother.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Oh Man I'm just glad to be in the house
and thank you for having us. And uh yeah, we're
gonna spread some funk and some metal health all around
the world.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
We sure are, no doubt worldwide. Hey, tell us a
little bit about this at the start, boots in when
you got started back in the day. You know, it's
changed so much now, this music industry with streaming and
how it's taking it over right now too. But just
talk about and kind of remind the listeners a little
bit out there too in the various countries as we
spread the word of just you know, funk music today.
(01:47):
Kind of how you got started and kind of when
you first fell in love with this thing called funk music.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, I started off with the regular club band.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
You know, We're going around playing you know, different different
rat hole clubs. Not nothing big, you know, but just
something to to get started, you know. And so me
and my brother had this group called the Pacemakers and
it was just three of us and we started out
in Cincinnati and King Records if you if you remember them,
(02:23):
they were here in Cincinnati and James Brown was their
biggest star over there. King Records. Hank Ballad was there
is brothers I mean, it was just so many different
groups and we just wanted to get in to meet
mister godfather of soul, James Brown. And so one day
(02:46):
we got a chance to meet him, and he had
heard so much talk about us, uh and our energy
that we brought to the to the studio and to
the stage that you know, he wanted us to sign
sign up with his production company, and so James Brown Production,
we signed up. We didn't know what we were signing,
(03:08):
but you know, everybody was asking me, did we ever
get paid for that? It was like we thought we
had to pay him? You know, That's that's how backwards,
you know, it seems today to us now, because you know,
we were in there with the hardest working man in
show business and you know, people are asking me, did
(03:32):
we ever get paid?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know, and no, we did not.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
But at the same time we did get paid as
far as learning the ropes and being on the road,
being in the studio.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So that was our first enlightenment.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Enlightenment party was being with James Brown. And from there,
you know, it just it just spark is sparred into uh,
George Clinton, you know, Parliament Funkadelic. So once we got
with them. That's when things really started taking off. I
started getting my own solo album, Bootsies, stretching out in
(04:17):
Bootsy Rubber Band, and so that started everything. Make a
long story short.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, And when you look back at it too, I mean,
you're you're spreading some great music out there. It's that
feel good music, you know, making somebody who's had just
a rough day a fan.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Of it too.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Boots you get up and just kind of feel something
that they don't have to worry about work and all
the different trials and tribulations of life. And you did
that with this last record, the album of the Year
number one teer, the Boots and College Record, which was
really really cool. And you know, I love seeing people
just have a good time in dancing. That's what this
is all about, right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
That's what I love. I mean, you know, from day one,
when I first.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Played with my brother Catfish, he was like he's eight
years older than I was, and you know, he I
always wanted to play with him. You know, we didn't
have a father in the house, so he was my
big brother, so you know, I wanted to take after him.
So that's how I got started playing with him, you know,
(05:18):
and one one night is a bass player couldn't make
it to the gig, and I asked him to hire me.
You know, I wouldn't even need to get paid, just
I just want to play.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
With you, you know.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And he gave me a chance to play with him,
and ever since that one night, he was with me
all the way up until twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, And the stories of just like I said, people
listening to it, like I said, you know, and the
energy that you have in songs, man is it's so
contagious out there too.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
And just the word you're spreading out there to you again,
just to have everybody just really enjoy this. And we're
gonna play one right now for Bootsie Collins.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Here.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
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and always iHeartRadio podcasts, Mental Health. It's featuring Victor Wooden.
Here it is Bootsy Collins on the backstage pass you
know what, crank it up, dance a little bit, and uh,
(06:19):
like I said, have fun out there too. Back in
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Speaker 4 (11:58):
Hey Backer.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
On the show, Boots see Collins kind of enough to
joint to see her mental healthy, late us to single
across all the DSPs featuring Victor Wootin out there and
of course so you guys can check it out your
digital streaming platforms or wherever you download or stream music
out there too. So we got to talk about this
when I thought it was really just a cool feel.
It goes for a great cause, and uh, you know,
looking back at it. You really understand the message motally
(12:20):
coming from this one too. Talk about the mental health
for us and how you guys came about this idea.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Well, you know, Buckethead is really the the artist that's
uh that's on here along with Victory Wooten, and so
you know, we figured, you know, we need to try
to get a more easier way for people to be
able to talk about the condition, uh, and we figured
(12:48):
sent through music.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Music is the great healer.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
You know, people can hear and feel music, and so
we felt like this would be a great way to
you know, open open a lot of us up because
in these times, you know, it's like everybody's feeling the
crunch and you know it's good, you know, going to
(13:13):
everybody's kind of going a little crazy, whether they want
to admit it or not. But with this record, we
wanted to kind of mention it, kind of mention it first,
so people will at least think about, you know, trying
to get theirselves together or seeing somebody and that they're
(13:34):
not the only one that it happens to me. It
happens to bucket and I'm sure it happens to Victor
as well. You know, it comes a point where you
just can't, you know, you can't deal with certain things,
and you know you don't you don't like asking people
for stuff. So yes, it gets kind of deep, you know,
(13:58):
but we want people to know that, you know, it
happens to all of us, you know pretty much, you know,
And so through music we want to you know, kind
of let them know that, you know, they're not alone
with that, you know, we all kind of go through
one way or the other.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Yeah, there's just some things, you're right, we have to
let go.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
And mentally, sometimes it's in God's plans, it's in his hands,
and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don't. But
like I said that old saying, you know, one door closes,
another one opens. You've done a lot of collapse in
your career for collaborations. That's becoming more of the norm
in the today too, with the crossovers and things like that.
Talk about just how kind of special that is too,
for different genres of music and seeing different artists work
(14:43):
with other different artists maybe a different genre of music.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, well it's really special for me because my whole
career I've been you know, like I started off with
James Brown and then going with George Clinton and staying
with that that p funk brand for all those years.
You know, I wanted to always be able to do
(15:10):
other music, you know, other genres, you know, and so
I had to figure that out and I had to
take chances, and I actually would when I did that
thing with Delight. Now, George George Clinton didn't didn't like
the fact that I stepped out of p FONK to
(15:30):
do Delight, you know, but I thought, you know, it
was a good thing for all of us because it
was another genre, and plus I was having fun doing
it on the road, you know. But everything just you know,
don't work with everybody. It just seems to be happening
(15:51):
for me.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I met Bill Laswell, started working with all his different artists.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Herbie Hancock. I mean, you know, I never would have got.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
The opportunity to play with these casts that Bill Laswell,
Iggy Pop.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
All these guys, you know.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
So I got a chance to vibe with them in
the studio, you know, and and learn something else that
I didn't know. And so you know, that's what I
want to open up these doors and let people know
it can be done, and you can do it, you know,
if I can do it, you definitely can do it.
(16:31):
And so you know, I like to see the young artists,
you know, open up and just you know, just go
for it. You know what I really like about the
young artists now is they're picking up instruments and they're
you know, they're starting to really find their own way.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And that's a beautiful thing, you know.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah, it's really cool. I love the crossovers. I mean,
you've collaborated with a lot of great artists too in
your career too, looking back on and just you know,
pop cultures out there, and I love the fact that
because you know, so Snoop Dogg and outcasts and you
look at ye and I mean just.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
Everybody out there. Uh, you know that.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
I mean, it's just been a great thing to see
all these great artists do their thing out there too,
and really just kind of you know, not take music
so seriously, but at the same time, just you know,
catch a beat, catch a few words, and make something
kind of up out there. And for people to not
take things too seriously, right.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
That's all true.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
That's all true, And you know it's it's not taking
it too seriously, but you know, like like not really
being so distracted. I think that's what happened to a
lot of us is you know, we're being so distracted
by other things that's going on that we can't keep
(17:50):
our mind on what we're supposed to be doing and
what we're supposed to be being. And that's you know,
the number one thing would be able to grow and.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Play with each other.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
You know, that's the one thing that's kind of being
taken away from us by the new technology, is not
being able to play with each other and you know,
sit down and eat together, and all of those things
we kind of grew up on, you know, is fading away.
Which I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm just
(18:26):
saying it's different. It's a big change that we all
have to face. The kids, you know, nowadays are coming
up in a whole new world, and most of us
from from the eras that we came up, you know,
it was all different. You know, it was a different world,
(18:47):
and most of us don't want to accept how the
world is changing. But it happens every every era, something
else comes in. It's like the traditional piano player, you know,
he didn't want to accept the synthesizers, you know, I
know because I was right with Bernie Orrell when he
(19:09):
you know, he's a was a professional traditional piano player,
and when he got to synthesizer, you know, he lit
up and banged out a whole new way of approaching keyboards.
And when that came in, uh, it kind of scared,
(19:30):
I guess a lot of the traditional players, but at
the same time, it encouraged the ones that you know
that just took their hat off and just embraced it.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So that's the way I want to be. I want
to always be.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Able to uh see the change, adjust and make the
changes that I need to be a part of it,
you know, and still keep my integrity about where I
came from and what I've learned, and I always bring
that to the table when it's necessary.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Yeah, And that integrity you mentioned, and just kind of
being a real authentic artist and sticking to the music
you love, you know, and yeah, not trying to be
something that you're not at the same time. And you've
always done that through your music. And I want to
ask you about this great campaign here because I know
it was like late twenty twenty two you had kind
of started an initiative called Funk Not Fight, and this was, yeah,
(20:28):
stopped to the tide of the violence and kind of
unrest in different communities and every times see like we
turn on the news, there's this big story going on.
And I don't ever talk you know, politics of that,
but first of all, commend you for this campaign, Funk
Not Fight. How's it going? And I want to kind
of get an update with you on just a great
initiative and what you have done with this this cause.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Well, I got my wife here, my right hand.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
She heads up, you know, our campaigns, and she got
all the details and I did put her on the
spot right here.
Speaker 13 (21:02):
I'm here for that. So Bunk that Fight. You know,
we started it to help calm the violence and community.
So we were driving to Birmingham, Alabama, and we heard
about the shooting in Chicago on the fourth of July.
I think it's three years now that that happened. And
(21:22):
I remember Bootsy looking at me saying I've got to
do something, and I said, okay. So we got back
to Cincinnati and he wrote a song called Funk That Fight,
and then he started talking to me about starting a
movement slash mission.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
With this song.
Speaker 13 (21:39):
So we launched it three years ago with the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, with the community,
with the mayor, with citizens, with artists, all on the
big stage at the Rock Hall. We're able to take
it on to south By Southwest where we had the
main stage and Zapp was our music for that particular event.
(22:03):
And we've been now to probably about five other cities
from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, touched down in Atlanta.
So but the again, the mission is to take the music,
take the theme, and let communities know that somebody out
there cares about them and if we can come together
(22:24):
as one talk about what's going on in their community,
blend some music, show love for one another. Let your
neighbor know that if they want to knock on your
door again for a cup of sugar, that it's okay
to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
We need to get.
Speaker 13 (22:38):
To know our neighbors. We don't at this moment. So
that's what Funk that Fight's all about. We know that
we're not the savior, but just a little extra something
like Funk that Fight we believe can make a difference.
So we'll be going to Atlanta in twenty twenty six.
We're looking forward to that. Also, Chicago will be our
(22:59):
next two big stony thieves.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Two of our great cities out there too, and I
come in you guys for a great calls and a
great song out there too as well. And love it
when those campaigns come together and really just give back
to those communities and things like that. Well, time to
play a little bit more funk here on the show.
It's Bootsy Collins, so you can check him out at
Bootsie Collins dot com. Out there too, Is anybody out there?
We're gonna answer that question, featuring Myra Washington and of
(23:21):
course the brother Nature out there too as well. Bootsie
Collins here, time to play one here on the backstage pass,
kyb In ninety eight point one, your Bay Area broadcasting Network,
Bootsy Collins. Does anybody out there? We're gonna find out
the answer to that question here too on the backstage
pass Stay two. Coming right back with the King of Funk,
Bootsie Collins here and check him out at Bootsie Collins
dot com.
Speaker 10 (23:42):
We have an.
Speaker 14 (23:47):
On nine.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Casting on Can you guys hear me?
Speaker 11 (24:07):
Can anybody y'all know?
Speaker 15 (24:10):
I'm just a girl born and before Jan Bama sent
a man love with the girl, I'm on the help
made so many must say I became a Harry.
Speaker 14 (24:27):
I've got my god today.
Speaker 16 (24:29):
Oh on my time page. But the same said one
of us in my mom trying to stay in the
way the way blood about beform it, get this good
about before it going to pee and get the steak.
(25:10):
I haven't focused on my destiny.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
Open not ansoles come from me. And I didn't even
realize it was a losso by a star A long time.
Speaker 10 (25:30):
Say, I wanna keep pulling pray thish love keep. Can
you see it? Look, I'm gonna praysh love keep. Can
(25:51):
you see I'm gonna keep pulling brain?
Speaker 5 (25:54):
This s love keep? Anyway? Tell the can you hear
to pay for the moon? Can you hear?
Speaker 14 (26:21):
Mother?
Speaker 16 (26:22):
Do his mother.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
Joined? I'm gonna old and.
Speaker 10 (26:45):
Praying Hi Ron, keep my head. I'm gonna get old
and praying fish.
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And run my Hey.
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Speaker 3 (31:00):
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Speaker 4 (31:19):
So let's talk about it. Bootsie, I love this one.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
It featured Myra Washington and also for the nature out
there is anybody out there? Another great message out there too,
and I think we answered that question. We played the song, didn't.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
We Yes, But you know that one too.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
I mean, we're trying to have not only just the music,
we're trying to have a purpose, you know, because a
lot of people just kind of shun away from it.
I don't know what that's all about, but you know,
we want to gravitate towards it and be like the
(31:57):
first responders. You know, they come in, they bust in,
they run, they run towards the fire as opposed to
running away from it. And so as as humans, that's
what we have to learn how to do, is run
towards it, not away from it, because that's where we
(32:17):
get bigger problems than what we have is by not
speaking about it, not talking to each other about it,
you know, and so and as every every right, every
reason to not talk about it, but at the same time,
you know that's not doing us any good.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
We need to run forward, run towards the flame, you know,
and and help put it out, you know.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
And my wife again, she she's sitting here, she had
a lot to do with the song and the meaning
and the message of it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Would you like to speak on.
Speaker 13 (32:58):
So anybody out there? He put it on the album
of the Year number one Funketier album, and I just
it resonated with me. I would just listen to it
over and over again, and I thought to myself, you know,
why do I love this song so much. Well, it
turns out it's because it was given me that push
(33:19):
and the umph to tell my story of abuse from
a previous relationship. And Bootsy had been wanting me to
tell the story for years, but I just was not ready.
So when you wrote Anybody out There, I said, could
you take the song, take your voice off of it, and.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
I want to be able to.
Speaker 13 (33:39):
Tell my story with it. I think I can do it,
and he said yes, So he did it, went in
the studio and did it, and we changed the name.
We added is to Anybody out There? And one of
the reasons is because that was a major question for me.
I felt, is anybody out there? When I was going
through my abuse? And then Women Helping Women, which is
(34:02):
our partner here in Cincinnati and the tri State stated
that that's one of the first questions a woman will
ask when she goes to a shelter or just the
space that will help her with diapers and toiletries and
all these things that she's lost because she had to
leave the situation. So that's where the song actually came from.
(34:25):
So my podcast is called as Anybody out There. This
song is called as Anybody out There, and women are
telling me and then too, Patty. I'm able to tell
my story now because I'm hearing you telling yours, and
I know that healing begins when your story is told.
It's been forty two years from since my abuse, and
(34:47):
I could tell once I started talking about my story,
things started bubbling up inside and it was like almost
it just came on out and I feel free for
the first time. And forty two years right, So I'm
just thankful that Bootsy kept giving me that little punch
on that little cheek. Come on, you can do this,
(35:08):
And then the song came in here we.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Are, yeah, get that monkey off your back, no doubt too.
And again that's the question we always ask out there,
and there's people that you know, we'll listen to the
issues and the problems out there too, because it just
like everybody else, we all want to be seen, we
all want to be heard, and at the same time,
something that's bothering us. We have to figure out ways
to be able to handle that, and sometimes we seek
advice outside of our own means out there too, Bootsie,
(35:33):
I love the previous record of twenty twenty two, nothing
but you on my mind. A lot of great tracks
on there that was the time, a lot of cool
things that you could do with that one too, and
just remix and remix and against. Some great collaborations on
there with that particular one. As you think back and
we say to ourself, it's been about three years since
that came out, what do you remember best about that
(35:55):
particular record?
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (35:58):
You know what's funny with me about remembering music once.
Once I've done the music, it's like onward and upward
to the next. And you know, I don't even listen.
I don't even listen to uh stuff I've already done
(36:18):
because I guess I'm paranoid about it affecting whatever's coming
in next uh. And I've always kind of been like that.
I go in, I have the baby in the studio,
and then and then it's about the next baby. You know.
(36:40):
You know, that's that's just the way it's been. But
every now and then, Patty, Patty will tell me to
listen to a certain song, that I you know, I've
already done and it's very uplifting and and speaking of
that one song you talking about, the one with you Fu,
(37:02):
I mean it's very uplifting and being you could remix that,
and just like you said, it's one of those kind
that you can kind of keep hearing over and over
and over. So yeah, I'm gonna take your advice and
I'm gonna go back to that album. Yeah, yeah, because
I remember now that that was pretty powerful, pretty powerful.
Speaker 3 (37:26):
Good stuff, no doubt. I had a chance to go
to a show while back at the Nugget we covered it.
It was actually Kenny Wayne Shephard was on the Oh yeah, man,
Bobby Rush. Now I didn't realize, Yes, Bobby Rush is
still in his nineties, and I've never seen a guy
get up on stage and actually dance and have fun
outside of yourself.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
And I was saying to myself, and you wouldn't even
imagine the age.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
You're over ninety years old too as well, and I'm
sure you guys have cross passing your career. Man, he
can still sing it, he can play harmonica, and what
an entertaining guy that Bobby Rush is?
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Right, Yes, yes, absolutely right man, I mean, you know,
some of us have been so blessed, you know, and
I don't think we take that lightly, you know, man
to to be able to still do certain things that
you know, you up in age like that, it's incredible.
It's incredible.
Speaker 7 (38:15):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
I had my birthday two days ago and yeah, yeah,
October twenty sixth, and so you know, I just had
to think back on those days coming up and all
those other birthdays, and you know, I think I'm still
able to get up and walk around and you know,
(38:39):
kind of kind of not insane, but kind of insane,
you know, you know, and and to be able to
separate too, you know, it's it's a beautiful thing. You know,
I have no complaints able to still do music, you know,
(38:59):
on the mission to try and be a person of hope,
a person of change. Like just like what the music
did for me, it changed, it changed and it stayed
with the changes that's going on each and in each era.
I get a chance to see the era and listen
(39:21):
to what's changing, and you know, how can I be
a part of the change. You know?
Speaker 3 (39:27):
It is such a blessing, no doubt it is. And
I was going to ask you about just to celebrate.
And a lot of people don't ask about, you know,
awards and the careers, and if they do, it's kind
of you know, it comes with the territory. But I
mean for you, you've you've done it all in your career.
Of course, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame,
and of course the Lifetime Achievement award by a bass player?
(39:48):
Is there one that kind of stands out for you?
It's one of those moments that you think back here,
like and you mentioned like kind of like listening to
the music there too. It's just one thing after another.
You put out a project, you move on to the
next one too, but kind of cool. Sit back sometimes
and realize that some of the lifetime accomplishments, which one
stands out the most?
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (40:06):
Wow? I would have to probably say the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame, because we got a chance to
play play it live there with all the members, you know,
the members that were still you know, still here.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
I would have to say that was very special because.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
It wasn't just me, it was the whole you know,
the group that got inducted, you know, and to have
all of those cats back together, you know, because as
you know, you know groups, they tend to break up
after a certain amount of years, and we were no different.
And you know, it all kind of came crashing down.
(40:48):
But to have that day, you know, and we're all
back together jamming on stage, I think that was probably
the most special one for me.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Hello, that's well said right there too. Well, let's have
a little fun and closing here too. So are you
the cooking that household or does Patty make some really
good meals? I got to know about that too.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
Oh, I might say that I'm a failure at cooking
my wife tuesdays, so.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
It's already ready.
Speaker 4 (41:22):
Tuesday for that matter too.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
I guess when you get a little downtime, and I
know music takes up a lot of the time too, Bootsie.
What other kind of hobbies what do you get into
whether it be just uh uh taking walks or sometimes
people say they go fishing, or they do a little
bit sitting in a deer blind and go hunting, or
just anything out there. They read books. What do you
like to do for hobbies?
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Well, all of that that you said was, you know,
a part of me growing up. And you know what
I like most now is I get a chance to
go out in the woods with with the dogs and
just don't think about nothing, just absorb you know, the trees,
(42:02):
the grass, you know, and all the things of nature.
Just just looking around and being thankful for where you're at,
you know. And because I used to didn't have a
chance to do that. You know, it was all about working,
you know, it was all about hitting it, hitting the road,
you know, it's all about getting ready to go out.
Speaker 2 (42:24):
And perform, you know.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
But now I get a chance to walk in the
woods and I don't have to be in a rush,
you know, and that's just a beautiful thing. I get
a chance to sit out on the deck with the wifey,
you know, and that's that's kind of rare because when
when I'm working, she's working.
Speaker 2 (42:47):
When I ain't working, she's still working.
Speaker 1 (42:51):
So so so we strike a balance there sometimes somewhere
in there, you know. But uh, but yeah, it's it's
just a privilege for me to be it to be
able to be home, you know, as opposed on the while,
(43:11):
because you know, when you're out there, you know, you're
always chasing something, you know, if it ain't chasing the girl,
you're chasing drugs. I mean, you know, and that's part
of the fun, you know. To be able to get
away from that for a minute is a beautiful thing.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
It is too as well, and it's music like this,
it really stands to test the time and lives on.
And I've had a lot of legends here on this
very program, and he's right up there with him too,
the legend of Funk, the King of Funk out there.
Make sure you guys check out Bootsy Collins dot com
and go check out mental Health across all the digital
streaming platforms. Bootsy, been my pleasure to have you here
on the broadcast. We appreciate the time and looking forward
to doing this again man and continue success going forward.
Speaker 4 (43:55):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
Oh, thank you so much. Brandon, You've been a blast man.
We love you.
Speaker 4 (44:00):
You got it.
Speaker 3 (44:00):
And Patty we appreciate the time there too as well.
And Kadi It's and everybody that's set up the great
discussion today too. KYBN ninety eight point one, your Bay
Area Broadcasting Network, the Sports Guys podcast dot com, and
our friends at THHWN dot orgon anytime out there, the
backstage past top search result on iHeartRadio podcast We'll see
you guys soon.
Speaker 4 (44:18):
Take care, God bless we will see you.
Speaker 21 (44:21):
Hey, y'all, this is Ashland Craft and you're listening to
the award nominated Backstage Pass on KYBN ninety eight one,
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