Bootsy Collins
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"William Earl "Bootsy" Collins" is an American musician, and singer-songwriter.

Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. Collins is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

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When I play with other people, I always have to approach it differently. It's a give-and-take thing. You have to listen to other people's ideas, and that's a great thing. We've kind of forgotten how to do that.

I went back and got some of the cats that were on that music scene: George Clinton, Bobby Womack, the Ohio Players` Sugarfoot, ... We did `Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,` which I call `Boodolph the Gold-Toothed Reindeer.`

We had no idea how well-connected he was in the industry. And he has a terrific relationship with Snoop, so that was very helpful as well.

Well, you know, anything's possible. We gotta save something for a surprise.

George is the doctor. He allowed me to experiment in his lab.