Bootsy Collins

…associated with him (Jimmy Nolan, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley, and Maceo Parker) have played an important role in creating the core vocabulary and grammar of funk music.

…Nelson, Eddie Hazel, Tiki Fulwood, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Jerome Brailey, Garry Shider, Glen Goins, and Gary (“Mudbone”) Cooper. The group scored 13 Top Ten rhythm-and-blues (R&B) and pop hits from 1967 to 1983 (including six number-one R&B hits) under a variety of names, including the Parliaments, Funkadelic,…