October 26, 1951 – No. 1 funk soul brother Bootsy Collins is born in Cincinnati. His first bass guitar was a restrung electric guitar bought from Sears. James Brown let 17-year-old Bootsy into his band but would not let that converted guitar on stage. Bootsy would transform American funk as a member of the Original J.B.s, Parliament –Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band.
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