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 | Posted by djcisco
| Wed, August 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM |
 Guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, passed away at his home in Cincinnati on Aug. 6 at the age of 66, following a long battle with cancer.
Bootsy Collins issued a statement saying that "my world will never be the same" without his brother. "Be happy for him, he certainly is now and always has been the happiest young fellow I ever met on this planet."
Bootsy's wife, Patti Collins, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Catfish "was a father figure to my husband. He's the reason why Bootsy is who he is."
Catfish, eight years Bootsy's senior, was the one who suggested his brother put bass strings on an old guitar, and the two were part of a Cincinnati group called the Pacemakers that became the rhythm section for the city's famed King Records label. James Brown recruited the Collins brothers, and starting in 1968 they played on Brown classics such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose," "Super Bad" and "Soul Power" as the J.B.'s.
"(Catfish) was a hell of a musician," keyboardist Bernie Worrell, who played with the guitarist in Funkadelic, told the Enquirer. "People seem to forget that the rhythm guitar behind James Brown was Catfish's creative genius, and that was the rhythm besides Bootsy's bass."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced for Catfish, who had two children.  Share on Facebook ·  Bookmark on Delicious | Posted by djcisco
| Wed, August 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM |
Guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, passed away at his home in Cincinnati on Aug. 6 at the age of 66, following a long battle with cancer.
Bootsy Collins issued a statement saying that "my world will never be the same" without his brother. "Be happy for him, he certainly is now and always has been the happiest young fellow I ever met on this planet."
Bootsy's wife, Patti Collins, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Catfish "was a father figure to my husband. He's the reason why Bootsy is who he is."
Catfish, eight years Bootsy's senior, was the one who suggested his brother put bass strings on an old guitar, and the two were part of a Cincinnati group called the Pacemakers that became the rhythm section for the city's famed King Records label. James Brown recruited the Collins brothers, and starting in 1968 they played on Brown classics such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose," "Super Bad" and "Soul Power" as the J.B.'s.
"(Catfish) was a hell of a musician," keyboardist Bernie Worrell, who played with the guitarist in Funkadelic, told the Enquirer. "People seem to forget that the rhythm guitar behind James Brown was Catfish's creative genius, and that was the rhythm besides Bootsy's bass."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced for Catfish, who had two children. Police in Atlanta, Georgia are investigating the Grand Hustle offices owned by rapper T.I., after two Molotov Cocktails were found in front of the building that houses the label.
A SWAT team was called to the scene to remove the two explosives devices , while ATF agents are interviewing witnesses in an attempt to identify a suspect.
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Investigators are currently testing the Molotov Cocktails to determine what liquids were in the two bottles.
"One of the occupants came out early this morning to start his car up and noticed two suspicious bottles sitting on the front portion of the walkway," Officer Otis Redmond told MyFox Atlanta 5.
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