{"id":72366,"date":"2026-09-09T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/bootsy-collins-plans-memoir-funked-around-found-out\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:01:35","slug":"bootsy-collins-plans-memoir-funked-around-found-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/bootsy-collins-plans-memoir-funked-around-found-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootsy Collins Plans Memoir, ‘Funked Around, Found Out’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tIn his 74 years on this planet, funk bass hero Bootsy Collins<\/a> has survived James Brown\u2019s frivolous fines, kept it on the one with George Clinton in Parliament and Funkadelic, and, as a solo artist, become the avatar for a whole genre since his influence echoes in the music of Prince, Dr. Dre, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The title of his upcoming memoir<\/a>, due March 23, is a nice summary of his existence: Funked Around, Found Out<\/em>. But Collins says the book goes way deeper than that.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAlright y\u2019all pay attention, because here\u2019s the key change: You\u2019ve heard the records, but it\u2019s finally time to tell my story \u2014 the whole truth, nothin\u2019 but the truth, straight up, real deal,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIf I\u2019m lyin\u2019, I\u2019m dyin\u2019 \u2014 \u00adand I ain\u2019t ready to go yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tPublisher Mariner Books says the book will cover Collins\u2019 youth in Cincinnati, where he and his brother, Phelps \u201cCatfish\u201d Collins, played in the Pacemakers before joining Brown\u2019s band and becoming the JB\u2019s. With Brown, he backed up the Godfather of Soul on \u201cSex Machine\u201d<\/a> and other recordings, before he and Catfish quit to play with Clinton. As a member of P-Funk, Collins played on classic albums like Mothership Connection<\/a><\/em> and One Nation Under a Groove<\/em>. While touring with P-Funk in the mid-Seventies, Collins also launched his solo act, Bootsy\u2019s Rubber Band, and continues to record as a solo artist. He became so popular that he had multiple impersonators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tCollins\u2019 book will cover his drug use within the JB\u2019s, his split with Brown, an examination of the rift between Clinton and him, and a reflection on the motorcycle crash that nearly killed him and made him clean up his act. He also writes about how his collaboration with Deee-Lite, \u201cGroove Is in the Heart,\u201d saved his career \u201cbut not his soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

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