Latest about James Brown
Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter on his supergroup with Joe Walsh, sessions with Joni Mitchell and the voices of Albert King
The session great discusses being hand-picked by Gene Simmons, fitting in with James Brown, creating classic solos for Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, and Frankenstein acts on most of his guitars
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter went to a James Brown gig – and had to step in as his sideman at the last minute
Brown may be known as the the “Hardest-Working Man in Show Business”, but it seems like Skunk is also worthy of that moniker...
Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today
One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass
Bootsy Collins is one of the all-time bass greats, but he started out on guitar. Here’s the sole reason why he switched
Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's band
The bassists of James Brown reveal what life was really like playing alongside the Godfather of Soul
Fred Thomas, Ray Brundidge and Bootsy Collins dig into what it meant to play with Soul Band No. 1
How a young Bootsy Collins took the James Brown bass chair to its busiest level on this Bootsy-fied recut from 1970’s Sex Machine
The first version of the song was recorded in October 1968 with Charles ‘Sweets’ Sherrell on bass
Session great Carlos Alomar on his time as Chuck Berry’s rhythm guitarist
Alomar also recalls his tour with James Brown and the time the King of Soul yelled ‘Hit me!’ – and he didn’t hit back
If you play funk, you owe Bootsy Collins – the bass legend who played with James Brown
Bootsy Collins is a legend not just for his interstellar bass playing, but also for his star-shaped bass guitars
The unsung guitarist who transformed James Brown’s music, and laid a funky path for Nile Rodgers, John Frusciante, Cory Wong and countless others
Overshadowed by the flamboyant frontman for whom he worked, Jimmy Nolen created a singular rhythm style that can still be heard all over pop and rock radio today
