Celebrating #FunkMusicHistory William "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American Funk musician and singer-songwriter. "Bootsy" along with his elder brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Frankie "Kash" Waddy, and Philippé Wynne, Collins formed a funk band called The Pacemakers, in 1968. In March 1970, after most of the members of James Brown's band quit over a pay dispute, The Pacemakers were hired as Brown's backing band and they became known as The J.B.'s. Although they worked for Brow