2021
Inductee

WILLIAM "BOOTSY" COLLINS

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Bootsy Collins, became one of the top bassists of all time. He first drew attention playing with his brother, Catfish, behind James Brown, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic. The lifelong Cincinnatian (b. 1951) also founded the 1970s funk-rock group Bootsy’s Rubber Band, producing such raucous hits as the chart-topping “Bootzilla.”

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Bootsy Collins with brother Phelps 'Catfish' Collins (right) performs at the Manchester Apollo on June 23, 1978. Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images
Bootsy Collins with brother Phelps 'Catfish' Collins (behind) performs at the Manchester Apollo on June 23, 1978. (Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images)
Bootsy Collins performs on February 20, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns via Getty Images)
Bootsy Collins performs on April 3, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)
Bootsy Collins performs in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13th February 1995. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)