William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Rising to prominence with <a href="/c/books/credit/172594/James-Brown/">James Brown</a> in the early 1970s, and later with <a href="/c/books/credit/275579/parliament/">Parliament</a>-<a href="/c/books/credit/234588/Funkadelic/">Funkadelic</a>, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
