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Bootsy Collins Christmas
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Out of 32 votes - Similar Artists: The Gap Band, Rick James, Prince, P-Funk All Stars, Con Funk Shun
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- Location: United States
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Editor's review
Track titles like "Happy Holidaze" and "Chestnutz" can only mean one thing: Bootsy's taking on Christmas, and Snoop Dogg's helping out. On riotous, funk-tastic LP "Christmas Is 4 Ever," Collins sics his slap-bass on the holiday songbook, giving frozen snowmen some serious sizzle.
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- Funk legend Bootsy Collins spices up Christmas time with his first holiday album, Bootsy Collins: Christmas Is 4 Ever, a newly recorded CD from Shout! Factory that mixes four new recordings and nine "Bootsyized" yuletide classics. Bootsy, whose hits include "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!," "Bootzilla” and “The Pinocchio Theory" puts his funky touch to popular Christmas favorites “Jingle Belz (aka Jingle bells),” “Chestnutz (aka The Christmas Song),” “Winterfunkyland (aka Winter Wonderland)” and Dis-christmiss (aka This Christmas), originally written and recorded by Donny Hathaway. Bootsy is joined by Snoop Dogg, who raps on the new “Happy Holidaze,” and Charlie Daniels on fiddle and background vocals for the classic “Sleigh Ride” (which also features vocals by Ohio Players lead singer Sugarfoot). Additional notable guests include Fred Wesley and other former James Brown collaborators MC Danny Ray and Bobby Byrd, as well as former Parliament/Funkadelic members Blackbyrd McKnight and Bernie Worrell. The CD also features holiday greetings from Buckethead and Roger Troutman as well as a message from Bishop Don Magic Juan. Bootsy Collins: Christmas Is 4 Ever was released on October 31, 2006 for the suggested list price of $18.98.
GRAMMY Award-winning Bootsy is one of the most prolific bass players of all time. As a teenager he toured with James Brown and went on to collaborate with George Clinton in Parliament Funkadelic. Bootsy, who has had 15 R&B single-chart entries in Billboard, has worked with a veritable “who's who” of musicians, including Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Keith Richards, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Afrika Bambaataa and Deee-lite.
