Bootsy Collins: Funk Legend at B.B. King's
B.B. King Blues Club (237 West 42nd Street New York City, NY 10036)
- Full Price:
- $42.50
- Our Price:
- $21.25*
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The last date listed for Bootsy Collins was Thursday January 12, 2012 / 8:00pm (Doors at 6:00pm).
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Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute: Highway 61 Revisited at B.B. King's Featuring Highway 61 Revisited
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Highway 61 Revisited, the world's only Bob Dylan tribute band, presents a celebration of the renowned musician on his birthday at B.B. King Blues Club in Times Square. Including both electric and acoustic songs, this concert features guest appearances by musicians who have toured and recorded with Dylan over the years. They'll be performing songs from Dylan's famous 1975-1976 Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue, plus "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," "Like A Rolling Stone," "Hurricane," "Tangled Up in Blue" and more classic Dylan hits. Learn More
More Information About Bootsy Collins
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Description
Bootsy Collins is the man who put bass in your face - the original funk 'n' roll wild child, the Godzilla-toned high minister of the all-powerful "one," a sly dog who - with his trademark psychedelic stovepipe, knee-high platform boots, and star-studded bass guitars - makes the Cat in the Hat look tame. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix and tutored by no less an authority on the big beat than James Brown, Collins has stomped his way through the last 40 years of music history and lived the high life. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. And yet, after spraying outer space bass all over classic recordings by the Godfather of Soul, P-Funk, and his own trailblazing groups - including Bootsy's Rubber Band, the Sweat Band, and Praxis - Collins has arrived at a kind of Zen-like balance that he credits for inspiring his new album, Tha Funk Capitol of the World (2011).
"The secret that I learned," he explains from Bootzilla Word Headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, "is that you cannot tell the Universe what to do. When the Universe is ready, it will tell you - and then you got to be ready. And when the Universe told me it was time to record my new album, Lord, I was ready!" So was an elite coterie of Collins's friends, a blend of musicians and cultural giants who took up temporary residence in Tha Funk Capitol of the World to help Collins create a collective masterpiece so full of grooves, grit, guts, and glory that he calls it "the best thing I've ever done - a whole new chapter in the life of Bootsy."
Having collaborated with scores of artists, including Ice Cube, Steve Jordan, Bernie Worrell, Bela Fleck, George Duke, BucketHead, and contributed to numerous classic recordings like Deee-Lite's "Groove is in the Heart," Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" (for which he won a Grammy Award), and cuts by Snoop Dogg, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Kramer, Buddy Miles, and more, what has Collins learned over the course of his career? "What all of this - my music, my life - is about, is liberty," Collins explains. "It's about pursuing the sounds and ideas and things that you believe in and that you feel. The best music urges you to open your mind and your heart and take a bigger look at the world and what you can bring to it." Come see what this living legend brings to the stage at B.B. King Blues Club tonight!