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*Cordell “Boogie” Mosson, longtime bassist for George Clinton’s legendary Parliament-Funkadelic, died last Thursday (April 18) at the age of 60, reports Billboard.com. No official cause of death has been given. Mosson was born October 16, 1952 and grew up in Plainfield, NJ. He first met Clinton in the early seventies, when the P-Funk leader produced [...]
*Tom Joyner’s Foundation Fantastic Voyage is celebrating 14 years of the ultimate party cruise with featured performers and guests including Jamie Foxx, Tyler Perry, Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Earth Wind and Fire, the O’ Jays, Frankie Beverly and Maze, plus more. This year’s concert on the water is completely sold out. According to a [...]
*”VH1 Divas” has added more R&B and funk to its annual concert special to take place at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium. Keri Hilson, Ledisi and funk legend Bootsy Collins have joined the list of performers for the event. Additionally, La La Anthony, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Stacey Kiebler, NeNe Leakes, Brandy Norwood and Kelly Osbourne will make [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it.” [...]
*Legendary R&B singer Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer, according to his good friend, bassist Bootsy Collins. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Womack was reportedly hospitalized with pneumonia over the weekend when he was diagnosed with the condition. Bootsy originally tweeted Sunday: ”Funkateers, [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “I prefer to be true to myself, even [...]
*Looks like it’s gon’ be a funky good time tonight in Downtown LA at Club Nokia when funk man Bootsy Collins hits the stage. We just got word that hooking up with Bootsy will be Snoop Dogg and Cornel West. They’ll join Bootsy on stage to perform songs from his new album, “Tha Funk Capital [...]
*Funk legend Bootsy Collins’ first new album in 5 years, ‘Tha Funk Capital of the World,’ is sure to be this week’s funkiest and grooviest release with Ebony Magazine describing it as “writhing, lively” and USA Today promising “a groove worth waiting for.” On June 3, Bootsy launches his U.S. tour with a show at [...]
*The thing about working for EURweb.com that I appreciate the most is getting the chance to write about people who were truly riding the cutting edge of their chosen genre and Bootsy Collins’ certain fits the bill. We could sit here and run off some of the greats whose sound Bootsy Collins contributed to, like [...]
“I instructed my photog to capture the shot and like lightening, it was snap crackle and pop that Bootsy shot.”
*A desire to memorialize his heroes — including James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Garry Shider and jazz legends such as Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis — drove Bootsy Collins to make “Tha Funk Capitol of the World,” his first new album in five years, reports Billboard. “In 2008 we went out and did a [...]
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ————– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE How far you go in life depends on [...]
*Are you ready to fonk? After a stellar career that produced eight best-selling jazz CDs and one gospel project, before his untimely death last year, Wayman Tisdale was ready to show the world a completely different side, one that was 12 years in making. Featuring 11 all-original songs, Tisdale’s own funky vocals and a crew [...]
*Bootsy Collins is taking folks to school – literally – with the launch Funk University, an online bass guitar school he is co-creating and curating with actor-entrepreneur Cory Danziger. Collins will deliver exclusive lectures on his two specialties – funk and the bass. Guest professors will include a who’s who of bassology: John B. Williams, [...]
*TV One gathers vintage performances from the artists featured in its “Unsung” series for an all-music special “Unsung: Uncut,” premiering Monday, April 5 from 9-10 p.m. Featured full-length performances will include Teena Marie w/ Rick James (“Sucka For Your Love”), Bootsy Collins (“Aint It Funky Now”), Klymaxx (“Meeting In the Ladies Room”), Rose Royce (“Car [...]
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