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Recording wasn't as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool.

Bootsy Collins

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Bootsy Collins
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 26
Bassist
Musician
Recording Artist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Bootsy Collins
William Earl Collins
William Earl Bootsy Collins
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