This Friday, the label's Northside storefront is hosting a special preview party/concert in honor of Collins' 67th birthday In 1970, bassist Bootsy Collins and his guitar-playing brother Phelps Collins joined James Brown for a brief but revolutionary period of Brown's career that included recording sessions for groundbreaking hits like "Get Up Sex Machine" and "Super Bad." After their stint as The J.B.'s, Bootsy and Catfish returned to Cincinnati and formed a new band, House Guests, with House Guests didn't last too long - Catfish, Bootsy and Waddy famously joined George Clinton's Funkadelic/Parliament collective in 1972.
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