Died On This Date (August 6, 2010) Catfish Collins / Parliament-Funkadelic
themusicsover Phelps “Catfish” Collins
1944 – August 6, 2010
Catfish Collins is best remembered as the rhythm guitarist on several influential recordings by P-Funk, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, which was lead by his brother, Bootsy Collins. During the late ’60s, Collins and his brother, Bootsy, and Phillipe Wynne helped form a band called the Pacemakers, that was soon hired by James Brown and transformed into his legendary backup band, the J.B.’s. Collins played on such classics as “Super Bad” and “Get Up (I Feel Like A) Sex Machine.” The Collins brothers eventually left Brown and formed Funkadelic. Catfish Collins was 66 when he died of cancer on August 6, 2010.
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