Bootsy’s pre p-funk period

Bootsy’s pre p-funk period

The data on the occupation of James brown productions often leaves much to be desired. Many tracks lack data and I have tried to compile the best possible list on which Bootsy , Catfish etc. were part of the line-up.

With a number of tracks it is not certain that Bootsy actually plays on this. In addition, I have mapped out the period of The Complete strangers, House Guests and Bootsy, Phelps & Gary as well as possible. Looking forward to your comments, additions, etc.

Arthur Prysock - Fever

Arthur Prysock - If I Were Young Again

Arthur Prysock - Soul Soliloquy

Arthur Prysock - Where The Soul Trees Grow

Arthur Prysock -Let’s Talk Things Over

Beau Dollar - I wanna go where the soul trees grows

Ben Starr - Never love a woman

Ben Starr - She’s extra

Bill Doggett - Honly Tonk Popcorn

Bobby Byrd - Fight against Drug Abuse

Bobby Byrd - I Need Help I Can’t Do It alone live

Bobby Byrd - Signed Sealed delivered live

Bobby Byrd - When Something Is wrong with My Baby

Bootsy, Phelps & Gary - Love and Understanding 05:05

Bootsy, Phelps & Gary - Say Something Good 04:03

Bootsy, Phelps & Gary - Togerther In Heaven 02:52

Bootsy, Phelps & Gary - Together in heaven 02:21

Bootsy, Phelps & Gary - Together in heaven 06:08

Bootsy, Phelps & the Complete Strangers - Fun in our thang part 1 02:38

Bootsy, Phelps & the Complete Strangers - Fun in our thang part 2 03:11

Charles Spurling - Popcorn Charlie

Charles Spurling - That Woman

Charles Spurling - Which One

Gloria Taylor - Blue glass bubbles

Gloria Taylor - Brother Less Than A man

Hank Ballard - Butter Your Popcorn

Hank Ballard - Honky Tonk Popcorn

James Brown & Bobby Byrd - Since You’ve Been Gone

James Brown - Bewildred

James Brown - Funk Power 1970 - A Brand New Thang (Album)

James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, get Involved

James Brown - Give It up Or Turnit Loose

James Brown - I Got The feelin’

James Brown - I Got to move

James Brown - Licking Stick

James Brown - Love Power Peace (Album)

James Brown - Sex Machine

James Brown - Sex Machine (Album)

James Brown - Soul power

James Brown - Super bad

James Brown - Super Bad (Album)

James Brown - Talkin’ Loud and saying Nothing

James Brown - The drunk

James Brown - The whole world Needs liberation

James Brown - There Was A Time (I got to move)

James Brown - Untitled Instrumental

JB’s - Food For Thought (Album)

JB’s - More Mess On My thang (Album)

JB’s - The Grunt part 1 & 2

JB’s - These Are The JB’s (Album)

Kay Robinson - The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow part 1 & 2

Lyn Collins - Wheels Of Life

Maceo and the Macks - Soul Power '74

Revolution Of The Mind (Album)

Roberta Dubois - Who Am I

The House Guests - Be right back

The House Guests - Miss Chicken

The House Guests - My Mind set me free 03:28

The House Guests - My mind set me free part 2 03:24

The House Guests (Album)

The House Guests Rated - X - What So Never the dance 03:59

The House Guests Rated - X - What So Never the dance part two 02:21

The Identities - when You Find Love Slipping away ?

Vicki Anderson - Super Good (Part 1 & 2)

Vicki Anderson - Yesterday (live)

Vicky Anderson (Myra Barnes) - Message From The Soul Sisters part 1 & 2strong text

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Fantastic work.

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Thanks for the list! Will track down the ones I haven’t heard.

A while back I listened to a great interview with Bootsy where he talked about some of the early tracks he worked on. Will try to find it again, but I think you already listed the tracks he mentioned.

I knew there was a good reason why Soul Sisters and Super Good were two of my favourite funk tunes. :joy::metal:

Firstly, Vicky Anderson. Nuff said but…the Bootsy and Catfish are cookin.

Wheels of life by Lynn Collins is also choice.

James’ music was all about the drums and the vocals - screams - and probably the horns for me for years. Now the thing that hits most is the bass and guitar.

I just read in the liner notes on Discogs for the Earl Gaines album Lovin’ Blues that Bootsy and Catfish both play on the Earl Gaines tracks My Pillow Stays Wet and Little Boy Blue. I’ve been doing a deep dive on King Records related releases and was happy to find that! It’s not confirmed but it sure sounds like them!

My Pillow Stays Wet

Little Boy Blue

Discogs link with liner notes

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Whatever happened to Clayton chicken Gunnels and Co?

Where did Miss Chicken go after AEIY???

Trumpet player for the Pacesetters, New Dapps, THE JB’s, Houseguests, Complete Strangers, Funkadelic…and then???

He’s on Common Law Wife, on Chocolate City, which I assume is from the AEiY sessions and then he vanishes into the ether.

Along with Robert McCullough, Ronnie Greenaway, Rufus Allen…

Anyone know anything at all about where these cats went next? The internet appears to know nothing - idle googling is the extent of my sleuthing.

*Ronnie Greenaway joins 400 years of What. Just listened to the tune Kash played on in another thread.

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