# Is there some Bootsy on it?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686 "2025-04-12T10:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Defeet](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Defeet](https://pfunkforums.com/u/Defeet)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/1 "2025-04-12T10:43:46Z")

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Was listening to George Duke’s “Reach For It” LP, and the title track sounds like Bootsy’s playing on it and doing some vocal, the sleeve has no mention, and the wiki page has no mention, but my ears are hearing Bootsy, or is it someone impersonating him? would love it if people on here could give it a listen (it must be on most streaming sites), and give there opinion

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**Author:** ![swang](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/swang/32/2692_2.png) [@swang](https://pfunkforums.com/u/swang)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/2 "2025-04-12T18:05:38Z")

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George Duke impersonating Bootsy’s voice himself. Bass by Stanley Clarke.

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**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/3 "2025-04-12T19:31:36Z")

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Yeah I believe @swang is right, but really sounds like Boots. Great track!

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**Author:** ![gridhead](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@gridhead](https://pfunkforums.com/u/gridhead)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/4 "2025-04-12T23:33:35Z")

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I bought Reach For It when it was released in 1977. Good album. Yes, George Duke was imitating the Bootsy voice, and as Oscar Wilde once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.

The ‘Don’t Let Go album’ is pretty good too. The hit from that album was ‘Dukey Stick’, with Byron Miller on bass. His bass solo has that Bootsy vibe too.

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**Author:** ![TheRubberMothership](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/therubbermothership/32/1746_2.png) [@TheRubberMothership](https://pfunkforums.com/u/TheRubberMothership)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/5 "2025-04-13T01:53:34Z")

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I’m pretty certain that Byron Miller plays bass on Reach For It (the song only).

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**Author:** ![swang](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/swang/32/2692_2.png) [@swang](https://pfunkforums.com/u/swang)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/6 "2025-04-13T06:59:01Z")

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My bad! You are correct. Stanley does appear on the album, but bass on the title track was indeed played by Byron.

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**Author:** ![timmyfunk1](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/timmyfunk1/32/2696_2.png) [@timmyfunk1](https://pfunkforums.com/u/timmyfunk1)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/is-there-some-bootsy-on-it/1686/7 "2025-04-13T22:44:37Z")

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Stanley Clarke is the bassist on Watch Out Baby, not Reach For It. The album’s credits don’t list a bassist. Clarke is credited on one track, not the entire album. But I have heard that Byron Miller is the bassist on the track. So I’ll go with that consensus.