RIP Phelps 'Catfish' Collins.

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R&B guitarist Phelps 'Catfish' Collins dead at 66

Played with Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown's J.B.'s
Reuters
DETROIT - R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James
Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William
"Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, died of cancer last Friday at his home in
Cincinnati. He as 66.
Bootsy Collins said in a statement that "my world will never be the same
.. Be happy for him, he certainly is now and always has been the
happiest young fellow I ever met on this planet."
Bootsy's wife, Patti Collins, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Catfish
"was a father figure to my husband. He's the reason why Bootsy is who he
is."
Catfish, eight years Bootsy's senior, suggested his brother put bass
strings on an old guitar. After being recruited by James Brown, they
played on such classics as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine,"
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose," "Super Bad" and "Soul Power."
By 1971 they had left Brown's employ, going on to form the House Guests
and then joining Funkadelic in 1972 for albums such as "America Eats Its
Young" and "Cosmic Slop." Catfish remained with the group -- which also
lost guitarist Garry Shider to cancer in June -- until the mid-'80s.
"(Catfish) was a hell of a musician," keyboardist Bernie Worrell, who
played with the guitarist in Funkadelic, told the Enquirer. "People seem
to forget that the rhythm guitar behind James Brown was Catfish's
creative genius, and that was the rhythm besides Bootsy's bass."
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On Aug 14, 1:54 am, Vindr...@webtv.net (F~A~R~V~A-Yankee Northern

never heard of him.

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Vind...@webtv.net (F~A~R~V~A-Yankee Northern Allfather) wrote in news:1556-
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> R&B guitarist Phelps 'Catfish' Collins dead at 66

Yup, the Catfish is dead as well.

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