A grey-market release from 1999 of Bootsy and his Rubber Band in Louisville on 3/15/78. Wonder what Bobby thought of the show? He reviewed a gig from the following month for some reason:
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Though he is always totally cool, I always liked the proto Bootsy with brother Phelps(Catfish)Collins playing with Soul Brother #1. I am a bit more of Billy Bass guy for P-Funk, but Bootsy is a phenomena unto himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-qaeldagg
Like ice cream on Sunday.
Nice.
Bootsy was the kind of guy who’d bring his whole band to a smaller venue, say the Great American Music Hall, and throw it down for extra time, right up to last call.
On like a Tuesday.
Legend.
I suppose that if one didn’t know who Bob Weir was, they could be forgiven for thinking he was a complete square based on that review.
Can a person really be a “regular” member of the Grateful Dead?
this was great and provided the soundtrack to my roto draft