If there’s one song that embodies James Brown’s influence on funk, it’s “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.” Released in 1970, this track is all about rhythm. Brown’s command ...

Back in 2005, Bass Player corralled Bootsy Collins, Fred Thomas, and Ray Brundidge, to dig into what it really meant to be a ...

All the time I spent with P-Funk and James Brown, I always seen everybody else ... Funk is making something out of nothing. On your 1977 song “The Pinocchio Theory,” you sang, “Don’t ...