Vinyl Wednesday: Bootsy Collins - Stretchin Out In Bootsys Rubber Band
41 years ago, this masterpiece was delivered. It is the first album by American funk and soul band Bootsy's Rubber Band led by bassist and vocalist William "Bootsy" Collins. It was recorded around the same time as Funkadelic's "Let's take it to the stage" and Parliament's "Mothership Connection". (Wikipedia).
I love the opening track Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band. What a way to start an album with. Bootsy's brilliant first words are: Halleluia! They call me Casper! Not the friendly ghost But the holy ghost! Dig! And I'm Here To make ya shout Glory be to the one Who knows what the funk's about Like the ridin' rhythm Only if you can stand The elastic music Of my Rubber Band I'm gonna hit ya with the one (ughh) And Glory Be, the Funk's on me, cuz DIG! This is Casper here, and I'm callin' short distance, baby I'm gonna hit ya with the one on the fun (...)
Without a doubt, this is a more than funky welcome to another continent of the P-Funk empire. Another favourite, the second tune:
This is a tune called Kalunga Dance, from my latest album Dark Horse, order it here or buy it at a concert, the next one is Brebl, Nijmegen 1 day after my birthday on 16th of April! Hope to see you there!In this performance, we featured percussionist/vocalist and world citizen Helene Jank. She lived and worked in Brazil for quite a while and I really think it's audible here. I love the way she and the band creates this moment of space within the concert and this is also why - I think - visiting concerts is important because then you get to experience the whole context of the concert. How is the program build up, how does the audience respond and what does music makes you feel. More info:Susanne Alt: sax, Matthijs Geerts and Ike van Bergen: keys, Thomas Pol: bass, Yoràn Vroom: drums, Helene Jank: percussion Performed at 16th of January 2026 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Recorded by Onno Prillwitz Filmed by Robert Glass and Albert Nooij. - 41 years ago, this masterpiece was delivered. It is the first album by American funk and soul band Bootsy's Rubber Band led by bassist and vocalist William Bootsy Collins. It was recorded around the same time as Funkadelic's Let's take it to the stage and Parliament's Mothership Connection.(Wikipedia).I love the opening track Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band. What a way to start an album with. Bootsy's brilliant first words are:Halleluia! They call me Casper! Not the friendly ghost But the holy ghost! Dig! And I'm Here To make ya shout Glory be to the one Who knows what the funk's about Like the ridin' rhythm Only if you can stand The elastic music Of my Rubber Band I'm gonna hit ya with the one (ughh) And Glory Be, the Funk's on me, cuz DIG! This is Casper here, and I'm callin' short distance, baby I'm gonna hit ya with the one on the fun(...)Without a doubt, this is a more than funky welcome to another continent of the P-Funk empire.Another favourite, the second tune:Of course, horn arrangements by Fred Wesley. Also nice to know that Bootsy Collins will be touring Europe again this summer, I saw 22-06 Paradiso, Amsterdam and 23-06 O2, London. Website Bootsy Collins
