Me too. Bought it without any knowledge of the man. Played it over and over, I cn dream the whole thing. The same year I went seeing him at the north sea jazz festival. Surprised with the fact he invited most of the JB's include Fred Wesley. Legendary! We have to miss him on stage.
Hmm... The whole thing is funky but also kind of boring. And I don't know of any well-known bassist who plays AS LITTLE as Bootsy. “Big Tony” by Trouble Funk also played little. But there was (is?) also keyboard bass. Just for comparison: Mark King may play more notes in a single piece, like Mr. Pink, than Bootsy does in an entire concert. Doesn't have to be better. But as a bass fan who plays bass, I also want to hear the bass. It doesn't always have to be such an "inhumane" job as, for example, Leland Sklar's in Stratus or things like Rossana Nicolosi's in Electric Man by Billy Cobham. You hear the bass and want to keep listening. Ok, it's more fusion than funk. Doesn't matter. I just wanted to complain. Haha. Shitstorm can begin. 😂
