'Catfish' Collins obituary

Leading funk guitarist and brother of BootsyPhelps "Catfish" Collins, who has died of cancer aged 66, was funk's foremost rhythm guitarist. His career was overshadowed by that of his bass-playing younger brother, William "Bootsy" Collins, who became (and remains) an icon of 1970s African American popular music, but this suited Catfish, whose clean, driving rhythm guitar playing perfectly fitted the sideman's role.Born into a musical family in Cincinnati, Ohio, Catfish began playing the guitar as...

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