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OBITUARY: Phelps 'Catfish' Collins Guitarist with James Brown Dies

R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, passed away at his home in Cincinnati on Aug. 6 at the age of 66, following a long battle with cancer. Bootsy Collins issued a statement saying that "my world will never be the same" without his brother. "Be happy for him, he certainly is now and always has been the happiest young fellow I ever met on this planet...

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22:30 on August 10 2010

OBITUARY: Phelps 'Catfish' Collins Guitarist with James Brown Dies

All About Jazz — R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, passed awa... more info