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    Morning Becomes Eclectic

    Bootsy Collins: KCRW Guest DJ Set

    Novena Carmel
    Novena Carmel
    Hand-Picked MusicIndie / AltSoul / Funk
    Bass legend and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins’ guest selects a few favorite songs, including one from his new LP “Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer.”
    Bass legend and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins’ guest selects a few favorite songs, including one from his new LP “Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer.”
    May 27, 2025

    Bootsy Collins — bass legend, funk pioneer, omnipresent collaborator (James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Fatboy Slim, etc.) — is KCRW’s latest guest selector. He joins us on the heels of dropping his 23rd (!) studio album, Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer. Click that player button on this page to hear his candid stories from 50+ years in the biz, his philosophy for adapting with the changing times, and a few of his very favorite songs; his own, and those made by the fellow musicians he admires most.

    Bootsy Collins’ KCRW Guest Selects:

    “Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer” – Bootsy Collins, Bootdullivan & Myra Washington

    “Yo-Mama-Loves-Ya” – Bootsy Collins

    “I Was Made To Love Her” – Stevie Wonder (James Jamerson on bass)

    “If 6 Was 9” – Jimi Hendrix

    “Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Tarrell

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      Show Credits

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        Novena Carmel

        Host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, co-host of Lost Notes

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        Anna Chang

        Producer, KCRW Music Department

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