February 19, 1963 – The mother of Cincinnati’s Bootsy Collins, 12, buys him a guitar from a now-closed Sears Store on Reading Road. It costs $29.95 and would soon become a bass because brother Catfish already played lead. Collins would pluck his bass all the way to stardom. As a 17-year-old, he played bass for James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. Bot not with that guitar. James wouldn't let it up on stage.
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