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==Early life== Collins was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], on October 26, 1951.<ref name=About>{{cite web| title= About US| url= http://bootsycollins.com/about/| website= bootsycollins.com| publisher= Bootsy Collins| access-date= November 28, 2017| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033432/http://bootsycollins.com/about/| archive-date= December 1, 2017| df= mdy-all}}</ref> He said that his mother nicknamed him "Bootsy". "I asked her why", he explained to a journalist, "and she just said, 'Because you looked like a Bootsy.' I left it at that."<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/28/bootsy-collins-lsd-was-a-big-part-of-why-i-left-james-browns-band |title=Bootsy Collins: 'LSD was a big part of why I left James Brown's band' |last=Pires |first=Candice |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=2017-10-28 |access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref> His brother [[Phelps "Catfish" Collins]] (1943β2010) was also a musician.<ref name= About /> He and Bootsy were once part of [[The Pacemakers (funk band)|The Pacemakers]]. Collins has maintained a strong connection with Cincinnati.<ref name="JB death" />
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