I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. And we're about to get funky with a special rebroadcast. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GIVE UP THE FUNK") BOOTSY COLLINS: (Singing) We're going to turn ...

Bootsy Collins‘ endless alter-egos - Boot-Tron, Zillatron, King of the Geepies, Bootdullivan, Bedroom Bootsy and, of course, Bootzilla - have always battled for space inside the funk pioneer's brain.

As a member of the Parliament-Funkadelic family and a solo artist in his own right, William “Bootsy” Collins has spent some serious time in the Detroit area — especially at United Sound Studios, where ...