Billy "Bass" Nelson

For many, Bootsy Collins is the most renowned bassist of Parliament-Funkadelic's long and winding career. But Billy "Bass" Nelson was the original, supplying some of the troupe's most memorable and classic grooves on their early recordings. Born in Plainfield, NJ in 1951, Nelson befriended future P-Funk leader George Clinton at an early age, as he worked at a barbershop that Clinton ran at the ...more