The September 2010 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine (UK not US) features Bootsy and a full page article on Thee Ram Ram. Their is an association/affiliation with Collins, but it's still a mystery as to who this actually is after reading the article. Kinda like a Buckethead persona I suppose
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Theron Brison
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I would say not Bootsy or Victor.
I am not really seeing either Bootsy or Victor's groove or technique. Don't get me wrong, he's got some talent, but he is not all that.
I am not really seeing either Bootsy or Victor's groove or technique. Don't get me wrong, he's got some talent, but he is not all that.
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Plays like Victor. Markets himself like Bootsy. Disguises himself like Buckethead.
I love all of the above, "Thee Ram Jam" is just not for me, I guess.
I'll take the original Ram Jam.
I love all of the above, "Thee Ram Jam" is just not for me, I guess.
I'll take the original Ram Jam.
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This is why Bootsy created an alter ego. Although known as a funk master, I think Bootsy wanted to do other stuff without diluting his FunK Master image, so he created an alter ego. Just as all the players of PFunk originally created characters for themselves.
So yah, for the record, I think it's Bootsy.
If he were playing this stuff simply as Bootsy Collins, I am sure there would be a lot of people talkin trash about it, so this lets him experiment without opening himself to the narrow minded critics.
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Mr J is that you? Don't lie,; has anybody ever seen Jauqo and Thee Ram Jam in the same room?
Yes, this guy is definitely buckethead!
edit: also watching those videos it's obviously not victor or bootsy, that is just plain not their technique
Its not Victor or Bootsy. He does do work with Bootsy. I have met him. He came to my house to check out some cabs I was selling(ashdowns 4x8's) at the time. Brought a Thunderfunk amp and blasted the cabs for about an hour. He actually left with my favorite strap in his bag. He did return it. He lives in Riverside Ca..
It's not Vic, definitely not Bootsy, T.M., etc, etc. And gimmick or not, the man can flat out THROW DOWN. Those who know him know that the "gimmick" is definitely unnecessary.
On the Thee Ram Jam site, clicking on the audio ("Auditory Cloning") and video ("Holographic Transmissions") sections produce nothing, and the site has been up for months. I don't see Bootsy having a site up that long and so little to show for it. Thee Ram Jam can obviously throw down, but to be honest, the persona and website are, IMO, boring. Bootsy may be a lot of things, but boring isn't one of them.
You must have been the one he was telling me told him to check them out. ?? That was about a year ago or so. He passed on them. They didn't have a tweeter in those cabs and that was what was lacking for him. Nice guy.
No but that would have been great! I will say the guy can play. I personally am not into that style of playing but it's nice to hear someone that can do it right. First time I got to try a Thunderfunk too.
Yes that was me. I definitely told him to check them out. He knows me and he knows that I'm a long time Ashdown user and endorser.
Thats exactly what he said. I mean he didnt say you by name but did say a friend who was an endorser told him. The TB, making the world a smaller place.
He told me that after he checked them out, that did he like the cabs but he wanted a tweeter. And that he realized that they were just a little to small for him.
He really is a nice guy and talented.
