After parting ways with James Brown, Bootsy returned to Cincinnati and formed “House Guests” with his brother Catfish, Rufus Allen, Clayton “Chicken” Gunnels, Frankie “Kash” Waddy, Ronnie Greenaway and Robert McCullough. The House Guests released “What So Never the Dance” and another single on the House Guests label. Next Collins moved to Detroit, Michigan, after Philippé Wynne suggested joining The Spinners. Singer and future Parliament member Malia Franklin, introduced both Collins brothers to George Clinton and in 1972 both of the Collins brothers, along with Waddy, joined the group Funkadelic. Bootsy played bass on most of Funkadelic and all of Parliament’s albums (with the exception of Osmium) through the early 1980s, garnering several songwriting credits as well. In 1976 Bootsy, Catfish, Waddy, Joel Johnson, Gary “Mudbone” Cooper, Robert Johnson and The Horny Horns formed a separate touring unit of Clinton’s P-Funk collective. The group recorded five albums together, the first three of which are often considered to be among the quintessential P-Funk recordings.The group’s 1978 album Bootsy? Player of the Year reached the top of the R&B album chart and spawned the #1 R&B single “Bootzilla”.