12/30/06 AUGUSTA, GA: Top two photos--Bootsy on bass while Bobby Byrd sings to the crowd. Bottom photo--It's one flamboyant musician paying tribute to another. Immediately after Danny Ray's introduction, Bootsy prepares to join in the musical tribute to the man that meant so much to him. Judging from the amount of applause Bootsy received after Danny's intro, it was rather obvious he needed no introduction to this crowd at all. Everybody knows Bootsy! Now children, take note. Mark this down in your calendars or scrap books and remember it. You will never...and I mean never...see Bootsy playing a stock Fender bass. He only plays his custom made, star-shaped, signature "Space Bass" on stage at all times. Here, he obviously flew to the funeral without instrumentation and was handed one of the stage musician's instruments to use.
