Talk:The Pacemakers (funk band)

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[edit] Pacesetters

I'm 99% sure that the correct name of the band was "Pacesetters", not "The Pacemakers".

In George Clinton and P-Funk: An Oral History, Bootsy Collins says "We were a local band called Pacesetters that had become the house band for King Records" (page 66). I'll try to find other sources about the name of the band. In any event, I think an interview with Bootsy Collins is more reliable than the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 05:06, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not as sure as I was earlier. Allmusic calls the band "the Pacesetters", but David Mills, co-author of George Clinton and P-Funk: An Oral History, refers to the band as "the Pacemakers" on his blog. I'll keep digging. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 17:41, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

While I agree, straight from Bootsy's mouth would be the most direct and believable source for the information: It would not be his credidibility in question but the publisher printing the information accurately. Bubonicnate.

In the PBS/Time-Life(Warner) documentary series The History of Rock & Roll (Director: Ted Haimes, Obie Benz) - The band is refered to as The Pacemakers. Bubonicnate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubonicnate (talk • contribs) 22:08, 21 May 2008 (UTC)