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James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
A man of many names: The hardest working man in show business, King of the one nighters, Soul Brother #1, the sex machine ... but everyone knows who they mean. James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Since his first chart-topper in 1956, he's outlived, outlasted, and outperformed all rivals. He is the funk-and-soul innovator and rap's driving spirit. His dazzling stage shows a...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
January 10th 2003
by Da Capo Press
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Although JB was a lot of things to a lot of folks foremost being The Godfather of Soul, I also like to call him the one who made African Americans believe in themselves mostly for the first time. So I call him the Bearer of Black Pride and Self Esteem too. This book details his life as a preemie who was given up for dead if the midwife didn't keep trying to get him to breathe on his own. If it wasn't for her efforts, there would be NO Godfather of Soul. His parents split when he was 4, he grew u...more
James Brown being James Brown, he paints a pretty rosy picture of himself throughout. Although he does get pretty frank about his late-seventies decline, triggered by the deaths of both his son and Elvis. (Those were the only two times anyone had ever seen James Brown cry.) Also, he really really really wants history to note that he had sex with Aretha Franklin.
I especially love the part where he used to believe in the health-bestowing properties of beer, guzzling it by the gallon t...more
I especially love the part where he used to believe in the health-bestowing properties of beer, guzzling it by the gallon t...more
Informative even if extremely skewed... the Godfather goes to great lengths to put himself in the best light regardless of circumstance, and gives incredible background (which I suppose should be taken w/a grain of salt) on some of the greatest recordings of all time. Oh and some of it hilarious too. R.I.P. Soulbro #1.
totally worth it just hear james brown try to justify dumb behavior like not paying his taxes or cheating on his wives.
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James Joseph Brown, commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was a two-time Grammy Award-winning and mutiple Grammy Award-nominated American entertainer recognized as one of the most ...more
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