Thanks too for the link. In one of his live recordings from the 80's (I had this on cassette) he played so fast, tiiight, and hopped up. The early stuff in late 50's were jangly R&B in comparison (but even the jangly stuff The Rolling Stones can't get near). This recording I had was a truck stop cassette. Very clean incredible performance at a Holiday Inn somewhere in Georgia. Anyhow the interview is cool because it brings to light his DIY attitude and human side. People joke about how he led cops in car chases, shot up his cars, and served time for battery (Fishbone even made a song called Wifebeater about him). People have to listen though how he led his band in live recordings. Eddie Murphy made a routine about it but you can't deny James Brown's contribution to music.
Francisco franciscodaum.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the link. I just added it to my tribute post on my blog. > It was rattling, he talked specifically of how the larger companies > destroyed the independent recording artists and companies. How radio > stations wouldn't play his music and he sure wasn't on TV. > > How he felt that they wanted to try and control his image and his > behavior both on and off stage. It was a stunning interview. It > reinforces my belief that we and other must provide alternative > content to our communities, and the world at large. > > Good stuff, > > Gena > > --- In [email protected], WWWhatsup <joly@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > There's some nice interview footage of JB and the Rev Al from 1980 > on today's > > Democracy Now! > > http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/29/1446218 > > > > joly > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > WWWhatsup NYC > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
