Please, Please, Please

…say it isn’t so…

James BrownSad news this Christmas Day. James Brown died this morning. I’ve seen two obituaries up so far, an Associated Press one, and one at the BBC. (Image left from Getty images.) No doubt there’ll be a lot more news and obituaries through the day

He goes from being a Living Legend to …a Legend. He laid the foundations for so very much of the music we hear all around us. Gotta go dig out some of his music and shake myself up!

-cvj

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4 Responses to Please, Please, Please

  1. pedant says:

    Black and proud, a troubled genius and an inspiration to one and all. JB was the Man.

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  3. Elliot says:

    Amen,

    One of my fondest high school memories was tooling around Miami in a Chevelle Supersport with Mr. Brown cranked way loud on the 8-track. He was one of the most significant musicians of our era.

    Very sad news indeed.

    Elliot

  4. Athena says:

    It was the first thing I heard when I turned on the news this morning. What a way to start the day. : ( He was the hardest working man in show business, right up to the end.

    I will be having a commemorative listen too.