Oh, man ! Right now I’m seriously jammin’ along to NPR’s Fresh Air. Why? It is a retrospective on James Brown (you’ve heard the news, I imagine). Terry Gross (the show’s presenter) has lined up a 2005 interview with him, and also has cut in interviews with Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, etc. It’s all about his music’s history – the influences, the influenced, the ideas, the groove, the politics, the movement, the Movement, and so much more.
If you’ve not listened to James Brown’s music before, this is a good chance to learn what it’s all about. (Image right from concertshots.com.)
Whatever you’re doing, Get Up Offa That Thing and download now and get your groove on!
-cvj
At least the obits about James can’t be as overblown and ridiculously filled with truthiness as those concerning Ford. Brown had more talent in his little toe that Ford had in his entire lifetime; and no one could say that James Brown played too many football games without a helmet.