James Brown is Free
When I read just a moment ago that James Brown is dead at 73, the first thing I thought about was how back in, oh, the late 80s, I guess, I would see "Free James Brown" stickers and graffiti here and there.
Well, I daresay that you aren’t going to find a lot in soul music, or even pop, that doesn’t have his fingerprints on it, somewhere. Good run, James, you sex machine.
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may he reast in peace…the man started so much in the world of music….