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  • Lost James Brown Song To Be Released Later This Month

    02/02/2024 6:19:23 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | February 1, 2024 | Hannah Zwick
    The lost 1970 recording ‘We Got To Change’ will be released this month alongside A&E’s James Brown documentary.More than two decades after the release of his last single, listeners will be able to hear a new James Brown song. Titled “We Got To Change,” the song is a lost track by the musical pioneer, recorded in Miami at Criteria Studios on August 16, 1970. UMe will debut “We Got To Change” on February 16, 2024 in unison with A&E’s James Brown: Say it Loud, a 4-episode documentary, premiering February 19 and 20, 2024. The track was recorded with the core...
  • Melvin Parker, Drummer for James Brown, Dead at 77 |

    12/08/2021 5:14:36 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Melvin Parker, best known as James Brown's drummer, died at age 77 last week in Baltimore. He performed on a bunch of Brown's hits in the '60s and '70's, including "Out of Sight," "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Get Up Offa That Thing." "The Parker family is in the process of making arrangements for a final goodbye," read an obituary on the website of. R. Swinson Funeral Services, located in Parker's hometown of Kinston, N.C. "Let's keep the Parker family in our thoughts and prayers during this time of bereavement." "We lost...
  • Roger Daltrey says Jimi Hendrix stole Pete Townshend’s stage act. But they both stole from blues great Buddy Guy, says the Who frontman

    11/13/2021 6:18:20 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 97 replies
    Music Radar ^ | November 12, 2021 | Jonathan Horsley
    The Who’s Roger Daltrey has accused Jimi Hendrix of “completely stealing” Pete Townshend’s stage act, and having enjoyed a ringside seat when two of the greatest players ever to pick up the electric guitar were making their bones, he would be in a position to know.Daltrey was sitting down with The Coda Collection for a career-spanning interview, when he made the claim – in good humour, it has to be said – but he offered an almighty caveat: that neither invented firebrand guitar hero stagecraft. That honour goes to the blues great Buddy Guy, whom Daltrey not only considers the...
  • Alfred ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis, James Brown Bandleader And Prolific Songwriter, Dies Aged 80

    09/24/2021 6:46:48 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | September 24, 2021 | Harry Weinger
    The songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist was best known as the bandleader and arranger for the James Brown Orchestra during its most prolific and groundbreaking period. Published on September 24, 2021By Harry Weinger Pee Wee Ellis - Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesPee Wee Ellis (L) and Maceo Parker perform as part of the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images uDiscover Music - Facebook ShareuDiscover Music - Twitter ShareuDiscover Music - Email ShareuDiscover Music - Comments Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, the songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the bandleader...
  • Charles Connor, drummer for Little Richard, dies at age 86

    Charles Connor, known for being Little Richard’s drummer who performed with other music greats including James Brown and Sam Cooke, has died. He was 86. Connor’s daughter, Queenie Connor Sonnefeld, said her father died peacefully in his sleep early Saturday while under hospice care at his home in Glendale, California. She said her father had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder that causes fluid buildup.Connor Sonnefeld called the drummer a “great father” who was always positive and a person who never gave up on his dreams.
  • Maxine Waters Calls Black Trump Voters 'Shameful,' Says She Will 'Never Ever Forgive Them'

    11/01/2020 1:07:14 PM PST · by rickmichaels · 146 replies
    PJ Media ^ | Nov. 1, 2020 | Matt Margolis
    Rep. Maxine Waters of California appeared on “The Joe Madison Show” on SiriusXM on Friday, and called black voters who plan to vote for President Donald Trump “shameful.” “I don’t even know where any blacks would be coming from that would be voting for Trump,” she said. “It just hurts me so bad to see blacks talking about supporting Trump. I don’t know why they would be doing it. I don’t know why it is on their minds.” Waters also seemed to express a lack of confidence in the polls. “But if we don’t turn out this vote and turn...
  • Iran, Turkey, and Venezuela's Super Facilitator: Who Is Alex Saab?

    07/14/2020 6:40:11 PM PDT · by Marinario · 23 replies
    SecureFreeSociety ^ | June 30, 2020 |  Joseph M. Humire
    Iran, Turkey, and Venezuela's Super Facilitator: Who Is Slex Saab? On June 12, Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Colombian businessman of Lebanese  descent, was arrested at Amílcar Cabral International airport in Cape Verde. This was a huge blow to the Maduro regime’s illicit networks, as Saab is a key facilitator, involved in alleged corrupt dealings and money laundering in Venezuela since 2004.  His arrest was made after years of investigations on behalf of the U.S. and Colombia to uncover a myriad of shell companies that Saab; his business partner, Alvaro Pulido Vargas; and family members set up. Considered a fugitive in Colombia,...
  • The Night James Brown Saved Boston (how the hardest working man in show biz kept Boston calm in the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination)

    06/20/2020 6:51:15 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 10 replies
    King viewed Boston as his second home. He had earned his doctorate at Boston University and met his wife, Coretta Scott, during his graduate studies in the city. King had returned to Boston many times to preach his message of nonviolence, shared prosperity and racial harmony. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while supporting a sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis, Tenn. In what became known as the Holy Week Uprising, riots broke out in more than 100 U.S. cities. Boston, though, remained peaceful because of the legendary James Brown concert at Boston Garden. Minor violence broke out in North...
  • Singing Satchmo, Singing Reagan, Singing God - Crosby, Brown and Seeger

    05/03/2020 7:28:42 AM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 10 replies
    Looking at a America, as I do, from a long way away, looking from a nation which calls itself Down Under, I see freedom. Maybe I am wrong. This little collage is an attempt to show poetically the sense of wonder with which I look at America.
  • Letter: Racial prejudice always with us (Did you know that "James Brown" was shot in "Fergusson?")

    12/10/2014 11:55:46 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 27 replies
    The New Bedford Standard-Times ^ | December 10, 2014 | Richard C. Bartlett
    First there was Fergusson, where James Brown, a black teenager, stole a few Cigarillos. He was punished by death. Darren Wilson, a trigger-happy white cop, didn't have to stand trial for the murder. a grand jury let him off the hook. The resulting unrest in the community was severe. Fourteen businesses were looted and torched, and 3,000 national guardsmen were brought in to quiet things down. Then another minor offense, selling cigarettes without tax stamps on the packages was punished by death at the hands of a white officer. He used a chokehold, forbidden by New York City Police Department...
  • James Brown’s Birthday Special: Top 5 Songs of the Godfather of Soul Music!

    05/03/2014 5:48:18 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    India.com ^ | May 03, 2014 | Krishna Makwana
    James Brown has been accredited for being one of the founding fathers of the funk music. Born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, Brown first stepped into music by performing in talent shows as a young kid. His first appearance was at Augusta’s Lenox Theater in 1944. After that, he continued to perform and record for the duration of his life until his death in 2006 from congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Here is a list of the top 5 songs made by the great artist, James Brown:- I Got You (I Feel Good) This song was recorded...
  • James Brown Says Ronald Reagan Was the Smartest President Ever In Unearthed Interview

    06/06/2013 1:18:21 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 40 replies
    News One ^ | Jun 4, 2013 | Ruth Manuel-Logan
    The late “Godfather of Soul” James Brown (pictured) thought Ronald Reagan, who served as the this country’s 40th President from 1981 to 1989, was the nation’s smartest leader and a man of conviction. This surprising commentary was part of a vintage interview with the entertainer that was just dusted off and is airing via YouTube as part of a PBS series entitled “Blank On Blank,” reports The Inquisitr. The “Blank on Blank” series, which began in 2010, is a compilation of vintage tapes, segments on public and satellite radio, and podcasts with icons from every walk of life. The program...
  • Did He Feel Good?: James Brown’s epic life and career (Review of New Bio)

    06/11/2012 12:45:26 PM PDT · by mojito · 22 replies
    City Journal ^ | 6/8/2012 | Ian Penman
    ...He dubbed himself the Funky President, and in most important respects, he was a stand-alone black conservative: anti-drug, pro-school, anti-revolution, pro–hard work. He urged black people not to riot. He was deeply suspicious of using the apologia of societal racism to excuse inertia or failure. In Brown’s world, you only had yourself to blame or praise. A man was what a man did: he had to step out there into a hostile world and shape it according to his own desires. Brown had no truck with blaming whitey; he was at war with destiny itself. In this sense, he was...
  • James Brown's body is 'missing from its crypt', alleges singer's daughter

    03/12/2010 8:42:44 AM PST · by Overtaxed Patriot · 70 replies · 1,371+ views
    The Daily Mail ^ | 3/12/10 | Daily Mail Reporter
    James Brown's daughter has claimed the singer's body has gone missing from its crypt. LaRhonda Pettit, 48, alleges the body of Brown, who died in December 2006 aged 73, is being hidden to prevent a full autopsy being carried out. Ms Pettit said the official cause of death, which was said to be a heart attack brought by pneumonia, is not the real reason behind the Godfather of Soul's passing.
  • YouTube "Feather"- A Lower Bandwidth Experience

    12/18/2009 11:59:25 AM PST · by papasmurf · 7 replies · 466+ views
    YouTube ^ | 12/18/2009 | papasmurf
    Yesterday YouTube opened to the public their newest Beta, the YouTube "Feather" service. Feather is a slightly stripped down version of YouTube for those who have low bandwidth and/ or connection issues. Feather stills gives you the YouTube "experience", that is, you can still watch and listen to all of the same videos. The difference is that HQ/HD won't be available, and comments and other "fluff stuff" are limited or removed. The loading and playing of the videos is faster and smoother, I can attest to that.
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  • Rocking Cincinnati’s R&B Cradle (King Records get a historical marker)

    01/26/2009 12:19:12 PM PST · by a fool in paradise · 26 replies · 280+ views
    NY Times ^ | January 23, 2009 | RJ SMITH
    A CROWD gathers around crumbling walls that are a small evolutionary step up from a miserable pile of bricks... This structure is a landmark of pop culture that never received the sendoff it deserved. Yet people are gathered here on a cold afternoon in mid-November not for a memorial service but to help resurrect King Records, the label that was once the home of James Brown, Nina Simone and Charlie Feathers. King started as a so-called hillbilly label in 1943; moved into “race music” — the onetime name for what became rhythm and blues — around 1945; and attempted in...
  • The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    04/04/2008 9:57:20 AM PDT · by CrosscutSaw · 30 replies · 202+ views
    April 5, 1968 - the morning after one of the most catastrophic moments in American history: the assassination of Martin Luther King. The night before, America's inner cities began going up in flames. The night before, there was trouble in Roxbury, Boston's ghetto. Word on the street is that it's about to get worse. A lot worse. Up until this moment, James Brown has been an unsung civil rights hero. Being black in the music business, especially in the mid-1950s when James first hit his stride, made him a pioneering artist in a still-segregated business. "Crossing-over" wasn't easy, and he...
  • A year after James Brown's death, saga over estate remains

    12/25/2007 7:30:01 PM PST · by Nasty McPhilthy · 13 replies · 73+ views
    The State ^ | Mon, Dec. 24, 2007 | By KATRINA A. GOGGINS
    COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The self-proclaimed widow admits she's been a bit of a drama queen, and she's not about to apologize for it. The lawyer feels brushed aside after more than two decades of dedication. The preacher had trouble dealing with the death of a man who took the role of the father who abandoned him. And the son is at peace, ready to continue his father's work. A year after music legend James Brown died in an Atlanta hospital, the people who surrounded him in life continue to fight over the future of his fortune and legacy. People claiming...
  • DUmmie FUnnies 11-21-07 (Kenny Rogers & James Brown Thanksgiving Dinner)

    11/21/2007 5:32:15 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 17 replies · 47+ views
    DUmmie FUnnies ^ | November 21, 2007 | PJ-Comix
    Since I will be cooking a complete Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, I have been looking at a lot of videos on how to prepare the meal for this holiday feast. My favorite of all the cooking videos is this one featuring Kenny Rogers and James Brown demonstrating how to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner. Enjoy! And Happy Thanksgiving to all our DUmmie FUnnies fans! Even you, bleedinglib. (You can watch this Thanksgiving video on my BLOG.)