[Lancey Howard]

I liked James Brown. He had his share of self-destructive moments over his long active lifetime, but he always had energy. One of my favorite movies of all time was 'The Blues Brothers', and his part as the preacher in the black church was memorable, to say the least:

"Do you see the light!?"

[Ben Ficklin]

"preacher in the black church"

On You Tube:

Here is the scene at Triple Rock Baptist Church with Rev Cleo James.

Here is a very early video of JB doing Prisoner of Love and Please Please Please

[somerville]

"He had his SHARE of self destructive moments" ?

That's an understatement. I interviewed Brown's wife for People magazine in 1988 after he had beaten her while high on PCP. She was black and blue all over.. I had never met a victim of domestic violence before, and this was a horrible case.

Sorry, just can't respect Brown after what he did to her and several other women.