Saw JB do the cape routine at a Minnesota casino about 10 years ago. I’ll never forget it.
I've always loved his records, as I do to this day, but the one stage show of his that I went to in the early 1980's in Seattle was spoiled by a 20+ minute "introduction" by an overly slick, carnival-barker style promoter. We were repeatedly reminded of how great James Brown was and were repetitively required to give a 'moment of silence' for seemingly every dead pop music hero there ever was. By the time James got on stage, I was ready to go home.
It appears that they got rid of that show format by the time you got to see him, and I'm glad that you were apparently treated to a much better show.