| Author | Message | ||
| rklisme
Advanced Member Username: rklisme Post Number: 322 Registered: 5-2004 |
So many musicians have been shaped by his music, style and flare! I know have been. I still use Super Bad to teach begining bass players who don't know how to play. May he rest in peace! Rory | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 942 Registered: 10-2003 |
RIP, James... | ||
| j_gary
Advanced Member Username: j_gary Post Number: 222 Registered: 6-2005 |
Best live performer ever. Well, at least we have Spears and Snoop. (help!) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1933 Registered: 7-2004 |
Marlon Brando was the second-best Godfather. No one could perform, dance, sing, or take a mug shot quite like James. I can still see him bent over ... slowly shuffling offstage in time to the music ... overcoat thrown over his shoulders by a compassionate bandmate ... only to suddenly turn around, stand up straight, throw the coat to the side, and rush back to center stage with more energy that a man his age should scientifically be able to summon. Oh for one more "GoodGodY'all". Farewell Mr. Brown. Bill, tgo | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 687 Registered: 6-2002 |
Irreplaceable, he will be sorely missed. Jazzyvee | ||
| 82daion
Junior Username: 82daion Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2005 |
RIP. His bands were some of the grooviest out there-he will be sorely missed. | ||
| inthelows
Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 241 Registered: 11-2006 |
He had THE SOUND IN HIS DAY. The moves and presence and a bottom groove second to none. "In a cold sweat!" Huhh! Funk on James.. NLP | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1099 Registered: 9-2002 |
In his day, no performer with measurable vital signs would DARE follow James Brown on a bill. He was a force of nature, and truly 'The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business'. Actually, if anybody was, James was THE MAN. And yet he had a social consciousness at a dangerous time for a black performer: I remember separate water fountains and segregated schools. When he released 'Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud', this was way beyond joining PETA or getting on the Global Warming bandwagon. Cities were burning, Dr King was marching from Selma to Montgomery, Ms Rosa Parks was still a young woman, and the Motown package shows were still staying in 'Black Only' hotels on the road. If you don't own 'Live at the Apollo', tomorrow, go GET IT. Come on, get on up, and get on the scene. . . J o e y | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 723 Registered: 6-2002 |
RIP Mister James Brown Mike | ||
| mrbassman42
Junior Username: mrbassman42 Post Number: 12 Registered: 5-2004 |
Saw his last UK performance at the BBC Studio's..... 2 Bass Players with him.... Cool or what ? RIP JB Mark | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4660 Registered: 5-2002 |
Eyesight | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4661 Registered: 5-2002 |
Sex Machine | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4662 Registered: 5-2002 |
Mans World | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1031 Registered: 2-2006 |
Thanks Dave, The "Mans World" video SMOKED man. He must have been around 70 then. | ||
| alembic_doctor
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 107 Registered: 8-2002 |
I second Olie. I think if i had been there, that wuld have changed my entire musical life. Anybody know if that performance is on DVD? Wow man. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1032 Registered: 2-2006 |
If it is I'm buyng a copy. | ||
| smokin_dave
Advanced Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 296 Registered: 10-2002 |
I was traveling today and heard an interview he did last year on NPR and they played a song he recorded (the name of the title escapes me,something like "What Kind Of Fool Am I"maybe somebody know's what I'm talking about) and I never realized what a tremendously soulful voice he had. I was amazed. I'd never heard the song before but it was very much different than the real percussive feel he usually employed. What a talent. | ||
| paulman
Intermediate Member Username: paulman Post Number: 157 Registered: 2-2005 |
That Sex Machine vid was wild. I was watching thinking "How can those people just be sitting?" then he got everyone to "Get on up" Haha. I had to watch the mike stand toss/splits move several times too. That man's feet never stopped moving. Awesome! Thank you for posting that! | ||
| george_wright
Intermediate Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 114 Registered: 3-2005 |
Roger wrote This was once quite a controversial statement. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1341 Registered: 4-2004 |
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| bassfingers
Intermediate Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 121 Registered: 11-2005 |
Rest In Peace,Mr.Brown. | ||
| paulman
Intermediate Member Username: paulman Post Number: 158 Registered: 2-2005 |
George, that was fantastic. My New Years resolution now is... In 2007 I resolve to Get UP before I Get Down |
