Tag Archives: James Brown
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REWIND: Non-jingoistic songs about America for your 4th of July
James Brown was proud to be an American. Courtesy: Heinrich Klaffs/Wikicommons. One of the more annoying aspects of the United States in the 21st century is that the political right, by which I mean the people who have been drifting farther to the right until they’ve made Francisco Franco…
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REWIND: Get out of your lockdown funk with some funk
James Brown performs in the Musikhalle in Hamburg, Germany in February 1973. Courtesy: Heinrich Klaffs/Wikicommons. I am in a funk. Fortunately I’m not alone. It seems everyone is in a funk. Unfortunately, everyone thinks it’s just them, so we’ve all spent the last week or two snapping at each…
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RIFF Rewind Interlude—The best songs of 1960-1966
If I’ve gotten one complaint more than any other about this column, it’s literally all of 1979. But aside from that it’s definitely snubbing Pink Floyd. But other than that…OK, there’s a lot of stuff, you all hate me. For the purposes of today’s edition, though, the complaint I’m talking…
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Lee Fields & the Expressions: Old-school soul made for divisive times
Lee Fields, courtesy. Soul veteran Lee Fields was known as Little JB for much of his early career thanks to the uncanny similarity of his voice to his idol James Brown. In 1967, while still in his teens, he cut “Bewildered,” the soaring doo-wop soul track that was synonymous…