JAMES BROWN: THE GODFATHER SUPREME
James Brown is the father of modern black music, or as Arthur Conley once aptly put it, "the king of them all." He's been at the top for nearly three decades, from a time when R&B was still regarded as "race" music to the present where the funk he pioneered is an integral part of the pop music scene.
JAMES BROWN: THE GODFATHER SUPREME
BILL HOLDSHIP
James Brown is the father of modern black music, or as Arthur Conley once aptly put it, "the king of them all." He's been at the top for nearly three decades, from a time when R&B was still regarded as "race" music to the present where the funk he pioneered is an integral part of the pop music scene. He was the catalyst who paved the way for everything that's followed him—including the Memphis shouters, the emotional balladeers, Sly Stone, '70s street funk, the whole Parliament/Funkadelic trip (Bootsy Collins began in JB's band), disco, rap (he recently credited himself and Buddy Holly[!?] with that one), Prince, Rick James and Michael Jackson (Jackson first auditioned for Motown with an impersonation of Brown's "I Got The Feelin'," while he and Prince recently joined Brown onstage at an L.A. club).