To Soul Brother Number 1

For those who know, and maybe a lot more who don’t, Soul Brother #1 James Brown was more than a performer, he was a movement. Do not be easily swayed by his latter years to forget his early ones. He was a man who carried the rhythm section of the Black Power Movement of the late 1960’s while paying the price of fame and influence from supremacist ideology like Martin and Malcolm. He allowed a generation of people to stand up and “Say it Loud” when standing up could mean being laid out. His screams and yells came from within the soul of a man who knew hardship trial and tribulation and perhaps that is why some of us can’t get James, we may not have, as Malcolm said, “a concrete connection” with the pain and struggle of the invisible people. Perhaps we need to…

Sweet rest to the Godfather of Soul and the top of the pyramid of soul, R&B and shows that didn't stop the action…