Hardest working man in showbusiness.
Anyone ever lucky enough to see James Brown live?
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Hardest working man in showbusiness.
2000 Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Annapolis MD
2003 Gathering of The Vibes Festival Mariaville NY
Always one of my fav Murphy routines
I love James Brown so much. I regret that I never had the honor of witnessing a live performance.
I have a big old pile of his King Records 45s though. So many great songs!
I have a big old pile of his King Records 45s though. So many great songs!
I had a friend who had Otis Redding sing at his senior prom. (Baltimore Calvert Hall HS, for those curious.) He said it was the greatest thing ever.
Saw him in Vegas about 20 years ago at The House of Blues in Mandalay Bay. He was in town for only that night and we got tickets at the last minute. Great show. Sat behind Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and some young brunette. He had just signed Deion Sanders to a gigantic contract but still had a few bucks to spend.
At the Raven in Middletown, PA.
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The Raven Nightclub - Middletown Public Library
The Raven, a nightclub for teenagers opened in 1965. It was located on 441 in Lower Swatara (with a Middletown mailing address) at the intersection of Oberlin Rd and Longview Dr. A who’s who of R+B/Soul Groups/Motown acts played there, acts like Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson and...
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I’m friends with his old bass player so I got that going for me
Graduation year of college, HS buds that went to PSU, Pitt, WVU, Maryland, Muhlenberg gathered for two weekends for New Orleans Jazz fest and then went up to Memphis in May (Beale St Music Fest). Saw a hundred bands easy with James Brown as our encore in Memphis. Top five life positive experience!
Saw him and his huge band at Rec Hall on campus. Somewhere between 1968 and March of ‘71. It was a great show. Everyone thought it was amazing. I can’t remember the exact date.
In the mid 90’s my employer (large financial company) hired JB to sing at our national conference during one of the after dinner parties. I was standing no more than 10 feet from him while he performed. He sounded great and many of us were having a blast, until the balloons were released from above. They landed all over the stage and JB was not happy about that. He stopped singing and waited for them to be cleared. He didn’t seem the same after that. Overall it was a great experience.
I can hear James Brown now..."How ya feeling RudeDude! Keep that funky rif going"...
"Do yo thang!"
Favorite line from a James Brown song. "I don't know Karate, but I know crazy! You betta ask somebody..."
Edit. The actual lyrics they say "yes we do", not you better ask somebody.
Edit. The actual lyrics they say "yes we do", not you better ask somebody.
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Its actually "
Lookie here!
Don't do me no darn favor
I don't know Karate but I know Ka-razor"
Ha! It's all good.
"Looky, here
Don't do me no darn favor
I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor (yes, we do)"
NSFW
I believe the 68-69 school year. The band (I believe it was still the Famous Flames) had Rec Hall shaking before JB even came on stage. Great show!
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