James Brown, 1933-2006

“Prisoner of Love/Please, Please, Please,” The T.A.M.I. Show

From Rick Rubin in Rolling Stone:

I remember going to Minneapolis to visit Prince years ago, sitting in an office waiting for him — and there was an endless loop of James Brown’s performance in the 1964 concert film The T.A.M.I. Show running on a screen. That may be the single greatest rock & roll performance ever captured on film. You have the Rolling Stones on the same stage, all of the important rock acts of the day, doing their best — and James Brown comes out and destroys them. It’s unbelievable how much he outclasses everyone else in the film.

The Godfather of Soul
James Brown: Soul Survivor by James Maycock (American Masters, PBS)
James Brown, the ‘Godfather of Soul’, Dies at 73 (NY Times)
Soul singer James Brown dies (LA Times)