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  darylb (darylb) 4-Laureate Username: darylb Post Number: 87 Registered: 10-2006 |
Did any one here ever saw James Brown in concert in 1972?Was this the first year that Brown had the whole review with acts like Lyn Collins,his longtime sideman Bobby Byrd and The J.B's?I'm wondering what the songs Talkin'Loud and Saying Nothing,King Heroin and I Got Ants In My Pants sound like live?I'm sure those songs were played in concert and maybe some concerts were recorded and possibly filmed.Hit me up with some great James Brown stories in his prime.Peace! | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 6-Zenith Username: randy_russi Post Number: 2645 Registered: 4-2004 |
Yes, many times! Lyn was great! At first she was presented as Lyn Collins & the Soul Twins, two women who sang, Martha High and the other was Binky (last name forgotten). Lyn was real nice too! Bobby did a stint, but pretty much directed and conducted the band. Ann Norman was the JB dancer. He didn't perform King Heroin live too much. When he did, he sat on a stool and Ann Norman held the cue cards that he read from. Beginning about '66 I saw the James Brown Revue & Show twice a year through to the mid-'70s. Sometimes he played organ. And, of course, he was the greatest when it came to dancing. Lyn's first record was on Polydor label, Just Won't Do Right, basically a duet with James. She never performed it live that I know of. Then she was switched to the People label and had a hit with "Think (About It)". She then got her own microphone that James gave her, it had rinestones on it. She sometimes opened with a killer version of Isaac Hayes' hit "Do Your Thing". Bobby Byrd had a big R&B hit in Orlando with "I Know You Got Soul". When he performed it the crowd went crazy and he topped it off by his exit from stage--he jumped into the audience and then ran. The crowd was in hysterics. So, jealous James made sure he jumped into the audience during his performance  | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 6-Zenith Username: randy_russi Post Number: 2646 Registered: 4-2004 |
By the way, to answer your question, this was not the first year he had the whole revue. We saw the show in 66 with the Famous Flames and the band, Bobby did a solo spot and so did Vicki Anderson. Later, Bobby & Vicki left for a while and Marva Whitney joined the revue. Ann Norman was usually the dancer, but one time she wasn't there and there were four girls dancing. But the James Brown Revue began back in the early '60s. In the early '70s, like back in the early '60s, he brought some support acts like the Stylistics, Brenda & the Tabulations, David Ruffin. In the early 60s groups like the Chiffons, Crystals, etc. toured with the JB Revue, and supposedly, so did the whole Motortown Revue. | ||
darylb (darylb) 4-Laureate Username: darylb Post Number: 88 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hey Randy, This is Daryl and where did you see James Brown and his revue?Did Fred Wesley and the J.B's play their set?You probably forgot to mention them.What you're talking about sounded like a great,fun show and I wish I was old enough to see it then.Peace! | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 6-Zenith Username: randy_russi Post Number: 2655 Registered: 4-2004 |
Daryl, I saw James Brown Show & Revue mostly in Orlando,Florida. However, sometimes I went with them to Tampa. Bobby Byrd & Vicki Anderson were friends. Yes, of course, I remember Fred Wesley, Maceo, St. Clair, Bootsy Collins, etc. In fact, the first show Fred played was in Orlando. They weren't called the JBs until the early 70s, some time after Maceo Parker and several others left. They left at the same time as Marva Whitney, which she will talk about in her new book "God, the Devil and James Brown". For a while, they worked together--Marva Whitney and Maceo Parker & All The King's Men, as his group was called. I remember Continental Artists were booking them and every where they played in the beginning, James would do a radio spot to say the band performing with Marva Whitney and Maceo Parker is not the James Brown Band. But the band always played the opening--what ever instrumental hits were big at the time, such as "Soul Finger" (BarKays), "Hip Hug Her" (Booker T. & MGs), "The Popcorn" which was a hit by the James Brown Band, & "The Horse", etc. Fred was great! I've been in touch with him since he wrote his book, "Hit Me, Fred!". There's quite a few video, live recordings from that era too. | ||
DJ Funk-O-Nots (dj_funkonots) 4-Laureate Username: dj_funkonots Post Number: 168 Registered: 3-2006 |
So you wanna know some stories on the james brown period around the early seventies? I don't think you wanna , because nobody won't believe it ,because they think they know. And to be save stick with it. It's better to enjoy the music instead of the real thing behind it what happend sometimes! Take this for instence , a lot of funkers think's bootsy was the man , but from where did he get it. Take "give it up turn it loose" bootsy made this song? But it was sweet charles sherrell who created the bassline for this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =PVjXaye2Vi8 About say it loud i'm black and i'm proud , it was sweet charles his first recording with james in 1968 , and he told me they just played it a very view times because of the political situation. Enjoy the ride. | ||
Tony Russi (tony_russi) 6-Zenith Username: tony_russi Post Number: 4121 Registered: 4-2004 |
Bootsy & his band came in when alot of the band walked off or went "on strike". I think the first recording Bootsy was on was "Sex Machine". "Say It Loud" was played at every James Brown show I saw from the time it came out until late 70's & played on Soul & Pop stations here in the South, or at least Florida.I couldn't count the number of times I was at JB Shows in Orlando, Tampa & Jacksonville. I always liked Charles Sherrell, nice guy, and he did come back to JB at different times. I saw him with JB in early 80's in Tampa. |
