4:40Skip Chavis - A Legendary Cincinnati Musician Goes Home
The Contours, James Brown, Rufus Thomas, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony, Delbert McClinton, Tower of Power, Hank Ballard
Rare tour footage of James Brown, curated from across the internet. Browse 3 clips below.
Tour footage captures the rhythm of life on the road — the shows, the travel, the downtime, the rituals, and the relationships that form when musicians spend months together in close quarters. These clips document a way of life that has changed dramatically across the decades.
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul...
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4:40The Contours, James Brown, Rufus Thomas, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony, Delbert McClinton, Tower of Power, Hank Ballard
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