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December 25, 2006
Christmas mourning (funk-no-more)
He’s gone.
The mighty, Mr.James Brown has died.
The Godfather of Soul (and funk, and rap, and hip-hop, . . . and rock-n-roll) passed on in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
As a tiny tribute to the hardest working man in show business, the staff of KIW’s music department decided to come to work this Christmas morning to make sure that the world gets to hear this 1973 James Brown gem titled “You Can Have Watergate (Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll be Straight).”
The band on this recording (an iteration of James Brown’s band, The ‘JBs) includes Mr. Bootsy Collins on bass.
Free James Brown!. . .
You Can Have Watergate (But Gimme some bucks and I'll be straight).mp3
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 26 December, 2006; page A4; 'James Brown, 1933-2006: 'Godfather of Soul' made us all feel good'
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 29 December, 2006; page J6; 'Royal day in Harlem for Brown's fans'
Posted by williamfrick at December 25, 2006 5:02 AM