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JAMES BROWN
I Got The Feeling' In The 60s
Shout Factory
James Brown,the popularly acclaimed
"Number 1 Soul Brother" was also regularly
referred to also as the "The Hardest
Working Man In Show Business."
Both monikers are most likely accurate and
also the probability that for a charged time
in the 1960s, Brown was to black
soul/rock/pop music, what the Beatles were
to the British Invasion, and its ilk.
And thanks to excellent archivists at Rhino
and Shout Factory, you can experience
over the length of 3 DVDs and over 5 hours
of music and movie, what exactly James
Brown accomplished during the white-hot
tumultuous and revolutionary year of 1968.
Included is a triumphant Brown return to
the Apollo in Harlem, yet the two
centerpieces are LIve At The Boston
Garden, and the 3 hour doc, The Night
James Brown Saved Boston.
On April 3, 1968, Brown had just returned
from a trip to Africa, and intended to
un-jet-lag before his gig scheduled for April
5. But when Dr. Martin Luther King was
assassinated on the evening of April 4, and
110 American cities erupted into flames,
Brown's Garden gig became a touchstone
for non-violent tribute to the fallen civil
rights leader.
Accordingly, there would be no violence in
Boston that April week and this superb
documentary helps to explain how, and,
more importantly, why. An essential release.
I Got The Feeling' In The 60s
Shout Factory
James Brown,the popularly acclaimed
"Number 1 Soul Brother" was also regularly
referred to also as the "The Hardest
Working Man In Show Business."
Both monikers are most likely accurate and
also the probability that for a charged time
in the 1960s, Brown was to black
soul/rock/pop music, what the Beatles were
to the British Invasion, and its ilk.
And thanks to excellent archivists at Rhino
and Shout Factory, you can experience
over the length of 3 DVDs and over 5 hours
of music and movie, what exactly James
Brown accomplished during the white-hot
tumultuous and revolutionary year of 1968.
Included is a triumphant Brown return to
the Apollo in Harlem, yet the two
centerpieces are LIve At The Boston
Garden, and the 3 hour doc, The Night
James Brown Saved Boston.
On April 3, 1968, Brown had just returned
from a trip to Africa, and intended to
un-jet-lag before his gig scheduled for April
5. But when Dr. Martin Luther King was
assassinated on the evening of April 4, and
110 American cities erupted into flames,
Brown's Garden gig became a touchstone
for non-violent tribute to the fallen civil
rights leader.
Accordingly, there would be no violence in
Boston that April week and this superb
documentary helps to explain how, and,
more importantly, why. An essential release.