We used to say “The Funkiest Man alive” - but he’s not alive anymore.

God Bless James Brown. 

Xeni has some good links.

Needless to say this guy changed my life.  As a young man on teh South side of Chicago I knew of the blues, but I also knew of Motown and this other ‘thing’ - called Funk.

Funk to me - was Parliment Fundadelic, Bros Johnson, Bootsey, Rick James.

But most fo all - it was James Brown.

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