James Brown
Subtitle: The Godfather of Soul
Publisher: Publishers Group West
Published: December 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781560251156
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Soul & Gospel; Ethnomusicology; Black Musicians And Their Music; Blues; Music; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Composers & Musicians - Rhythm & Blues; Soul musicians; People of Color; Biography
First sentence: I WASN'T supposed to be James.
Description: James Brown tells his own story, just as he plays his music: loud, proud and soulful. From his dirt-poor childhood in an Augusta brothel to wealth and world fame and his recent incarceration, James Brown takes a unique look behind the closed doors of poverty, segregation, politics and the music industry.

With brilliant anecdotes about Little Richard, Elvis, Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Tammi Terrell, Michael Jackson, and many others, plus a new updated introduction and epilogue and an exhaustive discography.