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Based on 6 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that James Brown is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. James Brown concert reviews describe live shows and performances as poignant and fierce.
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul".
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musicOMH (UK)
October 27, 2006
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Variously styled the Godfather of Soul Mr Dynamite and the Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness James Brown began as a blues and gospel tinged soul singer in the ’50s before pioneering first funk and then rap in the ’60s and ’70s.
James Brown is 72 (or 77, depending on whom you believe). That’s a fierce contrast to the James Brown of ’72. Back then he was peaking both musically and chemically, shouldering “I’m Black and I’m proud” while transcribing the sounds in his head that were the evolutionary strains of funk. He has gone from “Go
