I’ve been listening to James Brown lately, and that mostly means watching him do “Get Up Offa That Thing” on The Midnight Special over and over again.
The performance is terrific. He shimmies up to the mic. “I’m back,” he declares. He snaps and horns go BLAP. “I’m back,” he says and snaps again, BLAP. Then he turns his shoulder to the band, and they kno…
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