I Can’t Stand it…R.I.P. James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother No. 1, Minister of Super Heavy Funk

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James Brown died this morning in Atlanta’s Emory Crawford Long Hospital from complications from pneumonia.

The New York Times obituary by Jon Parelles.

Photo gallery from The New York Times.

It’s Star Time—Watch the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business”:

“Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”

“Sex Machine”

“I Feel Good”

This is the famous James Brown concert that was broadcast live on WGBH TV in Boston less than 24 hours after the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: James Brown medley (Boston, April 5, 1968)

L.A. Style: “James Brown is Dead”

Download James Brown concert (MP3) here.

Listent to Terry Gross interview with James Brown from Fresh Air (February 2, 2005) here.

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