James Brown

The Godfather of Soul, The Hardest Working Man in Showbuisness, Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother Number One, The Hit Man, The Creator, The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk, The Original Disco Man... James Brown. Thanks to my Cousin Carmel I was able to see him live last week at the House of Blues.

The show was amazing. We were hearing stories about him being old and not that good to see live, but the show was really good and he, I thought, was performing well. He is about a hundred years old so he obviously did not do the splits and when he went down on one knee and got his cape put on him he did not pop back up like you would have expected. He did however put on a great show and still had some of his old moves. He plays with a huge band behind him and they were really good also. The band is called the J&B's and they all would play little solos throughout the show which were all really good. The show is all a huge production and is more Vegas style than anything else, but that is exactly what I expected going to see someone called Soul Brother Number One.

The show was amazing and I am so glad that I was able to see the Godfather of Soul in my lifetime.