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I finally got to see Brown in the early part of the decade. And, while he couldn't really dance anymore, his chops were as strong as ever. What a show! I had the time of my life. I was heartbroken when he died.
I got to see him around 1995, he was amazing. It was an outdoor show and they drove his Limo right up to the stage as the band and dancers played. It was a blast.
The man's a genius. 'Hardest Working' .....no doubt.
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A year later, he performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Brown is often given credit for preventing rioting with the performance.[47] However, it was Mayor Kevin White who strongly restrained the Boston Police from cracking down on minor violence and protests after the assassination,[47] and Boston religious and community leaders who worked to keep tempers from flaring.[47] Also, White arranged to have the performance broadcast multiple times on Boston's public television station, WGBH, thus keeping many potential rioters off the streets, watching the concert for free. Brown demanded $60,000 for "gate" fees (money he thought would be lost from ticket sales on account of the concert being broadcast for free), and then threatened to go public about the secret arrangement when the city balked at paying up after the concert, news of which would have been a political death-blow to White, and possibly sparked riots on its own.[47] White successfully lobbied the behind-the-scenes power-brokering group known as "The Vault" to come up with money for Brown's gate fee and other social programs; The Vault contributed $100,000 to such programs, and Brown received $15,000 from them via the city. White persuaded management at the Boston Garden to give up their share of receipts to make up the difference.[47] The story is documented in the PBS film "The Night James Brown Saved Boston". (clip) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...lf-empowerment
Here's a link to Eddie Murphy doing James Brown and the Hot Tub skit on SNL
Eddie Murphy - James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub - LiveVideo.com (http://www.livevideo.com/video/F67BCB8D1BC04B0BAA4730A0B6D213E9/eddie-murphy-james-brown-s-c.aspx - broken link)
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