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Soul Brother Number One, R.I.P.

[Clive]

I wasn’t planning to add anything else today, but… Awful, awful news about James Brown. One of the last of the true giants.

At least he’d packed several lifetimes into his 73 years. Was there ever a song as funky as "Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag"?

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Posted on Dec 25 2006 @ 9:34amAuthor Andrew SullivanCategories The Dish

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