One Last Genuflect Before the Godfather of Soul
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. › January 08, 2007
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A James Brown story.
The Godfather required razor's-edge perfection from his bands. Anything less, and you had to pay a fine. So when a musician missed a cue or flubbed a note, Brown, his hand held behind him where the audience could not see, would splay his fingers - two fingers, four fingers or, heaven help you, all five - as a code to tell the offending player how much his mistake would cost.See the full content of this document
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One Last Genuflect Before the Godfather of Soul
This particular night, for whatever reason, the band was off its game, and the hand was busy flashing increasingly angry signals. So distracted was Brown with toting up fi...
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