Sound Field: How James Brown Invented Funk

[midnightman]

James' funk sound was in the making long before Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, check this one out, I argue funk started to some degree HERE:

[sansradio]

James' funk sound was in the making long before Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, check this one out, I argue funk started to some degree HERE:

Good one, midnight! I'll have to pull L.A.'s coat to this one.

[mr_june]

Hey! Are you disputing what James said about it [[lol)? Thanks for posting that song, I've never heard of it.

[midnightman]

Hey! Are you disputing what James said about it [[lol)? Thanks for posting that song, I've never heard of it.

Yeah that was the b-side of one of his ballads [[forget which one lol) that came out in '62. It actually charted briefly on the pop charts. This song shows you where he was about to take music, to levels it never imagined.

[lockhartgary]

James' funk sound was in the making long before Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, check this one out, I argue funk started to some degree HERE:

I first heard this track when, years ago, I purchased the Star Time boxed set . One of the best boxed sets I ever purchased!