James Brown. He had a lot of good music. His most famous song is one that most people get the title wrong. His song “I Got You” is one that most people call “I Feel Good.”
His last big hit was one that I liked: “Living In America”
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I know what tomorrow night’s video is going to be.
If you’re right, I’m gonna bust a gut…
I’m telling ya he’s gonna throw us the Uncle Charlie.
An Uncle Charlie? I’m afaraid I’m not familure with that one.
I figured out the difference between a liberal and a leftist. A liberal is someone I disagree with but can understand why they believe what they believe. For example, I liberal might believe that we need higher taxes to build more bridges, while I might believe we would have more bridge money if we stopped wasting it in other ways. I disagree with them, but I understand their reasoning.
A leftist is someone whose position makes no sense. Like saying there are 37.5 genders
They often say a Conservative is a Liberal who got mugged. A Leftist a Liberal who got mugged…and liked it.
When I was a boy, my dad had a paper route that covered the black neighborhood in my hometown in southwest Louisiana. Since it was so large, my brother and I helped him deliver the papers and collect the monthly payment.
One of our customers was a place called Ball’s Auditorium, and I’ll never forget one Saturday afternoon when my dad and I went to collect their payment. James Brown and his band were practicing for their show in the evening, and while my dad talked to the owner I got to watch James Brown doing Sex Machine. Damn, that was a tight band!
Here’s a James Brown song you owe it to yourself to hear. I heard it a lot in high school in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was done by the Monarchs, a Louisville group. I never even knew it was a James Brown song until later, but it is killer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfaxIdhfw6E
Gerry Mulligan, the great baritone saxophonist, was born April 6, 1927, in Queens, New York. Here he is playing “Blues Going Up”, starting a live performance in Stockton, California, November 12, 1954. Personnel in addition to him are Jon Eardley on trumpet, Red Mitchell on bass, and Chico Hamilton on the drums. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUK4JBq-bk8