One of the best ever, in an early - but possibly finest - performance - James Brown and his Famous Flames on the recently released T.A.M.I. show concert DVD.
How good is he?
The Rolling Stones close the show after him and can’t even hold a candle; the don’t even pretend to try to. Mick Jagger, a man many once considered the very embodyment of a rock n’ roll front-man, knew he couldn’t follow a performance like that, and it’s written all over his face.
If you aren’t familiar with James Brown, don’t care for him, or if these three videos didn’t make you like the man … well, then you might as well unfollow and chalk our break-up due to irreconcilably different ideas of awesome.
*Apologies for the weird video sizes, can’t seem to iron it out and make them “fit.”
