JAMES BROWN - GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE

[srercrcr]

BAABY!!!!

[gmandofgod]

anybody care to guess who the bassist is on this one?

[fnknebula]

@gmandofgod

Either Bernard Odum or Charles Sherrell. I lean more toward Bernard Odum. Although they had similar styles when playing with James, there is still a distinct difference in their attack. You have to listen really close to feel and hear the difference.

[gmandofgod]

@fnknebula

It's actually Charles Sherrell, as Odum had already left the band when this was recorded in late 1968. I think that the last hit that Odum played on was "I Got the Feelin'."

[mkl62]

Another #1 hit for The Godfather of Soul on the Rhythm & Blues charts. This was the 190th #1 R&B song of the Rock Era. It also hit #15 on the Top 40 charts.

[squirrellips1]

All we did was jaaaaammmmmmeeeeeeddddd  then - Julie

[xtabol1]

without James there would be no hip hop so therefore he is the Godfather of Hip Hop...study your music history

[mlcoo17]

@xtabol1 Word. Most hip hop tunes are based on sped up drum grooves taken ( stolen ) from the great funk masters of the 70's. And no guys were ripped off more than James Brown's drummers ( Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks, and many others ).

[IkeDyson71]

@mlcoo17

And what about James Brown's OTHER "funky drummer" - Bernard "Pretty" Purdie?

[mlcoo17]

@IkeDyson71 Like I said " and many others " This drummer was a guy named Nate Jones, he originally created this drum groove. James used a lot of drummers.

[coookigurl21]

GOD FATHER OF SOUL, NOT HIPHOP R AND B is not the same is HIP HOP

[jliles27]

Grandfather of hiphop..

[4evainter]

funk music is good or the soul.

[malcocreative]

Just seeing the label on this 45 takes me back to another place and time. Was it a kinder, gentler time, or does it just seem that way now? These records were like a window into another world.

[tuuexx]

@malcocreative - know what mean.....i was born mid 60,s and can remember taking over my big sisters record player(in a hard box,with hinged latchs,silver),and a lways looking for the plastic snap in thing.......

[IkeDyson71]

@kartofflenbrain

i got it as an mp3 just last week, and even posted it on my channel!

[LadyDBrooklyn]

RIP Soul Brother #1 . Thanks for the memories.