DPL After Dark: James Brown - Soul Brother No. 1
Wednesday, February 7, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Detroit Public Library, Main Branch
5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Mr Please Please Please! Soul Brother No 1! The Hardest Working Man In Show Business! Mr. Dynamite! The Godfather of Soul (and Funk and Rap and Hip Hop)!
Say It Loud! Ladies and gentlemen…James Brown!
The DPL’s meager description…
This lecture will focus on the life of the Godfather of Soul.
That’s it? One line? Modern music wouldn’t be what it is today without the legendary James Brown! You’d think the DPL staff that have a certain familiarity with words would have been a tad more eloquent. Whatever.
Tickets are free but according to the Eventbrite site, not many are left for this event. The reason the metroDetroit™ area is having this 50° warm snap is because of James Brown! Get On Up! The DPL has hung protective firewall curtains just in case the event instantaneously combusts!!
What’choo gonna play now?
Bobby, I don’t know…but whatever it is, it’s got to be funky.
Extra-curricular links:
- James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party, when Eddie Murphy was bullet-proof
- James Brown and Eddie Murphy at the Richard Pryor Tribute
- Chadwick Boseman (RIP) in Get On Up, and the real JB in The Night James Brown Saved Boston.