These are the JBs!!!!

I am the only person who prefers the JBs stuff to the actual James Brown albums?

Am grooving to the 'Doing it to Death' album right now and it's hella funky! I think it's the extended horn solos that do it for me.

Give me 'Damn Right I am Somebody' over 'The Payback' any day.

now that's a tough one


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yup, a real tough one
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soulyacolia said:

I am the only person who prefers the JBs stuff to the actual James Brown albums?

Am grooving to the 'Doing it to Death' album right now and it's hella funky! I think it's the extended horn solos that do it for me.

Give me 'Damn Right I am Somebody' over 'The Payback' any day.

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funkpill said:

I know

The last 2 aren't either

Just making comparisons
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funkpill said:

I know

The last 2 aren't either

Just making comparisons
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ok, i get whatcha saying

That's tough. Just put Star Time together with the JB's Anthology and you never have to decide.

funkpill said:

ok, i get whatcha saying

yeah, i hear the difference


but Boots and em' are on Hot Pants Road??

funkpill said:

yeah, i hear the difference


but Boots and em' are on Hot Pants Road??

soulyacolia said:

I am the only person who prefers the JBs stuff to the actual James Brown albums?

Am grooving to the 'Doing it to Death' album right now and it's hella funky! I think it's the extended horn solos that do it for me.

Give me 'Damn Right I am Somebody' over 'The Payback' any day.

Jump Back !!!! uhh.....Love it....

Give it up or Turn it loose.....


The Master at work....

LittleBLUECorvette said:

soulyacolia said:

I am the only person who prefers the JBs stuff to the actual James Brown albums?

Am grooving to the 'Doing it to Death' album right now and it's hella funky! I think it's the extended horn solos that do it for me.

Give me 'Damn Right I am Somebody' over 'The Payback' any day.

The JBs and James Brown are the same.

Since there are so many theories floating around on how the J.B.'s material was recorded, I asked Fred Wesley today to explain it. Here's what he came up with:


"Certain tunes like Breaking Bread, Wine Spot, Blessed Blackness were done by me for the JBs. Others like Same Beat, Gimmie some mo, Pass the Peas were done by James Brown for the JBs.
Then others like Doing it to Death, Damn right I am somebody, Watergate were collaborations by me and James Brown for the JBs. There were some like Blow your head, Giving up food for Funk, I'm payin' taxes that started out James Brown tunes or Lyn Collins tunes or Sweet Charles tunes but for lack of vocals turned out to be JBs tunes.
Then there were others like Hot Pants Road that written by St. Clair Pinckney for the JBs and The Grunt that was written by Bootsy for the original JBs.
We did so much recording in the early 70s until its difficult to pinpoint which was for what. But, as I explain in the book, Hit me, Fred, published by Duke University Press, available at Amazon.com and autographed at Funkyfredwesley.com, this went on until Polydor Records insisted on having a written budget that spelled out who the music was for, how much it would cost, etc.This was the beginning of the end of the free and open recording era for me and James Brown. I hope this clears it up."

funkpill said:

MrSoulpower said:

funkpill said:

Thanks to Fred Wesley for laying it all out.

MrSoulpower said:

TD3 said:

MrSoulpower said:

Not all the way. The releases under Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s are definitely material that Fred did with more freedom. At times, Brown wasn't even around when Fred and the J.B.'s laid down the tracks, although the same could be said for much of the Black Caesar and Slaughter album. The albums were not released after the notion "Let's record some Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s tracks today", but you can definitely tell that Brown picked tracks with even more input by Fred than his own releases already had.

Uh, somebody needs to get you a job at University of Virginia, Willima & Mary, or Virgina Tech teaching a course in James Brown. Don't even laugh cuz if somebody can have a course about Beatles I know damn well there could be a course on James Brown, this shit is epic.

MrSoulpower said:

TD3 said:

Uh, somebody needs to get you a job at University of Virginia, William & Mary, or Virgina Tech teaching a course in James Brown. Don't even laugh cuz if somebody can have a course about Beatles I know damn well there could be a course on James Brown, this shit is epic.

Hook me up at UCLA and I'm there!!