Who would have figured that it wouldn't be until a year after his death that James Brown, one of the greatest musical icons of the twentieth century, would receive an all-star tribute concert. The gross negligence didn't cross my mind until today when Cincinnatti Citybeat reported that legendary bassist Bootsy Collins and his wife Patti had organized such a performance for this Saturday at the Madison Theater in Covington, Kentucky. The Godfather of Soul gave Bootsy his first break in the funk business and to hear Bootsy tell it, James Brown was his father, teacher and army general all rolled into one ... read more
Not ready to let a little thing like death stop him from collecting dollar bills, Elvis headed Forbes’ 2007 list of deceased money making celebrities. The King brought in an estimated forty-nine million dollars. That’s a whole lot of fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. John Lennon came in second at an equally obscene forty-four million ... read more
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