James Brown

McBride was actually in Brown's band at one point (or at least backed him at a single concert; I forget the story).

I think it was one concert, he tells the story of being in Brown's orbit here (1:11):

https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/83381179

Just because I recently re-discovered it and can't see it in the thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ4ztL7dBKE

(James Brown, Live in Rome March 1971)

always fascinating

I thought I had watched all the '71 Euro tour footage out there but don't remember seeing this before. It purports to be the actual Love Power Peace show, but it's not. Still incredible of course, it's cool to see how different the shows were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkVyVByk8w

This one too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvrfWGGSwU

Seeing the Live in Rome reference has me thinking about the James Brown with Pavarotti collaboration in Rome excerpt that is in that recent James Brown doc