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Article: He said it loud, and they're proud ; Africa gave James Brown his beat, and now its musicians are celebrating his legacy
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2008
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MUSIC
Hard to believe, but it's coming up on two years since the death
of James Brown. The undisputed master of funk passed away Christmas
Day 2006. And since then, there has been surprisingly little in the
way of big-ticket musical tributes to the man, as if his influence
and legacy were too monumental to be tackled in any one concert.
Now a major tribute tour is on the move, one that sheds
intriguing and valuable light on an aspect of his legacy that
Americans don't always fully grasp: its global reach.
Titled "Still Black, Still Proud," the tour presents the musical
and cultural chemistry between Brown's American hard funk and