james brown in lagos, 1971, in the presence of fela

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how hard are the bootlegs to find, did fela blow james off the stage, tell me more

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:18 (nineteen years ago)

you send it?

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:21 (nineteen years ago)

did fela blow james off the stage

no, he did it on stage, I think Barthes filmed it

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

thank you ladies and gentlemen, dont forget to tip yr waiters...
serious answers maybe

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa! I've never heard of this show. James Brown and Fela Kuti played a show together?! Now I'm intrigued.

Got an exact date, Anthony? I'd like to investigate.

― Mama Roux (Mama Roux), Thursday, 4 May 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Dunno if this helps: http://www.jaybabcock.com/bootsyside.html

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 4 May 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

i read that, and it seems kind of ambigious

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Anybody heard the recording of James Brown with Can as his backing band and Jimi Hendrix on Guitar and Miles Davis on horn and Giorgio Moroder on synths with Eno on noise, recorded in Berlin, 1973?

Seriously though--James Brown playing with Fela would be astonishing. But that interview seemed unequivocal--Brown didn't even go to hear Fela, much less gig with him.

― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Anybody heard the recording of James Brown with Can as his backing band and Jimi Hendrix on Guitar and Miles Davis on horn and Giorgio Moroder on synths with Eno on noise, recorded in Berlin, 1973?

Scenester. You forgot to mention Kool DJ Herc's performance.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 4 May 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the Sly Stone/Pharaoh Sanders group with John Wetton & Klaus Dinger that did a double LP on CTI (the one where Rudy Van Gelder recorded them from inside the parking garage of a Mies van der Rohe high-rise--I'm not sure who put out the UK release, but it was just the whole session played backwards, with a Willie Mitchell/Conny Plank co-production credit), but whatever.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Thursday, 4 May 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

makes me sad, but bootsy, bootsy played no

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 4 May 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Anybody heard the recording of James Brown with Can as his backing band and Jimi Hendrix on Guitar and Miles Davis on horn and Giorgio Moroder on synths with Eno on noise, recorded in Berlin, 1973?

Wow, I'll bet that's almost 3/4 as good as James Brown with his own backing band.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 4 May 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

you're being awfully generous there, A.B.

― croz, Thursday, 4 May 2006 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, I'll bet that's almost 3/4 as good as James Brown with his own backing band.

Hahahaha

That's some quality, stout curmudgeonry, there, friend. Which backing band is that imaginary group 3/4ths as good? And which element(s) in particular are you trying to impune?

Anyway, it was just a little levity.

― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 4 May 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

Heh, I know.

But considering that while Can's drummer is pretty awesome, Clyde and Jabo could still smoke him (not to mention that he cops a lot of his style from them), and that the rest of the rhythm section of Can is no match at all... just Hendrix/Can/Miles could be a pretty interesting combo, I think -- Eno and Moroder would probably clutter things.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 5 May 2006 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

"levity"

― strongo hulkington is a guy with a belly button piercing (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 May 2006 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

a littl ebit more on this here: http://afrofunkforum.blogspot.com/2006/04/felajames-brown-connection.html

― Mike McG, Friday, 5 May 2006 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

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