Afterlife Interview with James Brown
Riffs and Beats finds James Brown mid-spin under an Apollo spotlight, cape half-on, sweat already visible before the first question.
Interview of James Brown (1988)
A 1988 television interview catches James Brown still billing himself as the hardest working man in show business, even when the answers zigzag. He talks work rate, band discipline, and funk that did not wait on rock radio.
James Brown – The hardest working pulse
James Brown counted time out for the band: a shout, a knee, a cue the Famous Flames and the J.B.'s learned to follow.