The music of James Brown was almost a genre in its own right, and he was one of the biggest and most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century. But the singer known as the 'Hardest Working Man in Show Business' was also an immensely troubled, misunderstood and complicated man. Award-winning writer James McBride, himself a professional musician, has undertaken a journey of discovery in search of the 'real' James Brown, delving into the heartbreaking saga of Brown's childhood and destroyed estate, and uncovering the hidden history of Brown's early years.
This freshly re-published edition (originally coming out in 2016 and winning the Guardian's best music book of that year) forms part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series and features a new foreword by Stephanie Phillips.
Size: 130 x 197mm (paperback)
Pages: 256
Publisher: White Rabbit