"Get On UP" and check this James Brown bio-pic
Blu-ray widescreen, DVD widescreen and Digital HD download, 2014, PG-13 for sexual content, drug use, some strong language, and violent situations JAMES BROWN had many labels: "The Godfather of Soul,"...
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View ArticleThe life of James Brown comes to the big screen with 'Get On Up'
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View ArticlePreview: How Maceo became James Brown's right-hand man
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View ArticleWhat You Never Knew About James Brown
The 73-year-old saxophonist and composer has been active in the industry for more than five decades, five years of which he played with and led the James Brown Revue alongside the late icon. So he...
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