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Kill 'Em and Leave : Searching for the Real James Brown, Hardback Book

Kill 'Em and Leave : Searching for the Real James Brown Hardback

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A personal journey in search of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBrideThe 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. But this book is more than the story of the larger-than-life soul genius.

It is an acutely insightful account of the racism and Southern culture which both produced and destroyed James Brown, a portrait of the musicians who created the 'James Brown sound' yet were lost to history, a nuanced appreciation of what made Brown's music so special, and a series of conversations with the friends and proteges whose lives were changed by the 'Godfather of Soul'. Vividly written and thoroughly researched, James McBride has crafted a deeply personal story of a man and a legend.

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