“As far as I know, they may even try to wrap me up in cellophane and try to sell me. Brother sell me, and don’t worry about lookin’ at the score…” – Jimi Hendrix, “Somewhere”, recorded 1968, released 2013

Bootsy & Catfish Collins audition for James Brown’s band was a trip — to their surprise, the whole band was escorted from a near-empty $14 gig in Ohio, flown by private jet to Georgia & immediately placed on stage in front of thousands of people to play behind Brown with no forewarning. They were immediately hired & henceforth called The J.B’s. Before that, they had no idea James Brown knew they existed.

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