The famous guitar wah-wah effect, popularized by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, was created in the 1960s by engineers trying to mimic the mute of a trumpet.

Joe Tex insultingly name-checked James Brown in a song on Checker Records, and James Brown responded by shooting up a Joe Tex live show with a shotgun — nearly killing Otis Redding, who was opening.

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