JAMES BROWN Concert and movie posters (1965-2008) - SOUL MUSIC CONCERT POSTERS (Part 1/10)
As Bruce Springsteen just release and album entirely filled with covers of great SOUL Music songs, classics or lesser known gems, it is time to reestablish the preeminence of SOUL Music (and Gospel) as best vocal genre.
SOUL Music is plural (Stax, Motown, Southern Soul, Northern Soul, Philly Soul...) and despite being associated with Black musicians - is multicultural and multi ethnic as we have Blue-eyed Soul, Celtic Soul, Psychedelic Soul....as it is a music that transcends races to touch us ALL.
The direct offspring of Gospel, SOUL adds secular tones with tales of desires, sorrow, regrets, joys and so many other emotions. Singers (males and females) can be described as beggars, screamers and shouters. Yet the greatest singers of the genre are indeed Black / African-American and the late 50's to the late 70's have produced some of the greatest songs and Artists of the last Century. Singers who could make us weep, shiver, clap, stomp and bring us to musical ecstasy with their gifted talents and hours of skills honed on the hundreds of shows they gave (20 minutes each set repeated up to 5 times a night)
This week’s BLOG capture some of the giants of the genre in 10 parts illustrated with rare concert and movie posters from all around the world.
We start with the KING OF SOUL, JAMES BROWN whose drive, dictatorship, stamina and countless hits and compositions put him at the top of the genre
Above is a selection of several vintage concert and movie posters (click on each image for details).
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