Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812983734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sometimes I read said Required reading. James McBride is such a good writer. He takes you "there", you are in the woods of South Carolina, you are in segregated 19Required reading Sometimes I read James McBride is such a good writer. He takes you "there", you are in the woods of South Carolina, you are in segregated 1940's Augusta, with a motherless child when fortune shines on him and he developes a friendship with another boy his age and that friendship will sustain him throu. 0's Augusta, with a motherless child when fortune shines on him and he developes a friendship with another boy his age and that friendship will sustain him throu. Mark S. Crawford said Emotional Account of a Convoluted Legacy. James Brown was bigger than life. He had a big personality, a big heart, and big troubles. Some were his fault, and others were caused by meddlers. By now, most people recognize that Mr. Brown was a complicated man, or at the very least, misunderstood. He gave so much of himself, and . So Interesting andrew review In my humble opinion James Brown was one of the most influential musical entertainers of the twentieth century(a point this book advocates as well).His music is instantly recognizable and is part of the fabric of American music. Brown was also a mass of contradictions--not easily cate
Like an astronomer might look for an invisible planet by observing the movements of its celestial neighbors, McBride takes an oblique approach, traveling deep into Brown's past to interview bandmates, managers, family members, and friends, applying his unique, propulsive voice and insight as a musician to illustrate the world stacked against "The Godfather of Soul" and the ways it changed in his wake. Instead, Kill 'Em and Leave is less concerned with the biographical minutiae of Brown's life than it is with Brown's world; he is the central figure of the
Anna, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Color of Water. James McBride is the author of the National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller The Good Lord Bird, as well as the bestselling novels Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. . He is also a saxophonist and composer who teaches music to children in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, housing projects where he was born, and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at
His surprising journey illuminates not only our understanding of this immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated soul genius but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown’s legacy.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALISTKill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. He describes the stirring visit of Michael Jackson to the Augusta, Georgia,funeral home where the King of Pop sat up all night with the body of his musical godfather, spends hours talking with Brown’s first wife, and lays bare the Dickensian legal contest over James Brown’s estate, a fight that has consumed careers; prevented any money from reaching the poor schoolchildren in Georgia and South Carolina, as instructed in his will; cost Brown’s estate millions in legal fees; and le