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James Brown

The drug-fuelled car chase that sent James Brown to jail

Shotguns, PCP, and the drug-fuelled 1988 car chase that sent James Brown to jail and killed his career

A chequered past.

Tom Taylor
May 27, 2026
James Brown

When James Brown crowned his own 1970 effort “the greatest dance song ever”

Earned arrogance…

Ben Forrest
May 21, 2026
Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - 1978 - The Rolling Stones

The singer who hated playing with The Rolling Stones: “A bit annoyed”

A little bit slighted.

Tim Coffman
May 16, 2026
Five times support bands terrified the headline act- “We gotta follow these guys?”

Five times support bands destroyed the headliner: “We gotta follow these guys?”

“We blew everybody off the stage”.

Tom Taylor
May 8, 2026
James Brown - Singer

The radical measure James Brown took to save an album from being kiboshed by his label: “They thought it was crazy”

Extremely motivated.

Reuben Cross
Apr 30, 2026
10 insane classic rock stories that sound fake but aren't -

10 insane classic rock stories that sound fake but aren’t

Beggars belief.

Tom Phelan
Apr 15, 2026
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin onstage bare-chested at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1977.

‘The Crunge’: Led Zeppelin’s tribute to James Brown and funkiest misfire 

Listen here

Jack Whatley
Apr 10, 2026
James Brown

“You know what you did”: when James Brown fined bassist Fred Thomas for a mistake

“It was a little rough…”

Callum MacHattie
Mar 25, 2026
James Brown

What was the first sample of James Brown ever used?

“Huh!”

Tom Phelan
Mar 23, 2026
Bruce Springsteen - 1977- New Haven Coliseum - Musician - Carl Lender

The James Brown show Bruce Springsteen called the greatest performance ever

A true master at work.

Tim Coffman
Mar 21, 2026
James Brown - Singer

James Brown: ‘hip-hop was all from me’

He considered himself the legally binding founder of rap.

Andrew Clayman
Mar 5, 2026
Sammy Hagar - Musician - Singer - Van Halen

The singer Sammy Hagar said was out of everyone’s league: “I got goosebumps on my whole body”

No one else can ever compare.

Tim Coffman
Feb 13, 2026

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