Presentation: James Brown

A talk and slideshow by Richie Unterberger

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Virtual Library - ZOOM

Author and music historian Richie Unterberger presents a program celebrating the music of James Brown, one of the all-time great soul singers and charismatic live performers. The event will focus on his prime from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, including performances of classics like “Out of Sight,” “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” “I Feel Good,” “Cold Sweat,” and “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.”

Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books, including volumes on the Beatles, the Who, the Velvet Underground, Bob Marley and 1960s folk-rock. He teaches courses on rock and soul music history at several Bay Area colleges. His newest book, San Francisco: Portrait of a City, was published this year by Taschen.

This virtual program is offered as a one-time event only by agreement with the presenter. THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT BE RECORDED. Presented by the Art, Music & Recreation Center of the San Francisco Public Library.

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This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library

BOOKS AVAILABLE @ SFPL:

I feel good : a memoir of a life of soul / James Brown
780.2 B813a2 

James Brown, the godfather of soul / James Brown

780.2 B813a 2002 

Cold sweat : my father James Brown and me / Yamma Brown

780.2 B813br  

Presence and pleasure : the funk grooves of James Brown and Parliament / Anne Danielsen

784.5 ZD2286p 

 
The James Brown reader : 50 years of writing about the godfather of soul / edited by Nelson George and Alan Leeds

780.2 B813ge 

There was a time : James Brown, the Chitlin' Circuit, and me / Alan Leeds 

780.2 B813L  

Kill 'em and leave : searching for James Brown and the American soul / James McBride 

780.2 B813m 

Say it loud! : the life of James Brown, soul brother no. 1 / Don Rhodes 

780.2 B813rh 2014 

Living in America : the soul saga of James Brown / Cynthia Rose 

780.2 B813r 

 
The hardest working man : how James Brown saved the soul of America / James Sullivan

780.2 B813su 

 
The one : the life and music of James Brown / R.J. Smith

780.2 B813sm 

Live at the Apollo / Douglas Wolk 

780.2 B813w 

Working for the man, playing in the band : my years with James Brown / Damon Wood  
780.2 W8502a