4 Ways to Remember the Godfather of Soul

I was talking with a friend at work today about James Brown, who died yesterday on Christmas morning. I told him that it was going to be tough, because he was an artist that we all listened to back home in Indiana. The thing that I liked about him is that he had a lot of energy and had a lot of fun doing what he did best. I even tried to imitate his split on stage as a teenager, but the only thing that I did was split my pants. The lyrics to a lot of his songs were interesting too. But, it got me to thinking, how can I keep his memory alive and teach my daughter about his life. I thought of 4 ways that anyone can do this:

1. If you were going to be in the Augusta, Ga. Area this coming Friday and Saturday, you could go to his funeral.
2. Visit websites devoted to him:

• James Brown Home Page
• Profile On Wikipedia
• Profile on IMDB
• Profile on VH1
• Profile on Rolling Stone
• MySpace Profiles:
• http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=60031125
• http://www.myspace.com/soulbrothernumberone
• The Godfather of Soul
• 2006 Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• James Brown Page on Soul Patrol.com
• Special Tribute from the Augusta Chronicle , his hometown paper –
• Special Tribute on NPR
• His Most Important Hits
• How James Brown Got on the Good Foot
• Tribute on the Blogs of War blog

3. Listen to and Watch his music:

• NPR Broadcast – 12/26/06
• Performing “Sex Machine” (You Tube)
• Performing "I Feel Good" (You Tube)
• Listen to his music on LastFM
• Watch the American Masters tribune from PBS

4. Buy His Music from Amazon.com

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