Get on up! What is it about James Brown's music that makes it sound so funky? James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, created the DNA for funk. Musicians LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore how he ...

Clyde Stubblefield, the funk drummer whose work with James Brown made him one of the most ... as the pattern he'd played on 1970's "Funky Drummer" proved irresistible to producers.

From the mid-1960s through the early '70s, Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks created the grooves on many of James Brown's biggest ... Stubblefield's playing on "Funky Drummer" (to which ...

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- When it comes to soul music, few artists can top the contributions or influence of James Brown ... learn," the 67-year-old Brown said recently. "'Funky' is about what it ...

Out of a wild and funky life, James Brown created wild and funky music that spoke to the soul by the simple trick of first propelling the feet. He was called “The Godfather of Soul” and “The ...

WASHINGTON — Can James Brown really be gone? Are we sure? After all, no one could stage a false exit better than the “Godfather of Soul.” He’d be singing “Please, Please, Please,” down ...

James Brown didn’t ride on the bus ... The song’s success kickstarted a funky, new era for Brown, and it became a live-show staple for him. By the time the group was playing it live in ...

James Brown was in Nashville recording vocals for his disco’d up 45, It’s Too Funky In Here, when he received a unique proposal. It was country music legend Porter Wagoner, inviting him to appear at ...

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown ... while a member of Brown’s backing unit, performed on the funk legend’s classic cuts like “Cold Sweat,” “Ain’t It Funky Now,” “I Got the ...

Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of ... But he was best known for a short solo on Brown's 1970 single Funky Drummer. Loading YouTube content Rolling Stone magazine ...

(AP) — Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one ... But he was best known for a short solo on Brown’s 1970 single, “Funky Drummer.” Rolling Stone magazine said it ...