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James Brown wanna be’s

parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
edited June 2005 in Music Talk
I've been likin alot of Godfather rip offs lately-Chris Jones- how many 45's did this guy put out? any full length lp's?Lee Fields- just curious but are there 2 dif. Lee Fields? is that him on decca?Bobby Williams- hell this dude might as well be JB, he even looks like him!Add on plaese.
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  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    From memory Jimmy Hughes' version of 'Try Me' is pretty cool.
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Bobby Byrd

    That Nelson Sanders 45 on LA Beat is pretty JBed out, perhaps the closest I heard to James beside Fields and it's that dope "Cold Sweat" era stuff.
  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    On the track '(Funky) Four Corners' JERRYO does some gunts and 'good god's and then apologizes: 'sorry about that JB'!
  • volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
    Black Pearl shure tried!
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Alot of white guys wanted to be JB, most famously Roy Head & Wayne Cochran - also Lindel Hill on "Ain't Got Time." Oh, and James Chance, but he wasn't generally very succesful at it...
  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts
    Wilson Pickett & Roy Head
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    am I alone in thinking that Bobby Williams sucks?
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    am I alone in thinking that Bobby Williams sucks?

    Not at all. Decent funk tho, I wouldn't say it SUCKS but it's definitely a record I'm okay owning a repress of.

    Plus let me also just say that the LP is genuinely impossibly rare. 45s??? sure. But that LP might as well be a fart in the florida wind. (insert jpeg of a fart in the wind)
  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    that Bobby Williams BLOWS. some of the most bland boring funk ive ever heard. there's no energy in that shit.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts

    Plus let me also just say that the LP is genuinely impossibly rare.

    That's funny cause I actually had one. Funky Superfly is a pretty radd song. I guess if I was all into the funk 45 sound I'd shit my pants over that, but the whole lp was not all that great.
  • kidinquisitivekidinquisitive 1,627 Posts
    Spitting Image - JB's Latin

    This song is completely great, mostly instrumental but lots of JB style grunting and encouragement to the band, which features a killer flute throughout.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts

    Plus let me also just say that the LP is genuinely impossibly rare.

    That's funny cause I actually had one. Funky Superfly is a pretty radd song. I guess if I was all into the funk 45 sound I'd shit my pants over that, but the whole lp was not all that great.

    Where did you find it, out of curiosity?
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts

    Plus let me also just say that the LP is genuinely impossibly rare.

    That's funny cause I actually had one. Funky Superfly is a pretty radd song. I guess if I was all into the funk 45 sound I'd shit my pants over that, but the whole lp was not all that great.

    Where did you find it, out of curiosity?

    Oddly enough, here in OC about 5 years ago.
  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    I like that Bobby Williams lp you haters.

    How much did you end up getting for it Jeff?
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    I like that Bobby Williams lp you haters.

    How much did you end up getting for it Jeff?

    haha! I bought it for $50 & traded it for about 200 more than that. Perhaps I would like it now...

  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    Bobby Byrd



    You took mine.



    I've always thought the Rocketeers backing tracks to Helene Smith's and Frank Williams's "You Got To Be A Man" versions were straight jacks of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." Great song(s), but it's distracting.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    I like that Bobby Williams lp you haters.

    How much did you end up getting for it Jeff?

    haha! I bought it for $50 & traded it for about 200 more than that. Perhaps I would like it now...


    That's a pretty reasonable price. thee cover variation for the big bucks is

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Wilson Pickett

    DEFINITELY NOT. Both men came from the church at around the same time and arrived at the same sound. Wilson is NOT a late-blooming imitator.
  • mimmim 44 Posts
    whoever sings that carleen and the groovers track 'can we rap'.

    who is it by the way?
    carleen is the drummer if i learned right..?
    is she a girl?
    was there a thread on lady drummers recently?
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    Rickey Calloway, "Tell me" is a good one. Get the 12 inch reissue on Kay-Dee records, Keb Darge and Kenny Dopes label. Kenny Dope did a real job on that one.
  • ShingalingShingaling 877 Posts
    Rickey Calloway, "Tell me" is a good one.

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    There's a few dudes on the Ethiopiques series that sound like James, and bring something different to the table as well. I love those tunes when they're good, because when they're smoking, they burn.
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  • RiceAndKaleRiceAndKale 20 Posts
    Rayfield Reid & The Magnificents - Stick Shift

    his singing on that song sounds a lot like JB.
  • ShingalingShingaling 877 Posts
    Freddie Wilson-What Would It Be Like pt.1&2 (Soul-Po-Tion)
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Rayfield Reid & The Magnificents - Stick Shift

    his singing on that song sounds a lot like JB.

    I always though Reid had a very distinctive style...

    and his ballads incredibly beautiful falsetto stuff. "Treat Me Right" etc.
  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts
    Hi,

    http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2U77WWK1DUZ0J1Z63CU2VXL2ZF

    I like this!


  • Dj_Coma_ToastDj_Coma_Toast 874 Posts
    I prefer otis reddings "papa's got a brand new bag", otis aint no wannabe though.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Otis Goodwin & The Castenetts
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Otis Goodwin & The Castenetts

    "I Can Feel It...In My soul Now...In My Soul Now..."

    That dude had some energy!
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Otis Goodwin & The Castenetts

    "I Can Feel It...In My soul Now...In My Soul Now..."

    That dude had some energy!

    Great 45, and inexplicably plentiful...

    Second 45 is cool too...
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