James Brown, 1933-2006

From Rock Dreams, prose by Nik Cohn:

Soul Brother Number One, with his private aeroplanes, in his silken robes, moving in a cloud of perfume and wealth; without rest, he travelled back and forth throughout his nation, like a sultan, like a healer, and everywhere that he moved, he dealt out largesse for the afflicted, joy for the sorrowing, rage for the faint of heart ...