Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

Johnson was the one who convinced Brown to go to riot-torn inner cities in the wake of the King assassination Brown was a staunch Republican. Brown refused to listen and thus the album Live at the Apollo was released. On both recordings the tonal structure is bare bones.

James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006) was an American singer songwriter musician and recording artist. He is ranked seventh on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time. "
Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 from heart failure after becoming very ill two days earlier and being hospitalized for hours.