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Fred Wesley: The man behind the main man

John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 August 1974

WITH THE continuing progress of the James Brown Empire, it seems that Fred Wesley is rapidly becoming James' sergeant-at-arms. His name crops up time and time again as either arranger or soloist of whatever and it seems at times that he works almost as hard as his leader, JB himself.

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