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James Brown: Outasight

uncredited writer, Hullabaloo, November 1966

On stage, there are a dozen musicians and a few dancers, gyrating to a rock tempo. The conductor is tall and he smiles toward the unknown, backstage . . . . The music is compact, filled with emotion and energy! Already, the audience, that huge noisy monster, seems under the spell.

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