oda
466 posts
May 26, 2014
7:05 PM
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There's a video I'll post @ the end of this message. In that particular video, as well as many others, Junior Wells clearly demonstrates very similar character traits as James Brown. I always wondered who might have influenced whom, considering they were both active at around the same time and are around the same age.
In the video comments one guy says:
"In his autobiography Buddy Guy says how Junior had a bit of a James Brown complex, apparently he felt Brown had stolen some of his thunder or something."
DId anyone read the Buddy Guy AutoBio and can confirm?
Has anyone else noticed the similarities? Are they coincidental?
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WinslowYerxa
595 posts
May 26, 2014
7:47 PM
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I think that it's been noticed many times over the years.
My own take is that, given how much more famous James brown was than Junior Wells, Junior was far more likely to have emulated James Brown than the other way around.
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SuperBee
2029 posts
May 26, 2014
9:11 PM
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I agree that Jr was taking his cue from JB. If you listen to Jr from the 50s, he was a great harp player after the style of little walter, but in the 60s he became a different kind of player/performer, and it's pretty clearly inspired by JB, in my mind. Kinda the same trip folks bang on about here occasionally...I think he was trying to move with the times...and moderately successful too, in terms of performance and entertainment. Not so much in advancing the use of harmonica, but I love what he was doing in the 60s
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colman
303 posts
May 27, 2014
7:18 AM
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They both had a lot of funk !!!!!!!
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Frank
4371 posts
May 27, 2014
7:25 AM
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Last Edited by Frank on May 27, 2014 7:27 AM
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GamblersHand
505 posts
May 27, 2014
7:34 AM
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Junior's not a bad dancer, but nothing on Mr Brown.
Now *this* is funky..
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atty1chgo
945 posts
May 27, 2014
2:45 PM
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Frank
4379 posts
May 27, 2014
4:32 PM
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Junior loved Sonny II too :)
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Ted Burke
2 posts
May 27, 2014
5:14 PM
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it goes without saying that their dance moves had influence on a younger generation
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Frank
4399 posts
May 29, 2014
4:27 AM
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James couldn't wail" the harp like this :)
Last Edited by Frank on May 29, 2014 4:28 AM
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SuperBee
2056 posts
Jun 04, 2014
9:45 PM
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The Iceman
1699 posts
Jun 05, 2014
6:45 AM
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It's a wide open world. No one lives in a vacuum.
We all inspire and learn from each other.
When I got into Jack Kerouac, my postings borrowed a lot of his writing techniques.
When I got into stage groove, I was inspired and borrowed Kim Wilson's dance mooves.
When I was searching for new inspiration, I borrowed musical ideas from Paul deLay.
If one wants to "own" something legally, there is always a lawyer willing to work with you.
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MP
3226 posts
Jun 06, 2014
10:57 AM
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I read Buddys autobiography and don't recall any "thunder stealing" feeling re- Junior towards James Brown. Doesn't mean it wasn't there but it sounds made up to me. Stuff like that makes "good copy" as they say.
I didn't care for Juniors Godfather of the Blues shtick but I learned a lot about performing from just watching him. He sometimes would crack me up. I remember one video in Europe where Junior is checking the slide action on his chromatic. As if he actually used the slide. :-) I found that hysterical.
I did really like the Hoodoo man and live at Peppers? Theresas? records.
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