ATHENS, Ga. — Where can you find professional hockey, live music, family events, and a cape once worn by James Brown? Look no further than the new Akins Ford Arena in downtown Athens. “In the first 40 ...
James Brown was a complicated man who experienced both the glory of career success and the downfall of a prison term or two. For all of his talents and his well-earned title as “The Hardest-Working ...
One night when Irwin Pate owned a record store in Louisville, Ky., he took a busload of African-American youngsters who had won a contest to see a James Brown concert. The Godfather of Soul thought it ...