Working For The Man, Playing In The Band

A white rock ’n’ roll guitarist on stage with the Godfather of Soul

In this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music’s most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his six years spent playing guitar for James Brown’s Soul Generals.

In a memoir certain to fascinate Mr. Dynamite’s millions of fans, as well as musicians and industry insiders, Wood recalls how a chance encounter with James Brown led him to embrace soul and funk music under the tutelage of its greatest progenitor. Numerous interviews with bandmates provide multiple perspectives on James Brown’s complex character, his leadership of his band, the nature of soul and funk, and insights and sometimes harsh lessons learned along the way.

This is a sideman’s story of the gritty reality of working close to the spotlight but rarely in it. Damon Wood describes life on the road — often on James Brown’s infamous tour bus — with one guitar, a change of clothes, and two dozen comrades-in-arms as they brought the funk to clubs, theaters, and the biggest music festivals on earth. Working for James Brown could be fear-inducing, inspiring, exhilarating, and exasperating — all in the space of a single performance.

Un chitarist alb „rock and roll” pe scena cu Nasul sufletului In aceasta relatare nevarnica a trudirii sub unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti sefi ai muzicii populare, Damon Wood detaliaza cei sase ani petrecuti cantand la chitara pentru Soul Generalii lui James Brown. Milioane de fani ai domnului Dynamite, precum si muzicieni si persoane din industrie, Wood isi aminteste cum o intalnire intamplatoare cu James Brown l-a determinat sa imbratiseze muzica soul si funk sub tutela celui mai mare progenitor al sau.