Summary of James McBride's Kill 'Em and Leave

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#1 In the 1960s, there was a black house on Murdock Avenue that belonged to singer James Brown, across from Addisleigh Park. Kids would hang out outside his house and wait for him to appear. He never did.

#2 The song of every person’s life is embodied in the life and times of James Brown. For African Americans, the song of our entire history is embodied in the life and times of James Brown.

#3 James Brown was an American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who revolutionized music. He sold more than 200 million records, recorded 321 albums, and made 45 gold records. He was the first to fuse jazz into popular funk. His influence created several categories of music now tabulated by Billboard, Variety, Downbeat, and Rolling Stone.

#4 The South is a difficult place to understand or capture. It is a land shaped by a history of slavery and oppression, and its self-definition defies simple explanation. The people who live there are tricksters and shape-shifters, magicians and carnival barkers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822541016

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#1

In the 1960s, there was a black house on Murdock Avenue that belonged to singer James Brown, across from Addisleigh Park. Kids would hang out outside his house and wait for him to appear. He never did.

#2

The song of every person’s life is embodied in the life and times of James Brown. For African Americans, the song of our entire history is embodied in the life and times of James Brown.

#3

James Brown was an American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who revolutionized music. He sold more than 200 million records, recorded 321 albums, and made 45 gold records. He was the first to fuse jazz into popular funk. His influence created several categories of music now tabulated by Billboard, Variety, Downbeat, and Rolling Stone.

#4

The South is a difficult place to understand or capture. It is a land shaped by a history of slavery and oppression, and its self-definition defies simple explanation. The people who live there are tricksters and shape-shifters, magicians and carnival barkers.

#5

The fear of the white man is the kryptonite that has lain under the bed of every great black artist since 1920s radio star Bert Williams. If you can’t find a little lead-lined room where you can flee that panic, it will control your life.

#6

The life of the greatest soul singer to grace modern American history, James Brown, has been twisted beyond recognition since his death in 2006. The public has no idea who he is.

#7

The Big Kahuna, Hollywood, weighed in on Brown in 2014 with the biopic Get On Up. In an opening scene,