Welcome to the Apollo
I have created, kinda like a trilogy of music playlists that are relevant to life of James Brown.
The first playlist, The Devil’s Music is from James Brown’s childhood growing up in Augusta, Georgia. These are songs he listened to growing up and later would sing in a cover band during his teens and early 20’s.
The second playlist, Juke Joint is a collection of hits during the mid to late 50’s as James brown was finding his way to becoming an entertainer that was changing music during that time.
The third playlist, Welcome to the Apollo is music from the 60’s going into the 70’s. It was every black musicians dream to play the Apollo. Once they played and past the test of the harsh audience they knew they had made it big. And James Brown had made it.
The Apollo Theater is located in Harlem in New York City and is the the pace where dreams come true for most black musicians in America. The Apollo originally opened in 1913 and was, and still is a place where black musicians go to prove that they can “make it” in the music business.
Most black musicians started out in the Juke Joints of the South and had dreams of making it to the shining beacon of the bight lights of the Apollo in New York. Once James Brown played the Apollo and survived its harsh test of its audience, he knew he had made it.
I've been to the Apollo theater in 2022. Standing out front, looking at the of names on plaques on the ground out front only then can you truly understand the history of music that was born and created at the Apollo theater.
YouTube - Welcome to the Apollo
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