Posts Tagged ‘james brown’
James Brown: the Godfather’s Soul lives on in Richmond
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest column on Richmond social history by George Livingston Jr., a decorated celebrity photographer and the son of longtime political leader George Livingston, who was the first African American elected Richmond mayor. For more of Livingston’s work, visit Livingston Entertainment. _____________ Last summer I talked to Mrs. Deanna Brown…
Read MoreNotes of a Richmond native son
George Livingston Jr. is a born and bred local celebrity historian who has spent decades amassing a trove of photos, clippings and other memorabilia relating mostly to celebrities who have swept through Richmond.
Read MoreRichmond, once a mecca for the Blues
James Brown and B.B. King were just two of the titans who once played Richmond’s circuit of Blues clubs.
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