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Mick Jagger with James Brown backstage at the filming of the 1964 concert film "T.A.M.I. Show." | | | | | | | |
....To his credit, Mr. Spitz knows enough about the Stones’ history to pick
good shots and leave out the dull stuff. So this book has a full chapter
about
“T.A.M.I. Show,”
the mind-blowing 1964 concert film in which the Beach Boys, the Stones,
Chuck Berry, Lesley Gore, the Supremes, Gerry and the Pacemakers and
James Brown (among others) all turned up on the same stage. Mr. Spitz
talks to Steve Binder, who directed “T.A.M.I. Show,” and tackles the
enduring impression that the Stones almost committed career suicide by
following Brown, whose theatrics and fancy footwork on this occasion
were arguably his very best. According to Mr. Binder, Brown, when told
that the Stones had top billing, just smiled. Then he said, “Nobody
follows James Brown.” - (
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