I'm SO glad I saw James Brown live just a few months ago. It was a very small concert here in San Francisco's Great Meadow and I had almost front-row seats. Until the crowd swarmed around me, I could have touched him!

Yesterday walking around San Francisco's Union Square, the street artists around the Powell Street cable car turnaround had a tribute to JB set up - music, flowers, pictures. I had to stop and listen for a bit and thank him for all the wonderful memories, the dancing, the smiles, that pompadour. He will be missed.