The James Brown Reader

Nelson George, author, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker, has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written fifteen nonfiction books, including Hip Hop Americaand The Death of Rhythm and Blues. Alan Leeds, a superstar networker in the music industry who has worked with musicians from Prince to Maxwell, is one of the leading experts on James Brown. He and George were among the team of writers who won a Grammy for the liner notes of the James Brown boxed set Star Time.Leeds, Alan is the author of 'The James Brown Reader', published 2008 under ISBN 9780452289468 and ISBN 0452289467.