12/30/06 AUGUSTA, GA: Long time associate of James, Bobby Byrd, paying tribute in song to The Godfather--exactly as he would have wanted it to be. Hypothetically speaking, had the present situation been reversed, and it was Bobby who had passed on Christmas Day, instead of The Godfather, you could have mortgaged the farm on the fact that James Brown would have dropped everything he was doing to be there for his buddy. From the time and place where they both started, up to Christmas Day, 2006, the rich history of accomplishments they both shared together, went far beyond the usual definition of "The American Dream."
