A true icon! I loved him. And for those who didn't know, he was great friends with Ray Charles and both were staunch Republicans. He played here in Chattanooga at the Riverbend Festival 30 years ago. A friend of mine worked security at the event. He told me they agreed to pay him $40,000. He had the IRS high on his heels back then. This was like out of The Blues Brothers. They paid him $40,000 in a briefcase and he got on a boat and went up river and got off the boat dock of a restaurant where I waited tables. He walked to the parking lot and got in a car and left! Very cool. Very James Brown. R.I.P.