TRY ME 05/13/14 The band hasn't broken stride

The band hasn't broken stride following its 2013 hit album Native -- which went platinum in eight countries and spawned no less than six hit singles -- continuing an unstoppable flow of bright anthems designed to comfort and uplift

"Uncle Remus" is exactly the same up until the end of the guitar solo

Originally released on Riverside (9320)

Smith had been a regular poetry-reader in New York City clubs for years

But his solo and arrangement on "Tempus Fugit" are simply transcendent

TRY ME 05/13/14 The band hasn't broken stride& His Famous Flames. TRY ME!, a collection of Brown's pre 1960 Federal singles, was his second LP. It was previously reissued by King in 1964 as THE UNBEATABLE JAMES BROWN: 16 HITS (King 919). Personnel includes: James Brown, Bobby Byrd (vocals); Kenny Burrell, Bobby Roach, Nafloyd Scott, Eddie Freeman (guitar); George Dorsey, John B. Brown (alto saxophone); Clifford Scott, J. C. Davis, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith, Ray Felder, Cleveland Lowe (tenor