Best moment from James Brown's 1988 interview with CNN.

Well this was unnecessary:
https://youtu.be/oFLPz-wp-VA

It's weird, I can't think of any other performer (certainly not of his stature) with no history of drug abuse, just becoming a crazed junkie in his old age. it's a bummer.

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:46 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Charlie Watts?

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:49 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Like a closeted man beating up gay kids, teetotalism is an acknowledgment that alcoholic tendencies exist. It wouldn't surprise me if Prince became a bourbon man in his old age.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:50 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If only it was bourbon! :(

Herbie Hancock documented his struggles with crack, which he started getting into well into his 50s. Closer to the JB camp, Fred Wesley got caught up in it too, at a similar time. Neither one of them indicated they had addiction issues prior to that point, although neither were they exactly sober. Maybe there's something about being in the game for so many years, and past your prime, so to speak, where some boredom sets in and the money is there so it just kind of happens.