On this date, March 9, 1970, shortly before a show in Columbus, Georgia, the self-styled godfather of soul, James Brown, replaces most of his band (including veterans Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker), which had complained about working conditions and pay, with a young group from Cincinnati, The Pacemakers led by the brothers Bootsy and Catfish Collins. Bootsy Collins stated: "He treated me like a son. I mean, Good Lord. Every night after we played a show, he called us back to give us a lecture about how horrible we sounded. [Affects James Brown voice] “Nah son, not on it. U didn’t Play the One. He told me this every show. One night, we knew we wasn’t On the One – and he said, “Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.🤯 Y’all was on the One tonight.🥸 My brother and I looked at each other like, “This mother is crazy.”🤣🤪 We knew in our heart's we wasn’t on the One. So I figured His Reverse psychology Stopped Working .🤥 By telling us we wasn’t on it, made me practice harder with the Band, so w...