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Synopsis: Starting off on his 62nd birthday, Charles Bradley: Soul of America follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album "No Time for Dreaming." The 74-minute documentary feature will premiere at the SXSW 2012 Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Despite being abandoned as a child, a period of homelessness, the devastating loss of his brother and constant poverty, Charles never gave up on his life long dream to be a professional singer. With the help of producer and Grammy-winner Gabriel Roth (Daptone Records) and musician Tommy Brenneck, Charles moved away from the James Brown covers he'd been performing for nearly half a century and focused on finding his own unique voice. Earning himself an opening spot on tour for Sharon Jones, the biggest artist in the Daptone stable, Charles delivered the most impassioned performances of his life. Coming up during one of the worst economic downturns i
Director(s): Poull Brien
Production: Sum Of Us
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
75 min
Website
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# Ooh

# I'm feelin' awful, baby

# And I'm locked up in a cage... #

I played with Tommy's band that he had over at Staten Island.

I just went over there one day and they was rehearsing, jamming.

They said, "Hey, man, sing on this, sing on this."

And I'm liking the music.

The lyrics were just popping in my head.

So, that all worked out well and we recorded those songs with Bradley at Daptone.

They were good songs, but they just didn't take off. Then we kind of went in different directions.

Two years went by

and I was doing James Brown in small clubs.

And then I got a call to come round and do a show with Sharon Jones.

We rehearse, we play the show, great. Me and Charles see each other for the first time in a couple of years.

We catch up a little bit. I say, "Charles, I'm working on some music.

"How about you come over one night and we give it a shot?" He said, "Yeah, Tommy, of course."

We magically recorded two songs in one night - The World Is Going Up In Flames and In You I Found A Love.

Charles was right here and I was right here pressing "record".

You know, we wrote it together and that was it.

The music was laid down, but he was just coming out with lyrics off the cuff.

And I was just putting it in the right place.

We haven't played so many shows with Charles up to this point.

We played a couple.

Charles wants to reach every single person in the audience.

What we rehearse and what goes down on stage is two different things. The band's going to be tight.

The only thing we tried to rehearse with Charles is to let Charles lead the band.

- # Bam, bam, bam, bam

- Bam, ba-a-am... #

Three, four.

THEY PLAY GENTLE INTRO

# In you

# I found love

# That makes me feel so real

# Oh, baby

# Sometimes

# When I'm sleeping at night

# I wake up

# And you're nowhere to be found

# You said you love me

# And you'll always be around

# In you... #

The new music, for once, it's me.

It's things that I have experienced, that I went through, heartaches and pains.

# I don't want to be a fool no more... #

- Yeah, Bradley, you waited twice for the horns.

- You told me that.

Yeah, that's perfect.

- Nine and a half...

- Mother, come on. You said nine, you said eight.

I get eight. Now you want nine, you want nine and a half.

What's wrong with those shoes right here?

INAUDIBLE REPLY:

You're going to drive me crazy.

Oh, Jesus...

It's hard sometimes. It's very hard because everything now is really depending on me.

But if I put her in a home, she would die and I know that.

And when...when my husband...

..died.

She said, "Son, let me spend my last days in the house."

I said, "OK, Mom. I'll do that."

But she don't know...

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