The One: The Life and Music of James Brown"

Author, R.J. Smith, will be visiting Octavia Books to sign and discuss The legacy of James Brown!

Date Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Time 6pm - 9pm

Location: Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St
New Orleans , LA 70115-2055

The One is a definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights
activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time.

RJ Smith has been a senior editor at Los Angeles magazine, a
contributor to Blender, a columnist for The Village Voice, a staff
writer for Spin, and has written for GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Vogue.

His first book, The Great Black Way: LA in the 1940s and the Lost African- American Renaissance, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and recipient of a California Book Award. He continues to lives in Los Angeles.

You dont want to miss this!