James Browns Secret Weapon "Bobby Byrd"! I Genre Evolution EP.2 

Hi there, I’m the granddaughter of Bobby Byrd and want to thank you for keeping his legacy, our family’s legacy, alive 🫶🏾

Bobby Byrd deserves equal credit along with JB for bringing us the FUNK! There would be no FUNK without BOBBY BYRD! Rest well, MR. BYRD! ❤

Mr. Bobby Byrd the "unsung" hero the forgotten Famous Flame.

"I know you got soul" by Bobby Byrd is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Bobby Bryd, is an Funk Legend

Bobby Byrd is a Icon

Real music lovers honor BYRD THE GOAT 👑

"Big Dog" Byrd, nice upload👍🏼

I love James Brown, but without Bobby Byrd James Brown would've never reach his level of success with Bobby Byrd, Double salutes U sir. U are truly a Legend. RIP Sir.

Bobby's father was a well-respected church leader in the community. He wrote a letter to the warden of the juvenile detention center, where Brown was serving time. In the letter Bobby's father said, in his letter, that he felt Brown was a changed young man and guaranteed him place to live upon his release. This helped Brown get an early release.

The LEGENDARY Mr Bobby Byrd ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Well done documentation. And as important as the already existing documentations of other J.B.s members that created a lot James stands for today in the public.

Thank you so much for spotlighting a much unheralded talent in soul and funk music. Favorite Byrd song-“Hot Pants-I’m Coming” (1970).

Good documentation on the late great Bobby Byrd.

BadAzz Bobby Byrd

You told "nothing but the truth", brother. I've loved James Brown since the moment I saw him . . . and I've loved Bobby Byrd!! He has been there throughout most of JB's career - often hyping JB as much as anybody could!! Bobby, there is a large number of people that know who you are, and what you did for funk music! I KNOW you got soul!!!

Great video

Salute 🫡

He also wrote Take Your Time Do It Right for SOS BAND

Great job!!!

You fotgot to mention the fact that Bobby and the FAMOUS FLAMES were inducted into the ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2012, and The RHYTHM & BLUES HALL of FAME in 2020.

Another Important Fact that this video did NOT point out…was that THE FAMOUS FLAMES (including BOBBY BYRD), were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012…and The Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in 2020.

Love them both ❤❤❤ thank you 🙏

Byrd was a good man and my friend. He would come around from time to time trying to get his money from Brown but always managed to get away. I feel sorry for Bobby, but he was not the only one that got gotten as I had my moments with Brown, not as big but still! More later in my book one day!

James Brown was a low down dude I read about Bobby Byrd , Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and the JB that he didn't pay them

ANOTHER fact that this video DIDN’T point out…was that, although THE FLAMES first BEGAN as a Vocal/Instrumental group, that group BROKE UP after just THREE SESSIONS. After that , ALL FUTURE VERSIONS of THE FAMOUS FLAMES were VOCAL GROUPS ONLY…with NO instrumental members, as Brown then hired the JC DAVIS BAND to back him and the now all-vocal FAMOUS FLAMES from then on. See “The FAMOUS FLAMES” in Wikipedia.

Bobby Byrd was to laid back and James Brown took advantage of his kindness, Bobby should have grabbed James by his collar a few times, since James cowardly whooped up on women, history would have been rewritten about thier relationship.

Brown didn't respect Byrd... He treated him like trash.. Byrd took a lot of crap

Made respect for Jay Z for offering 65% of the royalties to Bobby Byrd. That man truly is unsung. James Brown is foul as hell....as much as I love him as an artist.

No way in hell I’d let James Brown take over my group. Should have put him under contract

James treated bobby FOUL

Mr. Byrd was done so wrong by James Brown!!

Today, James Brown is known as “The Godfather of Soul.” But, in the Fifties and Sixties, NOBODY called him by that nickname. NOBODY!! That nickname was a ‘70’s-80’s thing. Back in the FIFTIES and SIXTIES, James was known as “ MISTER DYNAMITE!!”

Sam Cooke is the original soul man

Nice! But the comment about them being "being a match made in heaven" may be a matter of opinion, huh?

We can buy the DVD from Barnes and noble. I have been a dvd collector for a long time. Find something else to do

Secret weapon, or lovers?