Monday, November 16, 2009
Music news Promoter Bob Patton kept James Brown on the good foot
Posted by Grant Britt on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM
When James Brown wanted to give Bobby Kennedy his endorsement for president, Bob Patton was the guy Brown chose to deliver the message. Patton's skills as a music promoter attracted the biggest names in music, including such clients as Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Solomon Burke and Otis Redding. Known as the go-to guy for getting artists exposure in Georgia and beyond for nearly four decades, Patton died Oct. 7 at the age of 70 from an aortic aneurism.
Originally from Ohio, he first worked as a DJ at radio station WDOH in Dayton, playing race music — the tag laid on blues-based music performed by black artists before the term R&B came into vogue. He met Brown while handling promotion for the station and so impressed the Godfather that Brown hired Patton to be his promoter and booking agent from 1968-’77. Brown was in the midst of inventing funk during that era with such hits as “Cold Sweat."
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RIP Bob.... Thanks for all the awesome stories you would tell on those lazy Sundays when you'd come into Full Moon Records to by CDs for your radio show!
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Bob Patton was my father. I have struggled over and over to find the words that can adequately express how devastated I am at his passing, and how great a loss this is for everyone who knew him and loved him. I have decided that those words do not exist. Nothing I can say is strong enough, or good enough. I am overwhelmed with sadness, but I know that I am very fortunate to have had him in my life at all, much less for 34 years. I wish he could be there to walk me down the aisle at my wedding next spring. I wish I could see him again, talk to him again. But I know it would never be enough. I would always want more. I will keep him in my heart always.
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