"Escape-Ism" - Fred Wesley

SONG: "Escape-Ism'" (PDF)
ALBUM: Hot Pants
ARTIST: James Brown
YEAR: 1971
LABEL: Polydor Records

Revision coming soon…

Recommended Reading: Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman by Fred Wesley Jr.  Published by Duke University Press.

Here’s a YouTube video of James Brown and The J.B.’s performing this tune as part of a medley on Soul Train, with Fred and company spread out to the sides of center stage: