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Speaker 1: Tony Wilson has loved James Brown's music ever since he

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Speaker 1: was pulled up on stage with him as a ten

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Speaker 1: year old in Chicago. He's found a lot of meaning

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Speaker 1: in the messages in his music.

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Speaker 2: Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.

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Speaker 3: You know that old days have to coming through the

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Speaker 3: black someone said, the whites on the other side, and

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Speaker 3: he brought everybody together where you know we could be

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Speaker 3: proud of ourselves who we are.

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Speaker 1: Years later, he's now the premier James Brown Tribute act,

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Speaker 1: being dubbed the Young James Brown by the man himself

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Speaker 1: as he looks to keep his legacy alive. A key

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Speaker 1: moment in Brown's legacy came the nine he played a

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Speaker 1: televised show in Boston the day after Martin Luther King

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Speaker 1: Junior was assassinated, a show credited with keeping people at

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Speaker 1: home and off the streets during riots across the nation.

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Speaker 1: Wilson says, a moment like this shows how music can

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Speaker 1: unite us.

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Speaker 2: Music is a universal language. Just imagine what would you

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Speaker 2: do without music.

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Speaker 3: On your cards and the places that you go to.

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Speaker 3: Just imagine no music period.

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Speaker 1: The show with the Russell Auditorium on Easter Sunday includes

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Speaker 1: Wilson and his band, plus several other local acts from

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Speaker 1: Hinde Park. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's new is Radio