Reddit mentions: The best books about soul music

On the subject of Maggot Brain, here's George Clinton talking about it

>George Clinton, in his 2014 memoir Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?, recalled the recording session clearly, saying, “Eddie and I were in the studio, tripping like crazy but also trying to focus our emotions." He continues, "I told him to play like his mother had died, to picture that day, what he would feel, how he would make sense of his life, how he would take a measure of everything that was inside him and let it out thought his guitar.

>“I knew immediately that he understood what I meant,” Clinton wrote. “I could see the guitar notes stretching out like a silver web. When he played the solo back, I knew that it was good beyond good, not only a virtuoso display of musicianship but also an almost unprecedented moment of emotion in pop music."

https://www.fender.com/articles/artists/one-track-mind-the-passion-of-eddie-hazel-and-funkadelics-maggot-brain

I watched a few videos of it on YouTube. It does seem pretty fun lol. I'm tempted to get a copy for myself.

On the other hand, you can get these four books for the same price, and take advantage of your existing knowledge in reading music:

• Motown
  
• Funk
  
• Book for beginners
  
• Scales

there's a cool book about the album:

https://www.amazon.com/Donny-Hathaways-Hathaway-Live-33/dp/1628929804/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=donny+hathaway+live+book&qid=1563579133&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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i think its among the best live albums of all time

After you finish I highly recommend this book by Jim DeRogatis, the journalist who first broke the story of R.Kelly being a sexual predator back in 2000. It's a great companion to the show.

http://www.amazon.com/Brothas-Like-George-Funkin-Kinda/dp/1476751072

"In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett," by Tony Fletcher