Licking Stick - Licking Stick

Licking Stick - Licking Stick

 

• First appeared on: James Brown: Licking Stick - Licking Stick [single] (1968). Later included on the album Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud also released in 1968.
• Trivia: When asked by a fan (on Love4OneAnother.com in 1998) if there was a "song by another artist he always loved to jam on, but never recorded", replied " Licking Stick by James Brown".
• Composed by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Alfred Ellis
  

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Performed by Prince

• First and last known live performance: 23 March 1985: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA (interpolation in Possessed)
  

 18 June 2004 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (interpolation in Possessed)
 05 May 2010 (a.m.): The Village Underground, New York, NY, USA (interpolation during a jazz improvisation by the band without Prince)

• Played live in: 2004 (interpolation in Possessed), 1998 (interpolation in Everyday People), 2004 (interpolation in I Know You Got Soul)