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==Tributes== As a tribute to James Brown, [[the Rolling Stones]] covered the song, "[[I'll Go Crazy (James Brown song)|I'll Go Crazy]]" from Brown's ''[[Live at the Apollo (1963 album)#Track listing|Live at the Apollo]]'' album, during their 2007 European tour.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/0822stones-CR.html "Rolling Stones show they are still greatest rock band"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622014645/http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/0822stones-CR.html?&wired |date=June 22, 2011 }} (August 22, 2007). ''The Arizona Republic''. Retrieved August 24, 2007.</ref> [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist [[Jimmy Page]] has remarked, "He [James Brown] was almost a musical genre in his own right and he changed and moved forward the whole time so people were able to learn from him."<ref>Ross Bennett. [http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/01/jimmy_page_record_10.html Jimmy Page: "The Records That Changed My Life!" #10] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103133629/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/01/jimmy_page_record_10.html |date=January 3, 2011 }}. ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''. Retrieved December 31, 2010.</ref> On December 22, 2007, the first annual "Tribute Fit For the King of King Records" in honor of James Brown was held at the Madison Theater in [[Covington, Kentucky]]. The tribute, organized by [[Bootsy Collins]], featured Tony Wilson as Young James Brown with appearances by [[Afrika Bambaataa]], [[Chuck D]] of [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], the Soul Generals, [[Buckethead]], Freekbass, [[Triage]] and many of Brown's surviving family members. Comedian Michael Coyer was the MC for the event. During the show, the mayor of [[Cincinnati]] proclaimed December 22 as James Brown Day.<ref>Tunis, W. (December 21, 2007). [http://www.kentucky.com/118/story/265108.html "Feel good again: Show to pay tribute to the Godfather of Soul, a year after his death"], ''[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]''. Retrieved December 23, 2005. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113132401/http://www.kentucky.com/118/story/265108.html |date=January 13, 2008 }}</ref>
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