The classic recordings of James Brown are frequently punctuated with a cry of Maceo! which listeners often assume to be some funky catchphrase of Brown s own invention. In fact, it was the cue for his long-serving sax man Maceo Parker to step forward and blow his horn!
Though essentially a performance film, My First Name Is Maceo captures the musician both on and offstage. Interviews with Maceo, his brother Melvin, and the musicians who have worked with him fill in the background of a story that began way back in 1943 at a North Carolina Housing Project.
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