soul brother

1. An African-American man, especially one who strives to better the lives of other African-Americans. Jason was a true man—a man who fought tirelessly for his family and his community. He was a soul brother, and he will not be forgotten.

2. A man with whom one shares an intense, intimate, emotional connection. When I got my first acting gig at 18, I was just a scared, cocky kid. But I found a soul brother in Harvey. He took me under his wing, and helped me grow into the kind of man I'd always wanted to be.

(soul) brother

n. a black person’s male, black friend. Another brother took a fall last night.

See also: brother, soul

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A soul brother can leave the company or take a leave of absence to decide what to do.

Soul brothers and the future

"We've been unlucky to bump into one," said Duran Fentiman, rider of Soul Brother. "The winner must be a good horse."

O'Brien's Great War earns 10-1 quote for Coventry; LAST NIGHT'S REPORTS

Mick's always been my soul brother and we love him.

STONES: WE'RE THERE FOR SOUL BROTHER MICK; Band rallying round after L'Wren Scott found dead

John Gosden's Ashdan (William Buick) and the Charlie Hills-trained Funk Soul Brother (Michael Hills), complete the compact field.

Dawn Approach faces five in Dewhurst

But put him on a bill with Al Green, perhaps the greatest living soul singer in the world, worthy of comparison with Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye, and the former Doobie Brother comes out very much as Soul Brother Number 2.

REVIEW; AL GREEN WITH MICHAEL MACDONALD CIA, CARDIFF

While the Welsh and Irish fans will mingle in the pubs and bars of Cardiff, in that stereo- typed image of the Celtic Soul Brother fraternity, the players won't be sharing a drink with each other after the game.

Get ready for real Ire and brimstone

A heated argument between two Atlanta men about Soul Brother No.

Height of grief

So it's farewell to the Godfather of Soul, Soul Brother Number One, Mr Dynamite, the Hardest-Working Man in Showbusiness, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk and Mr Please Please Please.

He felt good

It's full of great songs such as Stood Up and Soul Brother. And I can't wait for Todd to headline Carling Academy, Glasgow, on July 17.

Billy Sloan: Win a chance to meet Todd

Graceland, home to America's first white "soul brother" Elvis Presley, is also mentioned in this section.

Literary journeys

Add to that the dynamic quartet of New Jersey drummer Ralph Peterson in his soul brother suit, and any other festival would have required a concert-sized hall to accommodate the demand for tickets.

GREAT MUSIC BUT NO FANS

The first, gaw, a Signifyin(g) revision of the "G-a-w-d" of the preacher in full, ecstatic motion, complements the huh--a sound that literally emanates from the gut, thus evoking both the grunts and groans of the ancestors in Middle Passage and the downright funkiness of the contemporary Soul Brother James Brown.

The musicality of language: redefining history in Suzan-Lori Parks's 'The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World.'

The field is completed by the Charlie Hills-trained outsider Funk Soul Brother.

Dawn to score in HQ clash; IN ASSOCIATION WITH

The unbeaten Dawn Approach is odds-on in a field in which Ashdan and Funk Soul Brother are the only runners trained in Britain, while the line-up for the Middle Park is headed by Prix Morny winner Reckless Abandon and Moohaajim, winner of the Mill Reef Stakes.

Newmarket happy asj ust fivef ace Dawni n Dewhurst

James Brown - Mr Dynamite, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One, Minister of The New Super Heavy Funk and Mr Please Please Please himself.

Making a scene, it's the Sex Machine; He may be responsible for some of the funkiest music ever created, but the late great James Brown is also the man behind one of the maddest TV interviews of all time. Nathan Bevan gives it up for the Godfather of Soul's 1987 on-air meltdown

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