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Bernard Odum

American bassist, born 1931, died 17 August 2004. When [a=James Brown] gained enough succes (and money) to hire a regular band at the end of 1958, Bernard Odum, that was already in the musical business, became bassist of his group. Even if he was sometimes replaced by [a=Hubert Perry], [a='Sweet' Charles Sherrell] or others, Bernard worked in the James Brown band until the end of the 60's and was fired (with all other musicians) when James decided to create a new young group, [a=The J.B.'s], in the end of 1969. Bernard then briefly joined [a=Maceo Parker] in All the King's Men group in 1970.