James Brown & Bobby Byrd Soul Power Live 1971 | TikTok "Soul Power" is a 1971 funk song by James Brown, featuring backing vocals and organ by Bobby Byrd and the J.B.'s band, including members like Bootsy Collins and Fred Wesley. The song was released as a three-part single and is considered a classic funk track that embodies the Black Power era of the early 1970s. Bobby Byrd's close relationship with James Brown began in the 1950s, and Byrd was a key musical collaborator, though his role was som