Original 1st printing 17&1/2 x 24" boxing-style/letterpress silkscreen concert poster for the Godfather of Soul, the one and only "Mr. Dynamite", the inimitable James Brown (and the James Brown Orchestra) appearing with comedy legend Nipsey Russell at Festival Field in Newport, RI on 7/6/1969.

 Thick flat vellum stock silkscreen poster is in good/decent (B to B/B-) condition; light toning, edge/corner wear (bending/creasing in all corners and a tiny nip out of the top left corner, a moderate amount of surface wear (moisture/splatter stains in the upper right corner, numerous scattered tiny smudges and little scuffs, otherwise fine.

 JB headlined the Sunday afternoon show of the infamous 1969 Newport Jazz Festival (a near-riot which featured Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Sly & the Family Stone and a bunch of rock bands), listen to his set HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVJ_dweF360