title: Grits & Soul
text: # Grits & Soul
  
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  Grits & Soul is the eighth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1964, by Smash Records.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks composed by James Brown as "Ted Wright"; except where indicated
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * James Brown - vocals, piano, organ
  * Les Buie - guitar
  * Bernard Odum, Sam Thomas - bass
  * Al Lucas "Fats" Gonder - piano, organ
  * Melvin Parker, Nat Kendrick, O.B. Williams - drums
  * Al Brisco Clark, Eldee Williams, St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
  * Maceo Parker - baritone saxophone
  * Nat Jones - alto saxophone, arrangements
  * Joe Dupars, Mack Johnson, Robert Knight, Ron Tooley - trumpet
  * Wilmer Milton - trombone
  