Q: As you probably know, Neil Young and Rick James were in a band called The Mynah Birds. Do you know if any of the songs they recorded were ever released? A: In 1964, 16-year-old Rick James, who at ...

James, whose brand was excess, died in 2004 at age 56 after years of drug abuse, a stretch in prison, and a career making his personal amalgam of R&B, pop and soul (“It’s like disco and funk eloped,” ...