The battle hardened beat writers of Central Pennsylvania could feel the funk blasting out of the press conference room all the way to the parking lot. It made a ton of sense, then, that 1970s kung fu James Franklin, in Sly Stone’s patched blue jeans and 8” afro, greeted them with a jump kick and an anthem, “I Want To Take You Higher”.
Here’s a link to James and the whole gang from this past off-season on The Mike Douglas Show - guests of whom stay at the Independence Mall Holiday Inn in Philadelphia.