Busta’s Person of the Week: Nearly 80 years old, Sam Tate encourages others to let their dreams take flight

By Busta Brown Can you imagine being the emcee for a James Brown concert in 1964? That was one of the hottest concert tickets in the world. To top it off, after the show you hung out with the Godfather of Soul backstage.  “James Brown gave some of the radio personalities a pep talk that I will never forget. He said, ‘You older cats need to stop acting like blankety-blank clowns behind the microphone and go into ownership and management. Tonight, I’m worth $10 million, but I’m a miracle. You don’t find situations like mine every day, going into ownership and management.’   “After James’ pep talk, I was inspired to go into ownership,” said Sam Tate. The legendary radio host asked James Brown a question that put a huge smile on The Godfather’s face. “I always had an interest in flying. I said, ‘James, do you mind if I go out and get on your Learjet?’ He smiled and said, go on out there. So, I did. All of the seats in this plane were taken out except two seats right behind the pilot. The two seats in the back and on the floor were nothing but bags and bags...