Editing Joe Tex (section)

===Rivalry with James Brown===
The feud between Tex and fellow label mate James Brown allegedly originated sometime in the mid-1950s, when both artists were signed to associated imprints of King Records, when Brown reportedly called out on Tex for a "battle" during a dance at a local [[juke joint]]. In 1960, Tex left King and recorded a few songs for Detroit-based Anna Records; one of the songs he recorded was the ballad "Baby, You're Right". A year later, Brown recorded the song and released it in 1961, changing the lyrics and the musical composition, earning Brown co-songwriting credits along with Tex. By then, Brown had recruited singer Bea Ford, who had been married to Tex but had divorced him in 1959. In 1960, Brown and Ford recorded the song, "You've Got the Power". Shortly afterward, Tex got a personal letter from Brown telling him that he was through with Ford and if Tex wanted her back, he could have her. Tex responded by recording the [[diss record]] "You Keep Her" in 1962.

In 1963, their feud escalated when Tex and Brown performed a concert in [[Macon, Georgia]]. Tex, who opened the show, imitated Brown by appearing in a torn, tattered cape and rolling around on the floor screaming, "Please—somebody help get me out of this cape!" Brown, already angry with Tex over the song "You Keep Her", left the club and returned with guns. Tex had left the club before the shooting commenced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-based-author-celebrates-the-often-overlooked-career-of-soul-legend-joe-tex/Content?oid=15581851|title=Pittsburgh-based author celebrates the often overlooked career of soul legend Joe Tex|last=Gordon|first=Alex|date=August 7, 2019|website=Pittsburgh City Paper}}</ref> The incident led to multiple people being shot and stabbed.<ref name="post-gazette.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2019/08/03/Jason-Martinko-Hold-What-You-ve-Got-Joe-Tex-Story/stories/201908040002|title='Hold What You've Got': A local writer pulls Joe Tex's story into the light |date=August 3, 2019|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref name="Martinko 2018 21">{{Cite book |last=Martinko|first=Jason|year=2018|title=Hold What You've Got: The Joe Tex Story|isbn=978-1-387-93286-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvHCDwAAQBAJ&q=Macon+joe+tex+james+brown&pg=PA21 |page=21|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> Since Brown was still on parole at the time, he relied on his agent Clint Brantley "and a few thousand dollars to make the situation disappear".<ref name="post-gazette.com"/><ref name="Martinko 2018 21"/> According to fellow performer [[Johnny Jenkins]], "seven people got shot", and after the shootout ended, a man appeared and gave "each one of the injured a hundred dollars apiece not to carry it no further and not to talk to the press".<ref name="post-gazette.com"/><ref name="Martinko 2018 21"/> Brown was never charged for the incident. Tex later claimed that Brown stole his dance moves and his microphone stand tricks.

In a few interviews he gave in the 1960s, Tex dismissed the notion of Brown being called "Soul Brother No. 1", insisting that [[Little Willie John]] was the original "Soul Brother No. 1".<ref name="joetexworld7">{{cite web |url=https://soultex.webs.com/1968newsoulbrother.htm |title=1968: New Soul Brother|website=Soultex.webs.com |access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref> Tex even claimed Brown stopped some radio disc jockeys from playing his hit "Skinny Legs and All", which Tex claimed prevented Tex from taking down one of Brown's number-one songs at the time.<ref name="joetexworld7"/> During a 1968 tour, Tex had the words "The New Soul Brother No. 1" on his tour bus, but eventually took the name off the bus and had it repainted.<ref name="joetexworld" /> Tex challenged Brown to contest who "the real soul brother" was. Brown reportedly refused the challenge, telling the ''[[Afro-American (newspaper)|Afro-American]]'', "I will not fight a black man. You need too much help."<ref name="joetexworld7"/> While Tex moved on from his initial feud with Brown, Brown reportedly joked, "Who?" in his [[Bobby Byrd]] and [[Hank Ballard]] duet "Funky Side of Town" from his ''[[Get on the Good Foot]]'' album when Ballard mentioned Tex's name as one of the stars of soul music.