Gut Bucket (song)

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"Gut Bucket"
Song by James Brown
from the album James Brown's Funky Summer
ReleasedAugust 2006 (2006-08)
RecordedFebruary 2005, Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, NC
Genre Funk
Length3:24
Songwriter(s)
  • Charles Bobbit
  • James Brown

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References

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