POP/ROCK - Feb. 15, 1990

Brown on the Town: South Carolina corrections officials have cleared the way for soul singer James Brown to participate in a work-release program. Brown, who is serving a six-year prison sentence in Columbia, already has received calls from groups interested in having him work for them. Among them are radio stations in Columbia, Charleston and North Augusta that want Brown as a disc jockey and Benedict College in Columbia, which wants Brown to work in its music department. Brown will be banned from any out-of-state employment and required to spend his nights at a work-release center.