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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Franz Ferdinand |
| Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:08:37 -0400 |
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At 02:44 PM 4/16/2004 EDT, MBaroneO@aol.com wrote:
>I was watching a dvd (boot) the other night of James Brown live at The
Boston
>Garder 1968!
>Apparently this show was pro shot and shown on PBS sometime in the past.
The
>show took place less than 24 hours after Martin Luther King was assasinated
>so you can imagine the vibe and mood of the crowd. James was at his
singing,
>dancing and performng PEAK. It is truly unbelievable to watch him work that
>room. Anyway Mayor Daly (<sp?) came on stage and addressed the crowd and
the
>place erupted and took over the stage and James took hold of the situation
and
>calmed the people down. It is truly an unforgettable show. If you can
see it
>DO SO!
This is a legendary local music story: Boston is the only major city that
didn't suffer rioting that night, because since James Brown was scheduled
to play at the Garden that night anyway, the promoters and the city very
smartly announced that the show was going to be carried live on TV. So
everybody stayed in and watched James Brown instead!
However, I'm pretty sure that the mayor of Boston at that time was Kevin
White -- Daley was the mayor of Chicago.
S
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