James Brown at the Boston Garden; Remembering James Brown at the Boston Garden, 1968

- Transcript
On April 5th 968 James Brown played the Boston guard you know 17 years old when I took that cousin Allen Davis was their password to show to let me go country. But it was the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. Now in a city I know tonight even if they almost don't speak up for the faith this city Mayor White said the show could go on. He ask WGBH to put it on the air. James grabbed the microphone. He said that channel to this record. So one issue is over the moment gift issue again. OK. I remember. Now watch it on my television all meeting there was no rioting in Boston had weakened some tangible good. We're hearing this now because somebody stepped forward with financial support back then. Explore more with the WGBH archives at WGBH dot org slash open vault.
- Program
- James Brown at the Boston Garden
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-3n20c4t26j
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- Description
- Segment Description
- WGBH Radio looks back at the historic 1968 James Brown concert at the Boston Garden on the night following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the last minute request by Major Kevin White for WGBH Channel 2 to broadcast the event. WGBH radio host Al Davis remembers attending the concert as a a 17 year-old.
- Broadcast Date
- 2012-01-30
- Asset type
- Program
- Topics
- Music
- Subjects
- assassination; Riot control; Entertainment events; Musical Performance; civil rights leaders; Atkins, Tom; African American musicians; African American artists; Brown, James, 1933-2006; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; White, Kevin H.
- Media type
- Sound
- Duration
- 00:01:00.003
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-158e01454ea (unknown)
Format: audio/mpeg
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:01:00.003
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- Citations
- Chicago: “James Brown at the Boston Garden; Remembering James Brown at the Boston Garden, 1968,” 2012-01-30, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 6, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3n20c4t26j.
- MLA: “James Brown at the Boston Garden; Remembering James Brown at the Boston Garden, 1968.” 2012-01-30. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 6, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3n20c4t26j>.
- APA: James Brown at the Boston Garden; Remembering James Brown at the Boston Garden, 1968. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3n20c4t26j