Booker T, ATL Collective To Recreate James Brown Concert That ‘Saved Boston’
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As news of his death spread, riots and unrest broke out across the country.
The next evening, James Brown was scheduled to play Boston Garden. Even as many major American cities imposed curfews, Brown’s show went on.
On “City Lights,” David Hopings of the Center for Civil and Human Rights explained the significance of that concert, as well as tonight’s “Funk to the People” concert. Tonight’s event, led by the ATL Collective, will pay tribute to that evening exactly 50 years ago that’s remembered as “the night James Brown saved Boston.”
“City Lights” host Lois Reitzes also spoke with Stax Records artist Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. and the M.G.’s) about his featured role in tonight’s concert, as well as his time in Memphis.
“Funk to the People: A Celebration of James Brown” featuring Booker T. Jones is tonight at the Buckhead Theatre.
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