From AVP video's "25 Years of Georgia Football: The Vince Dooley Era" comes this live halftime performance of James Brown doing his song "Dooley's Junkyard Dawgs." It was performed at the Gator Bowl...which I assume to have been the Cocktail Party, and not the Jan 1st Gator Bowl. Anyone know?
I can't decide what's most awesome about this, but I'm leaning towards the Red Jump Suit. GATA.
Note: I looked around and can't find a copy of the video online to link to so that you can buy it. However, here's a link to other Bulldog Videos. (Don't worry, I'm not pimping my store...this time.) The back of the box says you can order more videos by calling 800-688-DOGS, but I imagine this video is out of print. If it's available, I recommend it. It's outstanding.
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It was, in fact, halftime of the Cocktail Party. I know this because I was there. It was basically the same halftime show as UGA had performed at homecoming, including an appearance by the Godfather of Soul himself. For some reason, he loved us.
My first UGA-UF game, my junior year. UGA was down by 14 at the half. Things were looking not so good. James Brown came out and charged up the crowd. UGA came out and made a roaring 3rd quarter comeback, including the defensive stand now universally known as "4th and dumb" to Florida fans.
UGA had already punched in a quick score. UF had the ball near midfield, but short of it. 4th down and a yard; Coach Doug Dickey decided to go for it, rather than give the ball back to a fired up UGA offense (then running the veer behind Ray Goff).
It's a pitch to UF halfback Earl Carr, who reputedly ran a 4.4 40. Somehow, UGA DB Johnny Henderson, a slow white kid from Macon, hauled him down deep in the backfield. There's a momentum shift for you. UGA wins going away by two touchdowns. That was back when they knew and we knew we were going to beat them almost every year.
Oh, the memories! I remember this well and another time when James Brown performed in Sanford Stadium but the PA system didn't work. The band kept playing and James kept dancing and jumping. It didn't matter. I know ol' James is getting up there in years, but maybe we can get him back to the COCKTAIL PARTY and get some of that '70s funk, UF ass-whuppin' bad-ass mojo back!
Johnny Henderson was an Athens boy. His dad was the long-time coach at Clarke Central.
For some reason, I remember James Brown performing at the Georgia game when Prince Charles visited.
James Brown also performed with the Red Coat Band at the 1976 Cotton Bowl against Arkansas. I think that this video is from the 1975 game in Jax. That was the year that Brown recorded "Dooley's Junkyard Dawgs" and the year that the Junkyard Dawgs started under Erk.
neither here nor there, but I was listening to Nora Jones on my computer at work, when I hit play on this video. Turns out the video was on mute.
I can tell you without question or hestitation that it's a very different video with Bessie Smith blaring in the background.
Looks like the 1977 Cocktail Party.
We were wearing the red uniforms.
Perhaps it was the 1975 Appleby to Washington game. But the weather looks too good.
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