Legitimate historical question: are those real cops on stage with James Brown to keep things from getting out of hand? Or are they just part of his act?
Edited to add: they were real cops. The performance was in Boston just a couple nights after the MLK assassination. Show almost got cancelled because "the authorities" were worried about a riot.
I'm a huge fan of Northern Soul, English Mod Beats, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, etc. There's not much about the music of the 60's and early 70's that I do not like.