In March 1979, Godfather of Soul James Brown was in a Nashville recording studio to put the finishes touches on a disco-tinged tune called "It's Too Funky in Here." Those words, while not expressly spoken by anyone involved , could also have applied to the other stop Brown made while in Music City that week, when Grand Ole Opry mainstay Porter Wagoner invited the Hardest Working Man in Show Business to perform on the Opry's regular Saturday night show on March 10th.
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