Junkyard Band at the 1987 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Go-go group the Junkyard Band performs at the 1987 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.
[Catalog No. CFV11242; © Smithsonian Institution, 2020]

[@omariwest9068]

I was here - age 14; we rode our bikes from Anacostia. It was a hot ass day, but fun!!!

[@nestormcdade13]

They are having so much fun and cranking!!! Real deal DC!

[@dbug0325]

Legendary video of Buggs, Wink, Heavy One, Shorty Pop, Pratt, Mike, Baker, 32 Dave all in this video bringing back memories in the good ol dayz.

[@ItsP00kie]

Which one is Shorty Pop ???

[@CantTellYou]

@@ItsP00kie was he not in the stripes & hat?

[@bpthegreatt]

@@ItsP00kieblue pants no shirt

[@bunnbbabyboyy546]

The Whole Damn Crew.....

[@Stanlayy-em4fk]

I thought that was Dave with the striped shirt! The era is before me, I didn't know he used to crank with Junk.

[@willf.5608]

Look at how happy they were on stage... Ain't no greater joy than being 16 or 17 years old and playing in a band with your friends. And top it off by having a big gig outside in front of a loving crowd during the summer...Sublime Nirvana🤘🏾🎹🤘🏾

[@ima8533]

Crazy how some of em were stone cold murderers

[@ronaldlucas9097]

The crank is relentless here. Absolutely all gas, no brakes.

[@sidneycurry8508]

miss those days GO GO was all you heard around DC ,

[@d.d.sarason8749]

Same

[@marvinhagler4721]

MY GENERATION..grooving..THIS is how we used to do it..80s ..FOREVER

[@tonywebster8764]

Oh for sure JYB been on the block since day 1. Real smooth on Def Jam & as featured in the movie Tougher than Leather. #Str8legit #DCgogoUnited

[@benjaminsewell3246]

I want the broadcasters around the world I hope everybody will get into the Go-Go move unbroken dis live I hope a lot of people like this music it really is from Washington DC

[@davidfinch3120]

JYB bringing all types together even back then!!!

[@alouie1510]

David Finch It’s kinda wild to think that JYB and RE played a show at my middle school in like ‘95.

[@jeremyabounaja7154]

Fun fact shorty pop with blue pants and no shirt was a vicious killer at a very young age running around with wayne Perry and alpo Martinez

[@omariwest9068]

Is that really shorty pop? He looks like him, but I wasn’t sure.

[@postmastersgt1670]

I think lil dude already had a few bodies at the time of this recording.

[@elizabethjohnson53]

Sad but very true

[@amtownsyou]

​@@omariwest9068yup thats most definitely him

[@Nana-v6l]

​@@postmastersgt1670 oh yea ...a couple for sure

[@robertyoung6278]

People have no idea how hard gogo was to get out back then yet this is the best gogo all time

[@aaroncushinberry1030]

I think the best video I seen is when Junkyard was in Maine at a music festival! The crowd was mostly all white but was having so much fun!! Good Go-Go music does that to anybody!!

[@wit2pz]

Li’l old lady was ruffing it off up front, and that’s the ONLY go-go I’ve ever seen crowd-surfing!! Incredible!!

[@busterhikney6936]

Saw it too. Crowd surf at the end was totally tubular

[@dennandoethompson]

This is a straight classic.....

[@allinterhigh3118]

RIP Big Will, Heavy One. #Southeast

[@meppssr7123]

#Facts. Never forgotten Ill Will. 😔

[@bpthegreatt]

Pop

[@jjaywill]

The beat was made by Heavy One!

[@marvinhagler4721]

One if the BEST.. TO EVER DO IT

[@meppssr768]

Just seeing Heavy One at the end for a few seconds gave me chills. He was the heart and soul of JY. Made me wanna do it. R.I.P. Will Barrel...

[@teflon_da1]

RIP Shordy Pop

[@tronque]

A groove as wide as the ocean! Man, the trash cans vs Moog bass and great moves. World class!

[@rayhanes1347]

Look at all these beautiful ppl dancing, all different races. I was born in 84 sadly I was too young. These guys were jammin

[@dmvactioon-iqc4173]

Ppl

[@askketa8184]

OMGOODNESS… Gene, Mike, David, Will, Buggs, Bruce… I use to have so much fun dancing to junk and singing in the Ballou choir with some of these guys. Rest In peace Heavy One 🙏🏽.

[@davidcarter7199]

Are there any still living n playing besides Buggs, I see “ Shorty Pop” in here…. The Best days ever!!!!

[@ronaldholloway5258]

Qst SE summer 86. What a time to be alive

[@rongotlife]

The first Go Go song I ever Heard in DC Tacoma Park and I remind you I'm from Delaware and then I heard pork and beans and sardines after that after that I was no good I couldn't stop listening to go go

[@21salutes63]

Appreciate dis one!!! Pratt, lil Mike , 32 & Buggs on front ... ew wee!! Da good junk

[@skinnyslim9257]

Man ole man....this is EPIC here!!

[@richbuddee6121]

Smithsonian been holding on to this all these years that's just ridiculous

[@brianpearis9733]

That's why its the Smithsonian

[@andrejackson3979]

I love this video JUNKYARD was my favorite band around that year or in the 90s I am 81 baby

[@L2THABOOGIE]

My favorite go go band

[@robertwilliams3887]

Having met Buggs and Wink this brings joy to my heart!!!! I've heard the stories how they played on buckets. These men been down from day one1

[@robertwilliams3887]

@@dopemandreams I never met the guy but I'm sure he was a solid brotha

[@abbracadabbra7514]

I went to WB Patterson on South Capital St. with Wink.

[@c6ft2006]

That's why I always loved Junk. The gogo was raw and uncut with fun and smiles on everyone's faces

[@perryking8272]

I was there. 9 yrs old, remember like it was yesterday

[@truthdealer99]

Shout out to the Band & D.C. from the great state of Georgia....

[@EMINOR1982]

I remember my first time hearing this song.. 1987 and I was in love with GoGo.

[@carrollsample276]

This song is a classic 👌🏾 and it still jam

[@gloriouslove9009]

They cranking #DC all day

[@curtisbailey1665]

This is absolutely THE MOST EPIC video YT ever recommended! Algorithm on point! #BerryFarmProjects

[@jenninesession8665]

My words exactly!

[@mrstanbmw]

Check out their video in Portland Maine where they destroyed that place I have never seen white folks get off like that.

[@DarwinLpayne]

Heavy one was still hitting buckets. That joint took me way back. I remember them days. They had the white folks getting it in. Lol

[@leonwilliams2531]

U know lil pop

[@DarwinLpayne]

Know who he was.

[@DarwinLpayne]

@@leonwilliams2531 he the smallest one dancing with the white fila t shirt on

[@leonwilliams2531]

@@DarwinLpayne that's crazy that was the year I was born

[@Handle2x]

Junkyard's crank is top 3 for me.

[@doughtheshoepro1615]

I am from Oakland CA but I went to middle school and a lil bit of high school in the DMV Maryland area awwwwww 212 JYB was my favorite Go Go Band and still is they are the best of the best period

[@washingtondc9290]

It's always a pleasure to see people from out of town appreciate the sound of Washington DC, #202

[@ericwest6307]

Dem Bamas crankin. How did we go from that way of getting along to the mess we have going on now. HOW?

[@21stbornandraised54]

Us not knowing and having no one to teach us about THE LORD JESUS🤔and satan the devil. No one teaching us how to pray and what to pray🤔. No one constantly in our faces, our ears, and our head every chance they get and got to tell us about THE LORD JESUS🤔 and satan the devil. Not having our teachers in school while we were there bout 7 hours a day 5 days a week teaching us about good and evil🤔. Not telling us that if we do evil in GODS' sight what happens and when we do good in the sight of THE LORD JESUS what happens🤔. Them teaching us their history instead of our (The Bible) history🤔

[@arobinson68]

People were more willing to talk and there were social boundaries. We have no social boundaries and one reason is the internet. People get that computer courage and can create any type of drama with no reprecussions from a distance. Over time the hive mentality of thinking leads to social contagions and this is where we are now. If someone can tap into emotions and post something others emotional attach to it goes viral (Race, Religon, ect...) some people don't even think about right versus wrong when their emotions are involved.

[@roski78]

Man I miss these days in the city

[@khalyljessie3011]

My first exposure to Go Go was a JB performance in D.C. when I was a kid. My mom took me to see them.

[@derrickmccombs6818]

The power of music brings the world closer

[@21stbornandraised54]

Happy Birthday '👑SEQUAN👑' ❤🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂❤ Ahhhhhh ✌☝ST!!!!! Always and forever❤

[@integrityminded1983]

Shorty pop had already started killing by then. That's him in the blue shorts with no shirt on

[@Bigwavysosa]

Buggs don’t age he still look the same 💯💯💯💯

[@DonnyOTheProducer]

wow… i played for the new era (bounce beat) and this is wayyyy better! look at the chemistry, stage presence, crowd interaction.. these cats was getting it! wish i was born in the 80s.. can’t believe i use to think new school gogo was better smh

[@oliviermouwe4482]

Still so amazing, and hey, these guys really sread the word. Love to see them in Amsterdam soon!

[@vaughnsamuel243]

Everybody having a good time

[@gloriouslove9009]

Yes white DC folks loved GoGo too #DCgirl ❤

[@robf1799]

O.M.G. This is Sooo AMAZING!!! CLASSIC!!!!

[@carolepalmer8929]

Omgosh I'm showing my age now. #DontmuteDC

[@dhallbey]

Legendary. JY4L

[@robertyoung6278]

The one advantage they had back then was youthful energy

[@JT-mo8fk]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏾🎯 this is golden

[@MrMoet]

Dave rockin the bell

[@derricksimpson1105]

One of my many favorite songs by them, I still get goose bumps!!

[@21stbornandraised54]

👑SEQUAN D.J.🖑🖐👑 Sure Em Your Style!!!!! Ahhhhh ✌☝ST.!!!!! Always and forever!!!!! Go Go Always Forever💃 Chuck Brown & Damo & Heavy One & Footz & Darryl H & Pratt and All The Go Go Band Members who are Angels and our fam & Hommies & Hommietas & our neighbors in and around our hoods❤

[@rayhanes1347]

Kinda messed up that this is in my recommendations because I was looking at something gangster about Alpo and Shorty Pop

[@youknowwhyimhere756]

He was in this band that's him dancing

[@arobinson68]

@@youknowwhyimhere756 He is the one in the blue shorts with the shirt off beating one the white buckets with the sticks.

[@talktometv9393]

@@arobinson68 wow and he was laying shit down?

[@25hourproductions]

W O W❗😮 J Y B (87) 😂👌👍❤🎶🎵💃🕺🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brigittejenkins2913]

Maaaaan!!! I’m from Ohio but just to see sooo many ingredients in one pot!!! I love DC!

[@deanmullen1882]

Some little killer's on this video ✨

[@trademarkuk7504]

Yep u have lil pop on the drums blue shorts with no top......May Allahswt forgive him & grant him Jannah.

[@belgravecollege]

@@trademarkuk7504 Pop had Shahadah? That’s new to me. He got killed at Classics in 92.

[@mikeycash4466]

@@belgravecollege yeah he died Shalon Mahammad

[@bhall4190]

Classic!!!

[@busterhikney6936]

@2:41 kid in white shirt is wearing a Rare Essence t shirt!

[@itzjdub282]

Bugs understood early you have to give the people a show

[@los9141]

JYB epitome before its time.. These were kids talking grown people shi foreal!

[@gfrank87]

My man Doug AKA 32 first start with the good ole JYB🔥🔥

[@KerkinWayno]

The big Bad Heavyone 💪🏾💪🏾

[@basheermuhammad7757]

I want to play tambourine like young brother, here.

[@johnsononey]

This is historic for real , please zoom out and show the smooth steps PLEASE

[@aim7304]

So you mean to tell me the boy with his shirt off is the same boy who alpo said was killing anything moving in DC? And has about 6-7 bodies? Ain’t no way bruh

[@kennybrittentine7834]

What does a thug look like my light skinned friend

[@stuartwaters1572]

Yes, way bruh

[@aim7304]

It’s just crazy to me how today’s rappers be doing the most having all types of weapons tryna look hard then u look at the way this dude dancing n singing u would think he’s the black Justin Timberlake when he’s a real notorious killer. Smh we’re really living in a different time

[@stuartwaters1572]

@@aim7304 FX , TV Channel just started a series on Friday's called Hip-Hop Uncovered. And it chronicles the lives of the true gangsters, D-boys, and girl who financed the rappers and the true muscle behind the industry. These rappers are just telling their stories to a beat.(Rick Ross, Gotti, 50-cent, Noriega etc etc. All copied other's names. Shorty Pop's run ended when his head was blown off outside of the Classic's Night Club. in Camp Springs Maryland. D.C. metro area

[@chooselove4307]

Alpo said that about Lil Pop, that's interesting because Lil Pop introduced Wayne Perry to Alpo and Perry was the one killing anything moving in DC. Perry became Alpo's enforcer until Alpo lied and snitched on him to save himself. Wayne Perry is the most notorious killer in DC history. Lil Pop was 15 about to turn 16 during this performance in 1987 and he was wanted for 2 murders. In 1989 at 17 he was DC Most Wanted Murder Suspect and was arrested with 3 murders, 2 assaults, and 1 rape. After he did some time, he got out and at 19 he killed notorious drug dealer Domencio Benson in 1991 for Wayne Perry at the request of Alpo. Lil Pop was killed less than 2 years after the killing of Domencio Benson. They believe one of those murders of a drug dealer in 1987 is what caused him to get his face blown off and they emptied an AK 47 into him. It was also believed that Pop got killed at the order of a DC enforcer for killing Domencio Benson. You did not want to be in DC in the late 80's and early 90's, it was rough and major players were using young kids to kill anybody for money.

[@shovedhead]

Fond memories of getting my mind blown away by the GoGo beat. So much heavy.

[@Darrylbpoagent]

Talking about W O R and that D (let me tell you about the word) Now my momma went down to foodstamp place she was looking a like a tramp, And they cut her off and they cut her back and said "this program will be rerouted", she said "what's happening, what's the word? They said "hey miss, haven't you heard? The trench is getting deep for you and your honey, Regan gave the Pentagon the food stamp money! Talking about W O R and that D (ooh ooh tell you bout the word) Talking. About W O R and that D(im a tell you, im a tell you bout the word) W O R and that D(yeahh, yeahh, tell you bout the word) Now farmer Brown can't sell his crops cause the spring time floods Mr. Regan won't give him aid he said "hey! You betta sell that mud!", and he said " what's happening, what's the word? He said " Mr. Brown now haven't you heard? The trench is getting deeper for you and you buddy, Regan gave the Pentagon the farmer Brown money! Talking about W O R and that D (yeahhh, tell you bout the word) Talking about W O R and that D(let me tell you, can i tell you bout the word) W O R and that D(ooh, ooh tell you bout the word) Now they took our land, and they took our home, we gotta find another place, the government is moving in the build an air force base, who said "what's happening, what's the word? You mean you people haven't heard the future lookin dim so don't even plan, Regan gave the Pentagon the money and the land! Breakdown! Hit it! Now, the trench is getting deeper and it's not too funny, Regan gave the Pentagon the foodstamp money, the trench is gettin deep and its not too funny, Regan gave the Pentagon the farmer Brown money, the trench is getting deeper and its not too funny, Reagan gave the Pentagon the student loan money, the trench is getting deeper and its not too funny, Regan gave the Pentagon all our money! Talking about W O R and that D(ooh, ooh talking bout the word) Talking about W O R and that D(let me tell you, let me tell you bout the word) W O R and that D(yeahh, im a tell you bout the word)

[@MichaelHaywood-d5k]

Now which one of these youngsters is the killer?

[@southeastd.c5636]

Damn young,is that Dave aka 32 with the stripe shirt on playing the cowbell lol....young af

[@jamaalshelton6793]

Wow Classic!!!

[@EaZy-DuZ-it-Entertaiment]

Bring it Back Come Revibe the groove

[@SurprisedFireDragon-po9er]

Please someone tell me just where were you uuu ❤️💯 at the time

[@tonimacklin1956]

That look like Shorty Pop in the white shirt beside Bugg in the yellow

[@vjones17]

That's Lil Mike in white shirt

[@tonimacklin1956]

Word 👍🏿

[@tiedyedahlia]

🖤

[@shanettacane7101]

Why couldn't we just stay young and innocent.

[@doc7852]

Classic

[@crucialmatt]

Rest in peace shorty pop

[@JamesSmith-po6di]

Baker head.....on the Keyboard...#1

[@ariesqueen9685]

very historical movement in go go yall see 32 on the frontline

[@111priest]

JYB crankin'!!

[@EKING1985]

Dem boyz jammin

[@kma7398]

Is that a young 32 I’m seeing?

[@gfrank87]

Yep. He’s back playing with them as of now. Started with them

[@geraldgaddy1333]

Wow that is 32 who played for NEG.

[@1975COREY]

Yeah thats him, he started out with Junk Yard in the 80's before you hooked up with NEG

[@geraldgaddy1333]

When I use to see JYB back in the day in Georgetown, I never saw 32. The other cowbell player who was taken away from us was always there.

[@courylanders4142]

Junkyard was getting ready to take GO-GO to the next level in the 90s. 1987, them ,NEG and BYB were taking the Baton from RE , Chuck and EU.

[@malcolmcarter4953]

Shorty Pop out there with the high top

[@EllzyJones-p1z]

Valentine Day Nannie Helen Burroughs Traditional Celebration

[@rondabriscoe1070]

YESSSSS

[@theresajackson2058]

Yeeees crankshit

[@ericking2652]

👍🏾👍🏾✊🏾

[@calvinspeed6507]

Heavy One, Pratt,32, Biggs. Is that Winko?

[@Rio-dmv]

Yep playing the congo with the sticks

[@palmares77]

I think I was there

[@fizz_3939]

CRANK IT

[@MrRoses0806]

I don't know what year this was, but it had to had to be well before 1987 as the title suggests.

[@terencebuie2158]

@TheRealist 811 nope they in the movie dc cab in 1982 playing on buckets at the very beginning of movie they were. Much younger in the movie kids at the time also seen them open up in 1983 for ayre rayde and redds in the boys in silver spring in 83 bus stop club

[@omariwest9068]

Nah - it was ‘87. I was there at the FL festival.

[@djlarrysouldtd]

Reagen made the Bomb!

[@qcthoneqc]

That’s gogo

[@davidjones7503]

Skipper, on deck...

[@johnsononey]

I wanna see the white dudes footage , please upload !

[@normangourmand]

🔥🔥🔥

[@gslimm40]

Which one is derrick?

[@21stbornandraised54]

2nd CHRONICLES 7:14 BELIEVE THE LORD JESUS 👂to Stephen Darby The Waking Up & Zion vs Rome & beast religion & The Blueprint and Tony Evans spiritual warfare & experiencing spiritual deliverance & reclaiming what the devil stole start there with their teachings make a pattern of their teachings. Stay calm. Don't be hot headed. Don't get offended. If you do just pause the video, fuss about what was said, and get right back to it.