Legendary
Chuck Brown of Chuck Brown and the Soul Searcher passed away due to
pneumonia and multiple organ failure. He was known as “the
Godfather of Go-go. The Go-go originated in the Washington, D.C. area
in the 1970s it is the subgenre of funk music. I was fortunate to see
Chuck Brown live in person, when I was visiting the Baltimore,
Maryland and Washington, D.C. area in 1983. I remember the days of
the house parties, if you wanted to get the party started put on a
Chuck Brown song. Nelly used the music from Chuck Brown’s “Bustin
Loose” song, on his number one hit song “Hot in Here”. Chuck
Brown was funky. His songs “Bustin Loose”, “Funky”, “It
Don’t Mean A Thing” and “Go-go” will always be his trade
mark. I also liked the song “Misty”. He put his Go-go swing style
on it. Chuck Brown influenced other Go- go bands like Big G and The
Backyard Band, Rare Essence, Experience Unlimited, Little Benny and
the Masters, and Trouble Funk. In 2009, T Street in Northwest
Washington, DC was renamed “Chuck Brown Way”. Chuck Brown will
always be the one and only Godfather of the Go- go, he will be
missed, but his funky Go-go style of music will live on through the
bands that he has influenced. R.I.P Chuck Brown!
LM
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