I must take time out to give my condolences to Chuck Brown & Family. For those of you who have not heard of him or his music, I have placed his Bio below. He has a website you can visit to know more about him. For all of us who live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Chuck was the man! If you wanted to get your party on, go to a Chuck Brown concert. They honored him here in DC on May 31, beautiful ceremony. I know he was looking down at us, SMILING! Rest in Peace Chuck! Below I added a clip taken from my YouTube Channel, this is my tribute to him , doing my two step along with my Outfit of the Day. This one is for you Chuck, PEACE!
“The Godfather of Go Go,” Chuck Brown is the undisputed sole founder and creator Go-Go music, a hypnotically danceable genre deeply rooted in funk and soul that he developed in the early 70’s , and the only form of expressive culture to originate in the District of Columbia. Foreshadowing rap and many of the major popular R&B styles of the past three decades, Chuck's signature style earned him a place in American musical royalty. This esteem was maintained by the reputation of his legendary live shows, heavy on audience participation and built around “the beat” to create an unparalleled non-stop party atmosphere.
While searching for a sound to call his own in the 1960s, Chuck was deeply inspired by artists like James Brown. He latched onto the Latin percussion groove from the band he played with at the time, Los Latinos. Combining this with his roots, his love of blues, jazz, gospel, soul, and African rhythms, Chuck began to develop his own unique sound. Starting out playing top forty, Brown would break-it-down between songs with percussion and audience call and response, and keep the music going, and the dance floor packed.
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