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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Aug 22, 2018, 12:28 PM Aug 2018

He would have turned 82 today: DC's Chuck Brown

Chuck Brown

Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer who has garnered the honorific nickname "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around the Washington metropolitan area in the mid-1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.

Chuck Brown performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Video courtesy of raw Venture Records & Tapes





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He would have turned 82 today: DC's Chuck Brown (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 OP
I feel like "Bustin' Loose", bustin' loose... ADX Aug 2018 #1
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