Septuagenarian Washington DC based, musician
Chuck Brown, along with his lively poly-rhythmic backing band the Soul Searchers were known as the founders of the soul funk musical genre offshoot known as Go-Go. Their influential sounds had been making people get up and dance since the early 1970's, and have been sampled by hip hop artists such as
Nelly,
Eric B. and Rakim and
LL Cool J. He was popularly known in the DC Metro area as "the Godfather of Go-Go", and a hard working artist who layed the groundwork for the sub genre of funk that is known for non-stop marathon l…
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