Chuck Brown

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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.

Early life: 1936–1963

Brown was born on August 22, 1936 in Gaston, North Carolina. Brown's mother, Lyla Brown, was a housekeeper, and his father, Albert Louis Moody, was a United States Marine. Brown's father, however, was not present in his life, and Brown lived in poverty. When Brown was six years old, he moved to Washington, D.C., and at 15 he started living on the streets. He did not graduate high school; after quitting school he decided to perform odd jobs to make money, including shining shoes.

In the 1950s, Brown was convicted of murder and served eight years in Lorton Correctional Complex. At first, the case was tried as aggravated assault; however, it was moved up to murder once the victim died. Brown stated that his actions were in self-defense. In prison, he traded cigarettes for a guitar, which was how his love for the instrument began. When Brown completed his sentence, he moved back to Washington, D.C. and worked as a truck driver, a bricklayer, and a sparring partner at multiple boxing gyms. He also started to perform at parties throughout the area; however, he could not play at venues that served liquor, because his probation officer would not allow it.

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Music career

Brown began playing guitar with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm in the 1960s and he moved to Los Latinos in 1965. At the time of his death, he was still playing guitar and was well known in the Washington, D.C. area. "We Need Some Money" and "Bustin' Loose" were two of Brown's early hits. The Washington Nationals baseball team's "Bustin' Loose" has been named as its home run celebration song, and Nelly's 2002 number one hit "Hot in Herre" has been interpolated by Nelly. Brown also did go-goals of early jazz and blues songs, including "It Don't Mean a Thing" by Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing if Ain't Got That Swing," "Moody's Mood for Love," "Moody's "Midnight Sun," Louis Jordan's "Run Joe" and T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday."

He inspired others go-google bands, including the Soul Rebels Brass Band, Big G, and The Backyard Band, Junk Yard Band, Rare Essence, Experience Unlimited (EU), Little Benny and the Masters, and Trouble Funk.

The song "Ashley's Roachclip" by Brown's band Salt of the Earth features a drum break that has been sampled thousands of times in various other tracks.

He appeared on Fox's comedy The Sinbad Show in the mid-1990s, and later on The Family Channel and Disney Channel carried him. He appeared in television ads for The Washington Post and other Washington, D.C., businesses. Chuck Brown's 2007 hit "The Party Roll" campaign for the D.C. Lottery featured him in front of several D.C. city landmarks, such as Ben's Chili Bowl.

Brown, a blonde Gibson ES-335, was a child performer.

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