Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers United States
Biography
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"
