Chuck Brown On World Cafe
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Chuck Brown On World Cafe
In 2011, Chuck Brown appeared on World Cafe to discuss his recent live album, We Got This. John Shore hide caption
In 2011, Chuck Brown appeared on World Cafe to discuss his recent live album, We Got This.
John ShoreChuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go music, died in 2012. A year earlier, he'd stopped by World Cafe to discuss his 50-plus-year career and his last album.
Chuck Brown's name will forever loom large in the go-go genre, and he remains legendary in his hometown of Washington, D.C. The guitarist, vocalist and bandleader got his start in the 1960s as a guitarist with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm, as well as Los Latinos.
Pulling from Latin, African and jazz influences, Brown's style is highly regarded for capturing the bass-line fundamentals of dance music. His latest, We Got This, is a three-disc album featuring exciting collaborations with Jill Scott, Ledisi and Marcus Miller, among others.
This story originally ran on Feb. 3, 2011.