Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown Dies

Originally posted on 2012-05-16 14:27:06

Chuck Brown, the bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in black Washington for more than three decades, died May 16 at the Johns Hopkins University hospital in Baltimore. He was 75.The death was confirmed by his manager Tom Goldfogle. The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Mr. Brown had been hospitalized for pneumonia.

Originally posted on 2012-05-16 14:27:06