Midsummer Night Swing w/Chuck Brown

[Joe Maximo]

Midsummer Night Swing w/Chuck Brown

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:30 PM

The undisputed Godfather of Go-Go, Washington DCs Chuck Brown busts loose with non-stop percussion, blazing horn-fueled funk and his signature go-go swing.

Dance lesson at 6:30, live music at 7:30.
Lesson: Lorenzo Evans, goLo LLC

"Not too fast but deeply funky, the go-go beat was made for dancing all night long." The New York Times on Chuck Brown

Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
63rd St. (Broadway+Columbus)
New York, NY 10023
212.875.5456

http://www.lincolncenter.org/load_sc...er_Night_Swing

[Dima]

what exactly is go go swing? got a video?

[Joe Maximo]

I have no idea what go go swing is but I listened to him on itunes and he plays a lot of music I think would be fun to WCS to.

[jennyisdancing]

I have no idea what go go swing is but I listened to him on itunes and he plays a lot of music I think would be fun to WCS to.

The tempo is definitely good for it. Chuck Brown's music is mainly R&B - a funky style of R&B known as go-go which comes out of the DC area. His big hit was Bustin' Loose. "Go Go Swing Live" is a title of one of his albums; his band does some covers of big-band songs but they're done in a WCS tempo and funky rhythm.