Go Go Swing Live

Go Go Swing Live
Live album by
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released1986
Recorded1986
VenuesThe Crystal Skate
Temple Hills, Maryland
Genres
Length61:09
LabelFuture Sound Records
ProducerReo Edwards
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
Funk Express
(1980)		 Go Go Swing Live
(1986)		 Any Other Way to Go?
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
ArtistdirectStarStarStarStar
musicHound R&B(4/5)

Go Go Swing Live is a live album recorded and released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in Temple Hills, Maryland) and at the RSVP (a defunct nightclub in Washington, D.C.)

The album consists of go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album is especially known for remakes of the calypso song "Run Joe", and the swing songs "Stormy Monday" and "It Don't Mean a Thing". The album was ranked No. 1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by DCist.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)"
3:15
2."Midnight Sun"
3:23
3."Moody's Mood"
5:07
4."Woody Woodpecker"
2:23
5."Harlem Nocturne"Earle H. Hagen5:49
6."Run Joe"
8:54
7."Stormy Monday"T-Bone Walker5:46
8."Boogie on Go-Go Woman"Stevie Wonder7:02
9."Family Affair"Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart6:12
10."Take the Go-Go Train"Billy Strayhorn4:51
11."Day-O"Irving Burgie8:31
Total length:61:09

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Andrew. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Go Go Swing Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". Artistdirect. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear – The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  5. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Charles C. Jr. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  6. 1 2 Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Gopal, Sriram (August 4, 2016). "11 Of The Best Albums Recorded in the D.C. Area". DCist. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.