Cause and Effect #GogoEdition

Today’s Cause and Effect is on the genre of music that keeps DC moving, Gogo.

“When Chuck Brown gifted Washington with a style of dance music that didn’t allow his band to break for interruptions, applause or air, he named it go-go because the beat just “goes and goes.”

Nearly four decades later, the music comes and goes. Go-go once drew thousands of loyal fans to area nightspots seven nights a week, building a proud local culture around a durable communal rhythm. But after a decade of intense gentrification, the future of Washington’s native party music feels uncertain.

With fewer bands playing fewer shows for smaller audiences at a dwindling number of venues, go-go has migrated to unexpected places: strip clubs and churches, casinos and sweet-16 parties. And while the genre’s biggest names have recently made splashy returns to the District’s most prominent music venues, these intermittent gigs make it difficult to tell whether the music is enjoying a resurgence or hanging by a thread.” (The Washington Post)

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Reaction Band, “Clapp'n Again”

from Clapp'n Again - Single

Reaction Band Entertainment, LLC - 2020

Reaction Band, “All Over Me”

from All Over Me - Single

Reaction Band Entertainment, LLC - 2020

CCB (Critical Condition Band), “Classy”

from CCB (Critical Condition Band)

Baldhead Recordings - 2007

Rare Essence, “Overnight Scenario”

from Classic Cuts Vol. 1

Rare One Records - 2007

XIB, “Whip my hair”

from XIB

XIB

Chuck Brown, “Run Joe (feat. Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers)”

from By Special Request: The Very Best of Chuck Brown

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2018

Chuck Brown, “Wind Me Up Chuck / Hoochie Coochie Man”

from Your Game - Live At the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2001

Chuck Brown & Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson, “Do You Know What Time It Is”

from Your Game - Live At the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2001

Chuck Brown & Cherie Mitchell, “It's Love”

from Your Game - Live At the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2001

Chuck Brown, Jas. Funk & Little Benny, “One on One (Live)”

from We Got This

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2010

Big Tony, Chuck Brown, Jas. Funk & Little Benny, “It Don't Mean a Thing”

from Your Game - Live At the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc. - 2001

Rare Essence, “Shoo-Be-Do-Wop”

from Mixtape, Vol. 1 (Hosted By DJ Rico)

Rare One Records - 2012

XIB, “hours and hours”

from XIB

XIB

Backyard Band, “Baby Phat”

from Street Antidote

Unruly/R&G/Dirt Bag Records - 2016

XIB, “Woman's Worth (Live)”

from The Best of Xib, Vol.2

XIB - 2022

TCB Bounce Beat Kings, “Essence TCB Bounce Beat Style (Live)”

from Essence TCB Bounce Beat Style (Live) [Live] - Single

BOUNCE BEAT RECORDS - 2021