Live at Club Go-Go [Live]

Track Listings

1. Let It Rock

2. Gotta Find My Baby

3. Bo Diddley

4. Almost Grown

5. Dimples

6. C Jam Blues

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1998 Hallmark release featuring seven tracks recorded liveby the line up of Eric, Chas, Alan, John and Hilton.Contains covers of standards by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley &John Lee Hooker, including 'Boom Boom', 'Bo Diddley' and'Let It Rock'.

Tracks:

Wind Me Up Chuck/Hoochie Coochie Man
Feel Like Movin' That Body
Chameleon
Get Your Hands Up/Playing Your Game Baby
It's Love - Chuck Brown,
2001 (That'll Work)
People Make the World Go Round
Wind Us Up Funk & Benny
One on One - Chuck Brown, , Little Benny
Hey Go Go Mickey
No Diggity - Big Tony, Chuck Brown
Do You Know What Time It Is - Chuck Brown,
Go Go Swing Outro - Big Tony, Chuck Brown, , Jas, Little Benny
Hah Man [Sinbad, Main Title]

Amazon.com

Perhaps no musician more defines a city and a sound than Chuck Brown does Washington, D.C. and go-go. At the age of 67, the godfather of go-go has entertained three generations and still plays to thousands of fans at least three times a week in the D.C./Maryland/Virginia triangle. Go-go is the same age as hip-hop, and shares all of its urban bombast, but it's a live-band thing, and a community thing too. When disco DJs threatened to displace cabaret bands in the '70s, Chuck invented the kinetic, syncopated go-go backbeat and put together continuous funkified sets of originals and covers linked by generous crowd shout-outs and sizzling percussive breakdowns. This recent set, featuring appearances by Trouble Funk and Rare Essence luminaries, has it all: Chuck's exquisite baritone, brilliant musicianship, go-gofied hip-hop, blues and jazz, and breakbeats you can fit a trailer into. If you don't know anything about go-go or Chuck, Your Game...Live At The 9:30 Club might the best introduction you're ever likely to hear. It's definitely one of the best records of 2001. Special bonus: the multimedia enhancements include two videos that put you right in the middle of all the go-go action. --Jeff Chang

Customer Reviews:

YOUR GAME IS ON.......2004-05-06

HIS STYLE IS SO HEY WILD,
THE MUSIC MAKES YOU WANT TO SMILE,

GO-GO IS THE REAL BEAT,
THE SOUND MAKES YOU MOVE YOUR FEET.

SOME OF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THIS MUSIC CALLED GO-GO.

TOO BAD, NOT TOO LATE,
YOU NEED TO FIND OUT, WHILE IT STILL AWAITS.

STEP UP IN DA CLUB;
ASK THE DJ WHAT'S UP.

HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS SYNCOPATED BEAT.
THIS SOUND IS HEARD ALL THROUGH THE STREETS.

SEE YA LATER PEACE OUT.
JUST REMEMBER, GO-GO IS THE REAL STYLE!!!!!

GOGO LAKA

THE REAL GO GO MICKEY.......2003-11-11

THIS IS THE REAL LIVE GROOVE OF GO GO MUSIC. CHUCK BROWN WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. THE BASS IN HIS VOICE TELLS THE AUDIENCES THAT THIS IS THE CAREER HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. THE INSTRUMENTS USED FOR GO GO MUSIC IS OUTSTANDING. I AM A FORMER RESIDENT OF D.C. I AM NOW LIVING IN SUFFOLK, VA, WHICH TO ME IS BAMMA. ANYWAY, CHUCK BROWN, IS THE ONE TRUE GO GO MICKEY. HE IS THE ORIGINGAL GODFATHER OF GO GO. PEACE OUT.

Not my game exactly, but I can't stop playing it.......2003-03-16

Go-go is D.C.'s indigenous funk, but I'll freely admit that I'm way less familiar with it than I really should be. This realization came upon me with astonishing force upon listening to this record, which is unlike anything else I've ever heard except Chuck's actual live show, which I had to check out after hearing this CD.
The audience for this live show seems to be specially selected people who know every rite of the go-go show and who appreciate the cameos from Jas, Funk, Benny, Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson (some irony there), and other special guest artists from old school go-go luminaries such as Trouble Funk. I hope one day to be well-enough versed in go-go to savor such moments.
Coming to this CD from classical and hip-hop, though, there are priceless moments enough. A horn riff with (electronic piano doubling as) harpsichord under it in the opening "Wind Me Up, Chuck" sounds freaking exactly like the opening ritornello in Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto, but about five million times funkier. Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon" gets a conga-driven workout and some ultrasmooth Chuckster lyrics. "2001 (That'll Work)" again takes a classical work, in this case "Dawn" from Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, and funkafies it mercilessly into the go-go strut, producing extra-special glee for anyone who likes historical irony and remembers Strauss's vile late-life racism. "No Diggity," the one hit in the wonder that was Blackstreet, and the Kool Moe Dee classic "Do You Know What Time It Is?" both get slamming covers towards the close of the album, showing that Chuck and his band can cover all the R&B bases they choose to.
But mostly this record is about bold, jazzy brass playing, guitar riffs powerful enough to shake mountains, Chuck's magesterial presence, and the go-go beat powering it all. It's really a wonderful thing, and the only reason I don't play this record more than I do is that I'm worried about becoming inured to its glories.
The fact that the first of like five shout-outs to Silver Spring occurs at 4:26 into the record is purely incidental to my enjoyment of it, by the way.

Wind me up Chuck...............2001-12-11

Chuck Brown brings Go-Go home where it belongs.....Go-Go is live, Audience-interaction, Conga-smacking, Backbeat-Drumming......if you are ever in DC.....Check out Chuck Brown.....this cd is hot

Mr. Brown is a baa-aad man!.......2001-12-01

Is it possible for a CD to have one beat throughout its entire length, and still be as good to your head as to your booty? If Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers are layin the groove down the answer is yes. Mr. Brown invented one beat--the go go beat--and he's stuck to it, but what he does on top of that beat is what keeps your attention. His guitar, the bass, keys, and especially the horns are all over the place in the jazziest sense of the word. Brown is a master, classy MC for the party. I have several other live discs by CB and this may be the best. Recommended highly for anyone who likes their music loose and funky.

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

Average customer rating:

Great compilation
A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

Manufacturer: Drg
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Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
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The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

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Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
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Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

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RE at Breeze's Metro Club Review

Live at Breeze's Metro Club
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Your Game: Live at the 9:30 Club Washington, D.C.

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Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

Roll Call
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I Must Be Dreamin'
The Medley: Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk/R.E. Get Busy One Time
Shake It (But Don't Break It)
Do The Mickey

Customer Reviews:

RE at Breeze's Metro Club Review.......2006-08-21

I had been looking for this CD for a number of years. I have the album version and I love it. I thought that the CD could have had a little more bass added, but it is still one of my favorite RE outings. The entire recording is a throw back to the late 1980's when I was a teenager and enjoying Rare Essence. Wonderful CD!!

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Live at the Club A Go-Go
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Let It Rock
Gotta Find My Baby
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Almost Grown
Dimples
Boom Boom
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Average customer rating:

Outstanding

Live at Club Go-Go
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Manufacturer: Pid
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Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

Let It Rock
Gotta Find My Baby
Bo Diddley
Almost Grown
Dimples
C Jam Blues

Album Description

1998 Hallmark release featuring seven tracks recorded liveby the line up of Eric, Chas, Alan, John and Hilton.Contains covers of standards by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley &John Lee Hooker, including 'Boom Boom', 'Bo Diddley' and'Let It Rock'.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding.......1999-01-14

I would name Live at the Club a Gogo as the best example of early Animals I've ever heard. Every track on the album is a gem. The energy generated by the band and Eric's gruff "blues shouting" is worth every penny and more.

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Live at the Club A Go-Go
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ASIN: B00000DRNZ
Release Date: 1992-09-25

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