{"id":2783,"date":"2012-05-16T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2012-06-03T19:04:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T00:04:03","slug":"rip-chuck-brown-1936-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2783","title":{"rendered":"RIP Chuck Brown 1936 – 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers – Bustin’ Loose Pt1 <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well….<\/p>\n

A crappy week just got even worse with word coming down that the mighty Chuck Brown<\/strong>, longtime DC fixture and the Godfather of Go Go had passed away at the age of 75.<\/p>\n

Though he is known to most for heat like the Soul Searchers’ uber-break\/mega-sample ‘Ashley’s Roachclip’\u00a0 (featured here back in 2008, I just reactivated the link<\/a>) Brown was bringing the funk from the 1960s (the early Soul Searchers recorded a fantastic, and rare cover of James Brown’s<\/strong> ‘There Was a Time’) , first backing other artists before forming the Soul Searchers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was with that band that he recorded a couple of outstanding albums for Sussex, ‘We the People’ (1972) and ‘Salt of the Earth’ (1974).<\/p>\n

The Soul Searchers hit the R&B Hot 100 five times (many of those in the Top 40) between 1972 and 1975, and then again in 1978 with the hot biscuit I bring you today, ‘Bustin Loose Pt1’ which made it all the way to Number One (hitting the outer edges of the Pop Top 40 as well).<\/p>\n

The cut is a burner from start to finish, and might be familiar to some of the younger heads from its recent appearance in a commercial for chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n

Chuck Brown was a master, and he will be missed.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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