Go Go Swing Live
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 and at the RSVP
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.
Personnel
- Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
- Rowland Smith – congas, backing vocals
- Glenn Ellis – bass guitar, percussion
- Curtis Johnson – keyboards
- John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
- Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Donald Tillery – trumpet, tambourine, backing vocals