Morning Song – Wind Me Up Chuck

There are folks from the DC area—some are in this video, many are not—who speak in an entirely new tone of voice (by turns ecstatic, reverential, and awed) when you bring up the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown. Sure, the music he and The Soul Searchers made was funky, but the live shows they put on were something else—more communal rites of celebration than concerts.

You get a feel for that in this live performance from near the end of his career of “Wind Me Up Chuck”. At times it’s not clear who’s leading the song: the singer, the band, or the audience. In truth, at different times all of them are.

And they’re just getting started. This party will be going for hours.