Go-go live : the musical life and death of a chocolate city
Hopkinson, Natalie2012
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This title is a social history of black Washington told through its go-go music and culture. Encompassing dance moves, nightclubs, and fashion, as well as the voices of artists, fans, business owners, and politicians, Natalie Hopkinson's Washington-based narrative reflects the broader history of race in urban America in the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st.Subject: Go-go is the conga drum-inflected black popular music that emerged in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. The music was a mixture of sounds from church, the blues, funk and Latino created by Godfather of Go-Go, guitarist Chuck Brown.
Main title:
Go-go live : the musical life and death of a chocolate city / Natalie Hopkinson.
Author:
Imprint:
Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2012.
Collation:
232 p. : ill.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780822352006 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.484240975309045AR.8.03HOP
Local class:
AR.8.03/HOP
Language:
English
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BRN:
1100149