Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, has pneumonia
Questions surrounding the unidentified cause of the 75 year old go-go legend Chuck Brown's illness may have finally been solved...
Questions surrounding the unidentified cause of the 75-year-old Go-Go legend Chuck Brown’s illness may have finally been solved. After the Twitteriverse began to spawn rumors, Brown’s daughter came forward to tell his fans what caused her father to cancel several shows this month. K.K. Brown, who performs with her father’s band didn’t provide details of his condition, but did say he has pneumonia. The Washington Post has the latest.
bq. bq. One of the hallmarks of go-go music, Washington’s homespun strain of funk, is its incessant, syncopated beat, which “just goes and goes.” Chuck Brown’s band kept the rhythm going Saturday at the Harlem Renaissance Festival in Prince George’s County — but the pulsating beat was missing its beloved progenitor, who hasn’t performed in more than two months because of unspecified health concerns.
As the mystery surrounding the 75-year-old Godfather of Go-Go’s condition deepened last week, Twitter-spawned rumors of his death ricocheted across the Internet. The musician’s family and manager swatted down the story, but the question persisted: What’s really wrong with Chuck Brown?
On Monday, Brown’s daughter, KK Brown, finally raised the curtain on his condition. “He has pneumonia,” she said in a brief interview, adding that he’s been hospitalized for two months. “He is in the hospital, he is recovering and people need to just keep praying for him.”
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