This is a Serious Classic Funk from the Illest era! May Chuck Brown, synonymous with Soul Searchers, Rest in Peace, and thanks for the funky, funky sounds!
If you don’t know anything about the late and great Chuck Brown, check this out from Wikipedia:
Charles Louis Brown was born on August 22, 1936 in Gaston, North Carolina. Brown’s mother, Lyla Brown, was a housekeeper, and his father, Albert Louis Moody, was a United States Marine. His father, however, was out of the picture, and Brown lived in poverty. When Chuck Brown was 7-years-old, he learned to play the piano. He moved to Washington, DC in 1942, and at 15-years-old he started to live on the streets. He did not graduate high school; Brown quit school and decided to perform odd jobs to make money, including shining shoes.
In the 1950s, Brown was convicted of murder and served 8 years in Lorton Correctional Complex. At first, it was tried as aggravated assault; however, it was moved up to murder once the victim died. Brown believed that his actions were in self-defense. There, he traded cigarettes for a guitar, which launched his love for the guitar. When Chuck Brown’s sentence was up, he moved back to Washington, DC and worked as a truck driver, a bricklayer, and a sparring partner at multiple boxing gyms. He also started to perform at parties throughout the area; however, he could not play at places that served liquor because his parole officerwould not allow it.
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