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The GoGo Swing | Afro

By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO Langdon park day June 1987- that was my first introduction to GoGo (that I can remember), both as a genre of music and a subculture. I remember singing Chuck Brown’s “Run Joe” through the house and my mom screaming, “Don’t wish the police on our door!” Chuck Brown […]

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