Funk Express

Funk Express
Studio album by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released	1980
Genre	Go-go jazz-funk
Length	40:40
Label	Source Records
Producer	Joe Fontana (exec) Wayne Henderson
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
Bustin' Loose (1979) Funk Express (1980) Go Go Swing Live (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
ARTISTdirect	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+[3]

Funk Express is a studio album released in 1980 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.^[1][4][5][6]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Come On and Boogie" (Part I - Vocal) – 4:56
2. "Come On and Boogie" (Part II - A Fantasy of Fusion) – 4:56
3. "In the Pocket" – 6:08
4. "Who Are You" – 3:20

Side B

1. "Sticks and Stones" – 6:04
2. "Time Has No Ending" – 3:49
3. "Slow Down (You Keep Telling Me)" – 4:32
4. "Keep That Same Old Feeling" – 6:55

Personnel

• Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
• Jerry Wilder – bass guitar
• Gregory Gerran – congas, percussion
• Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
• Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, flute, timbales, background vocals
• Skip Fennell – keyboards
• Curtis Johnson – organ, keyboards
• John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
• Donald Tillery – trumpet, background vocals

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Funk Express > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
2. "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Review: Chuck Brown". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
4. Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
5. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
6. Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

External links

• Funk Express at Discogs.com