Chuck Brown
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 […]
Michael Roach
(born March 18, 1955, Washington, D.C., United States) is an expatriate American blues performer and educator, who has released six albums on the independent Stella Records label. He conducts workshops on African American musical/cultural heritage internationally, and is a founder of the European Blues Association. Back To Crossroads
Skip Pitts
DROP THE NAME SKIP PITTS INTO A conversation and you might get blank looks— but mention “Shaft” and the room lights up. Everyone remembers fondly the wacka wacka of the tune’s wah pedal played by— you guessed it—Charles “Skip” Pitts. But even before “Shaft,” Pitts had assured his place in guitar history by creating an […]
Robert “Mousey” Thompson
“Mousey”, of course, is best known for his work as a drummer for the original master showman and the late “Godfather of Soul” James Brown. With James Brown’s Soul Generals, Thompson has circled the globe countless times, performing for millions upon millions of die-hard fans. In essence, Thompson has just about done it all. He […]
King Raymond Green
One of the greatest Audio Engineers and Songwriter/Producers to ever come out of the Washington D.C. King Raymond Green recorded and played live onstage with some of the greatest music artists in history, which includes but is not limited to, The Flamingos, Black Heat, The Clovers, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, The Midnight Movers, […]
Lloyd Pincback
Woodwind Artist and Author – The Soul Searchers 1968-1978 A ten-year account of the genesis and evolution of Washington, DC’s Soul Searchers band; from 1968, the year Chuck Brown, John Euell, and Lloyd Pinchback exited the Los Latinos to form the Soul Searchers, to 1978, the year Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers released […]
Shirley Horn
(May 1, 1934 in Washington, D.C. – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Horn collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability […]
