Trouble Funk: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • @geebeeinga
    @geebeeinga 3 года назад +27

    Wow, PG County kid who grew up and graduated HS in 84’. Grew up on DC Go-Go. Livin in the South now but haven’t forgotten this awesome music. Folks down here jus’ don know…

  • @emperorkiser4393
    @emperorkiser4393 2 месяца назад +4

    Man one of the most underrated bands of funk. Back in the day when you heard drop the bomb 3 blocks away they knew it was me because nobody knew about troublefunk until I played them

  • @MsLizChatham
    @MsLizChatham 5 лет назад +54

    I lived in DC and loved this music! Remember the 'punk/funk' shows? Trouble Funk would play with bands like Discord or The Meat Men. The crowds at those shows were amazing, harmonious and everyone got along and danced together. What a time for music.

  • @pN1zzL3816
    @pN1zzL3816 Год назад +5

    4 years later I still watch this once a week lol

  • @dreasducati3077
    @dreasducati3077 4 года назад +70

    Most business's don't even last 40 years...It's Amazing to see them putting down this massive sound 40 years later so perfectly ! That can only mean one thing. This is real music !

  • @WMiles-yl5tj
    @WMiles-yl5tj 6 лет назад +121

    WOW!! That horn section!!! I commented once but those horns are cranking!!!!!

    • @3kingkool
      @3kingkool 4 года назад +2

      Big Lee Yeah!!!

    • @635mobile7
      @635mobile7 Год назад

      The horns are definitely the butter in these grits!!!

  • @robinbutler9285
    @robinbutler9285 4 года назад +63

    For those who grew up with this original DC funk groove, this sound feels like Ballou HS, Haines Point and Ben's Chili Bowl all rolling over your ear hole at once!

    • @wladekwloszcz3803
      @wladekwloszcz3803 4 года назад +3

      like 1970s best BLACK music, for me (Eastern Europe)

    • @raphaelgrisoni5919
      @raphaelgrisoni5919 10 месяцев назад +1

      Very much go go style like Chuck Brown too

    • @GreenCheesePizza
      @GreenCheesePizza 10 месяцев назад +1

      SURSUM CORDA

    • @kay_o5868
      @kay_o5868 9 месяцев назад +2

      Highland...6th & Atlantic 😏

    • @GreenCheesePizza
      @GreenCheesePizza 9 месяцев назад

      @@kay_o5868 yes sir🫡”Summer in the Parks” every hood had a dozen or more “go go” bands

  • @CityLife202
    @CityLife202 Год назад +2

    Love my city! I’m in my 40’s now, I remember my Pops and uncles use to crank Trouble Funk, RE, Chuck Brown and so many other bands back then. The 80’s and 90’s was definitely the golden years of GO GO💯💪🏾

  • @marvinberry9874
    @marvinberry9874 6 лет назад +22

    Oh yes. I hit DC area in 82 and it was all go...as in Go Go. All the way live. DC people are some of the most real people in the world. Represent Trouble Funk.

  • @1dkappe
    @1dkappe 5 лет назад +163

    Back in the mid 80’s I saw a show with the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Trouble Funk. Trouble Funk blew the doors off the place. When the other bands got inducted into the hall of fame, I just remembered how much better Trouble Funk was. Drop the Bomb!

    • @12TribeTone
      @12TribeTone 3 года назад +5

      Thanks for that history and knowledge!

    • @maxponsetis1948
      @maxponsetis1948 3 года назад +3

      you just droped another one

    • @djthrift6244
      @djthrift6244 3 года назад +4

      Wow, and that's when RHCP was still Funky!

    • @johnb5057
      @johnb5057 2 года назад +1

      theyre better than both of those groups

    • @nessearthbound9864
      @nessearthbound9864 2 года назад +1

      Thé chili peppers have evolved since the 80s

  • @MsDorisann
    @MsDorisann 4 года назад +3

    Yes, TROUBLE FUNK, DMV we in the house with GOGO!!!!!! I am going nuts, yes this is so mind blowing. People must understand this is our own sound created in D.C. This is historical, The legendary and iconic TROUBLE FUNK!!!!! FATHER CHUCK BROWN created GOGO music in D.C. GoGo music became the sound track for our lives in DMV. NPR thank you, and you understand your audience!!! TROUBLE FUNK is knocking it out the park as ALWAYS!!!!! I am here in 2019.

  • @jtajr
    @jtajr 6 лет назад +47

    The D.C. legends are here and they go by the name of Trouble Funk. They are doing a show, and they are tight. I highly recommend seeing them live whenever possible. They still play regularly, and they are amazing. At 25 seconds into this show, they drop the go-go bomb, and it sounds like nothing else. Superb.

  • @b3d3g69
    @b3d3g69 2 года назад +19

    THIS IS TOTALLY INSPRIING!!!! Being a DC native, growing up during that 70's, 80's GO-GO we NEVER imagined it going this far!!!! A lot of people never gave Go-Go a chance, nor the respect it deserved!!! To see it STILL GOING STRONG and more importantly, ACROSS THE POND!!!!!! Words CAN'T EXPRESS it enough!!!!!

  • @souldeep808
    @souldeep808 5 лет назад +51

    Dude on the Drum set back there quietly KILLING it!!! I see you Dawg!

    • @emanon704
      @emanon704 4 года назад +5

      I'll tell Tony Edwards that you gave him props

    • @johnb5057
      @johnb5057 2 года назад

      @@emanon704 tell him he kinda looks like pharoahe monch too

    • @635mobile7
      @635mobile7 Год назад +1

      When I was little I used to try and imitate gogo drummers using empty peanut cans and buckets. I got pretty good too.😁 Trouble Funk is untouchable 100%!!!

  • @bryanward7451
    @bryanward7451 3 месяца назад +6

    A white boy from Beltsville. Go Go music and sports brought everyone together. Almost 60 now & still find a smile when I hear trouble funk.

  • @allhailch3vy
    @allhailch3vy Год назад +5

    Trouble Funk was the first band I heard live growing up in Virginia my mom took me to a festival at the beach. Introduced me to gogo music.

  • @mralgee
    @mralgee 6 лет назад +4

    My GO-GO FUNK - Heroes of the 80`s !!!

  • @pedronascimento7235
    @pedronascimento7235 6 лет назад +30

    Congratulations to the Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin and James Willetts!!! Amazing work!

  • @marvinhagler4721
    @marvinhagler4721 6 лет назад +186

    This is what WE grew up on...the 45 plus crew..(age).....FULL BANDS.!!!!

    • @jasonbyrd1840
      @jasonbyrd1840 4 года назад +2

      Preach

    • @williammartin5569
      @williammartin5569 3 года назад +3

      I remember when Pump me up with come on at Dominion skating rink in Northern Va and we would all get on the floor.

    • @allenjohnson5159
      @allenjohnson5159 3 года назад +2

      Y'all had some good music alot of the new stuff based of trouble funk eu and essence I'm 42 but I know where it came

    • @geebeeinga
      @geebeeinga 3 года назад +2

      PG County kid who graduated in 84. Used to listen to Go Go all the time. Redds and the Boys, Chuck Brown…old school stuff.

    • @StrongnBeautiful
      @StrongnBeautiful 2 года назад

      But how you get paid?? 😟

  • @DJMelRockwell
    @DJMelRockwell 5 лет назад +32

    I have Trouble Funk Album for a lonnnnggg time and still play it out loud up the Mountain Clubs in Switzerland!!! Thanks, looking at this make me very Happy and bring a very big Smile. Much Respect To You All

    • @patrickhenry6382
      @patrickhenry6382 3 года назад

      M

    • @88pynogrl
      @88pynogrl 3 года назад +3

      Nice! Kick up your feet, eat some Fondu, and groove in the Alps. Sounds good to me.

  • @BigBabyProductions
    @BigBabyProductions 6 лет назад +61

    How can you not like Trouble Funk?!!! Go-Go Legends!!!

  • @rebfunk1366
    @rebfunk1366 6 лет назад +30

    C R A N K I N'.......ITS TROUBLE, ITS TROUBLE..........Trouble Funk still sounds GREAT !!!!

  • @KMO325
    @KMO325 6 лет назад +74

    Damn, I'm homesick! I remember when you could open your window on a Saturday morning and just hear this music blasting out of folk's cars and stereos. Very D-M-V.

  • @edwinjamespope8118
    @edwinjamespope8118 6 лет назад +49

    Deserves a trillion views.. such incredible groovetastic magic happening here..

  • @RCLIFTOFF
    @RCLIFTOFF 6 лет назад +148

    Talk about a pleasant surprise! 40 plus years for these guys and still jamming!

  • @sonaamusan666
    @sonaamusan666 5 лет назад +144

    No one is taking bout how the drummer plays effortlessly and the precision of the guitarist.

    • @MrPrincepop
      @MrPrincepop 4 года назад +23

      No doubt. But that's mandatory to play Go Go which you know came from Funk, which means it's tight, syncopated, and in the pocket.

    • @rc987456
      @rc987456 4 года назад +15

      @sona amusan
      You can't stop there bro, the whole unit is playing like a well oiled, finely tuned machine!

    • @hellopinkham
      @hellopinkham 4 года назад +4

      You are.

    • @MetaphysicalMusician
      @MetaphysicalMusician 4 года назад +4

      Mad pocket

    • @Mr-Keyes
      @Mr-Keyes 3 года назад +7

      Playing the pocket on drums is harder than fast playing solos. Anyone can have a bad night in a band..... Except the drummer.

  • @sda1225
    @sda1225 5 лет назад +41

    River Terrace Park in the summertime, the battle of the bands at the Coliseum, Malcolm X Park, The Carter Barron, Masonic Temple, Cap Centre, The Atlas and doing the Happy Feet. Big Tony, Funk, Lil Benny, Sugar Bear and the Godfather himself, Chuck. When Chocolate City was REAL. Great memories.

    • @heyjoejp
      @heyjoejp 4 года назад +3

      It was and hasn’t been better

  • @tmko1985
    @tmko1985 4 года назад +11

    Trouble Funk was always my favorite Go-Go Band!! Still doin’ it 40 years later!!
    🥁 🎹 🎺 🎤

  • @recordengin
    @recordengin 5 лет назад +30

    Crankin like crazy! Trouble funk doesn't get the credit that they deserve and has earned! One of the true pioneers of gogo! First gogo band to do a live album back in the day! That "Trouble Funk live from Washington D.C. was the joint! These guys have toured the world and gave gogo a pathway for the other gogo bands! I salute you for your accomplishments, longevity and most of all your originality!

    • @michaelyette7513
      @michaelyette7513 4 года назад +6

      I appreciate your comment Kevin, history has tended to minimize Trouble Funk's stature in go go, but in truth in the early and mid 80s they were THE dominant go go band in DC. Then they took it worldwide. Unless you lived it, sadly you would never know that now.

    • @rogerrice5325
      @rogerrice5325 Год назад +1

      Absolute Legends 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾

    • @rogerrice5325
      @rogerrice5325 Год назад

      C’mon Mann

  • @martinmalker5791
    @martinmalker5791 6 лет назад +25

    Outstanding,holy funk batman ,there's a fever in the funkhouse..I have an unbreakable smile on face.funk not only moves it also removes,the blahs.Get the funk out my face.this is as it should be.....sho nuff!whew!

  • @robertallen5042
    @robertallen5042 6 лет назад +68

    To be in that room. Wow!!! My behavior probably would be unacceptable. NPR IS THE BOMB. ONE ON ONE WITH SOME OF THE BEST.

  • @OthaBrotha1
    @OthaBrotha1 4 года назад +20

    Mang, they sound great!!! Big Tony is still holding it down! Big up to the sound engineers, they did their JOB! GRIP IT!!!!

  • @AirForceFalcons_9922
    @AirForceFalcons_9922 4 года назад +7

    Ain't nothing like DC's go-go music. It's our own and unique to the DMV. Listening to Trouble Funk has me thinking of the late great Godfather of go-go, the one and only Mr. Chuck Brown. He is missed so much and his memory along with go-go will live on forever.

  • @eddiejones856
    @eddiejones856 3 года назад +4

    I was at Fort Meade, Md(between DC and Baltimore)1982-83 and fell in love with GO GO music that one year I was stationed there. Was a fan of Trouble Funk.

  • @diamondbarnes969
    @diamondbarnes969 2 года назад +4

    Miss DC man and the old culture .

  • @friendlier
    @friendlier 10 месяцев назад +2

    Had no idea Trouble Funk were still together. Go Go music 4evah!

  • @thrillsteel2252
    @thrillsteel2252 4 года назад +19

    Never heard Go Go till I went to Morgan State University and the students for D. C. would be rocking Go Go. The D.C. girls would go wild when they played Go Go at the parties and I made sure I was right in the middle of them......lol lol

  • @SteveG123
    @SteveG123 6 лет назад +181

    This is to D.C. what Tower Of Power is to Oakland. "Let's drop da Bomb" So good.

    • @j.f.greaney
      @j.f.greaney 5 лет назад +7

      Watch the Tower of Power Tiny Desk next my man. They just kill it dead.

    • @jonlindsey4114
      @jonlindsey4114 5 лет назад +8

      Fam, we was bangin to Trouble Funk in Philly too, Pump me up was the SHIT!!!!!!!! DJs was playing that joint at all the block parties, and EU Freeze by Experience Unlimited too. This brings back memories for real tho.

    • @lilhope421
      @lilhope421 3 года назад

      @@jonlindsey4114 VA. Too

  • @julianbranch4500
    @julianbranch4500 4 года назад +15

    I'm not even from DC but I always loved GoGo. Its kinda the best kept secret.

  • @KB-hg1xm
    @KB-hg1xm 6 лет назад +31

    I'm STILL waiting for the day GoGo becomes a searchable music genre.

  • @MarcP865
    @MarcP865 6 лет назад +89

    NPR keep on blessing us ♥

  • @Yoel_Yasharala
    @Yoel_Yasharala 6 лет назад +32

    In the future, real live music (real instruments) is going to be missed. D.C. still trying to hold on to it... ..and is the greatest in the nation for that...

  • @kevinmcwilliams5362
    @kevinmcwilliams5362 5 лет назад +19

    I've watched this Trouble Funk video so many times now. I love it every time I watch it. It stays on my playlist. Love Trouble Funk! ❤

  • @Bobrinsky
    @Bobrinsky 5 лет назад +27

    I saw Trouble Funk live many times in the 1980s, and it is a real treat to hear them sounding so good in 2018. Thanks NPR, and congratulations all round.

  • @WorldBFree-lw6wo
    @WorldBFree-lw6wo 5 лет назад +26

    I love Big Tony Fischer and Trouble Funk! This is one of the greatest live performances of all time!

    • @smguy7
      @smguy7 Год назад +1

      Big Tony is sooooo cool.

  • @jamespoe5110
    @jamespoe5110 6 лет назад +39

    OG's of Go Go!

  • @malvessidrums
    @malvessidrums 6 лет назад +16

    god damn snare drum sounding incredible, WOW

  • @LJonesW213
    @LJonesW213 2 года назад +2

    Yes lawd! Trouble Funk, Great musicians. DC Days!

  • @lisah9592
    @lisah9592 6 лет назад +7

    Man! I lived in Baltimore for 3 years and LOVE GO-GO and House music. This was live! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @stclemmons1969
    @stclemmons1969 4 года назад +2

    Grew up in DC and still have never heard anything close to a GoGo groove. Percussion is untouchable. I cannot not move when that percussion kicks in...and Im a 50 year old white dude! Good Gawd y'all!

  • @brianparson543
    @brianparson543 Год назад +5

    Trouble funk is a REAL truly talented bank.Gotta miss these guys!Rap and jazz mixed with Go Go music,you just cant beat this!I miss this!!They bring back the good ol' days!!When you see people show up and make music right there,you know thats some ****!

  • @QuackersAhoy
    @QuackersAhoy 5 лет назад +16

    Didn’t think NPR could top George Clinton’s set! I was wrong, this blew the roof right off the place!!!!! Awesome!!

  • @teaminfiniti4105
    @teaminfiniti4105 5 лет назад +3

    How can you not like Trouble Funk? Yeah I'm from Bmore but I appreciate a lil Go-Go myself

  • @j.f.greaney
    @j.f.greaney 5 лет назад +4

    I saw these guys at the old 9:30 club all of 30 years ago, I'm a white guy from Boston and I was blown away. 30 years of Gogo later, still diggin it. RIP Chuck Baby! And...PUMP PUMP PUMP ME UP!!!

  • @Android-vk8yh
    @Android-vk8yh 6 лет назад +6

    Legends I played their tunes back to back on my decks in da 80-90's.... gonna dig them out again and dust of the 12's.We need A DESK IN THE UK PLEASE? NPR reeeespect

  • @michaelmcgaughy3164
    @michaelmcgaughy3164 6 лет назад +26

    Great that you had them one. Making me homesick. I'll have to check out the Chuck Brown set. Thanks NPR!!!

  • @gallenjr357
    @gallenjr357 6 лет назад +5

    Man!!!!!!
    I use to play trouble funk so much back in the day (1980)
    Glad to see them on Tiny Desk

  • @etpslick100
    @etpslick100 5 лет назад +4

    You COULD NOT GO TO A BLOCK PARTY IN PHILLY without playing this record! PERIOD!!! Classic funk!! What’s up TF?😌👍🏾🎶

  • @stevehilliard1495
    @stevehilliard1495 6 лет назад +69

    I love it , wish I was there. Outstanding musicianship!!

  • @leenawilliams2558
    @leenawilliams2558 4 года назад +2

    Man I will never get tired of my African ism styled music. The percussions are like heartbeats! PUMP ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @djcoolcliff
    @djcoolcliff 3 года назад +5

    This group inspired me to play when I was like 3 or 4 years old 1540 AM in RVA! Changed my world and taught to hold that pocket on whatever instrument you played!!

  • @myronfears1362
    @myronfears1362 3 года назад +5

    I always loved Go Go Music ever since my neighborhood friend Eddie Richardson used to bring it from DC to KC every summer when we were in middle school and high school in the late 70’s and early 80’s! Trouble Funk is killing it!

  • @rahkriga
    @rahkriga 6 лет назад +81

    Its crazy how the world, people of various nationalities LOVE funk

    • @TheTilde
      @TheTilde 5 лет назад +8

      Tomax , you are so right! Hi from France!

    • @JohnCran
      @JohnCran 4 года назад

      And from Oz

    • @catinthehat661
      @catinthehat661 4 года назад +4

      This white boy has loved funk since I was about 15 , saw P Funk first time at 22 and I’m now 48 and still listening. Yabba Funkin’ On Baby! Stretching out in a rubber band.

    • @stonelenny
      @stonelenny 4 года назад +3

      Funky compliments from Brazil! I invite you to hear Banda Black Rio. The Maria Fumaça album!

    • @rahkriga
      @rahkriga 4 года назад +1

      @@stonelenny Ok...going to give it a listen...thanks!!

  • @TheSunshineGroup
    @TheSunshineGroup 6 лет назад +165

    Damn! What a set! No breaks, just party. Also, really cool to have that synth bass/slap bass combo. Very P-Funk

    • @TheeDuhscientist
      @TheeDuhscientist 6 лет назад +4

      Too Heavy!

    • @karlosroberts8864
      @karlosroberts8864 6 лет назад +14

      Yup, thats why its called go-go music...I so love being a born and raised
      washingtonian

    • @felipeguzman6499
      @felipeguzman6499 3 года назад

      Thanks bass missing

    • @rogernelson5563
      @rogernelson5563 3 года назад +4

      @@karlosroberts8864 I Can understand how u feel but no need 2 be from DC 2 feel the Go Go vibe cuz even martians feel their magic groove

  • @battlegirldeb
    @battlegirldeb 6 лет назад +21

    What these guys are still out there. I remember them from back in the 80's I'm almost 50 so most of these guys are in the mid 50's to early 60's.

    • @toussantlbisso
      @toussantlbisso 6 лет назад +7

      They've had numerous members co m e and go under various circumstances ! Reminds me of James Brown's stage shows 🏆

    • @carolyndarley1045
      @carolyndarley1045 6 лет назад +4

      Yeah but Fat Tony been there from the beginning

    • @emanon704
      @emanon704 4 года назад +9

      Still doing it...yes the band is still alive and well. Big Tony and James "Doc" Avery are the only original members. However; we still tour and perform locally from time to time.

    • @jenniferharding-williams1937
      @jenniferharding-williams1937 4 года назад

      Girl!! Where was they goin'???!!! 😊😊😊

    • @jamescrews4192
      @jamescrews4192 3 года назад +1

      @@carolyndarley1045 Tony doesn't like that... Big Tony!!

  • @jenniferharding-williams1937
    @jenniferharding-williams1937 4 года назад +2

    Had to come back and listen one more time

  • @glenwilliams6107
    @glenwilliams6107 6 лет назад +21

    Dam, THEY ALMOST SOUND BETTER THAN THEY DID 30 YEARS AGO...the young bands cant touch this...oh and BTW..crankin their own grooves, no stolen radio crap

    • @emanon704
      @emanon704 4 года назад +3

      That's what it's all about. Gotta bring the original music back. We're working on new music now.

  • @hammondB3_C3Tube1
    @hammondB3_C3Tube1 6 лет назад +16

    this play is the NON STOP MUSIC! The wave with beat is continuing, continuing.

    • @covertLLC
      @covertLLC 4 месяца назад

      "Go-Go" because it goes and goes, once that beat drops it don't stop.

  • @tonyweaver5953
    @tonyweaver5953 6 лет назад +79

    SALUTE TO THE DC ICONS Trouble Funk!!!!!

  • @StretchinBack
    @StretchinBack 3 года назад +4

    Back in the day, the only funky radio station I had access to use to play "Drop the Bomb" and "Trouble Funk Express". I only knew "They Don't touch that dial" by Captain Sky and "Work That Sucker To Death" by Xavier. Anyways, they sound great live with all that brass!

  • @fawnnicole1430
    @fawnnicole1430 6 лет назад +37

    Thank you for bringing Trouble Funk, I started listening to Go-go in the 80s, when I would visit my cousin for Christmas in the DMV. I'm so glad to see them introduced to more people. Live is always the best way to listen and dance to Go-to.

  • @tapemaster8252
    @tapemaster8252 6 лет назад +11

    One of my all time favorites, still sounding tight as always,proud to say they was apart of my teenage years and now, Salute to Trouble Funk!

  • @peacecrewproducts
    @peacecrewproducts 4 года назад +7

    You see Washington DC metro area is DMV not Baltimore let's get it right. I am glad that this band is true to it's roots and stay their own lane. Just like all the other east coast cities and rest of the world everybody got their own beat.

  • @ghostwriter1869
    @ghostwriter1869 5 лет назад +6

    Wow, I listen to T-Funk as a teen in the late 70's just to bounce and groove (pump-pump). Never knew they were Go-Go until NPR! I now understand the deep soulful funk of the band!!! WTF!! Tight!!! Nice Job!!!

  • @ColletteLetshwenyo
    @ColletteLetshwenyo 6 лет назад +126

    I funk with this so much

  • @Lisa_Evers
    @Lisa_Evers 6 лет назад +5

    Of all the black folk on the planet, there is just something very special about African-Americans.... I guess it's a combination of the struggles they've been through ...combined with the opportunities we all have as American citizens...the innovation...creativity.... diversity that's found all across the US... plus the musical influence of black churches.... the overall community of other amazing black artists who all feed off each other..... Is there any other group that's quite as musically talented...diverse in their musical capabilities... who has such inner beauty....and yet, despite all the struggles black folk as a whole continue to face, somehow, they are able to overcome and produce music like this?

    • @jeromebrooks7
      @jeromebrooks7 4 года назад +1

      lisa evers wow, you said a mouth full!!!!👍🏾

    • @FenceThis
      @FenceThis 4 года назад

      Romas, Italians , Irish, Jews , Indians , the list goes on and on and on , they've all had their struggles and they all produced excellent music and musicians and carry on to this day

  • @byrons6123
    @byrons6123 6 лет назад +37

    The best go-go band ever. Thank you! 😆 👏

    • @Sured70
      @Sured70 5 лет назад +6

      Indeed, the kings! So solid & chunky with the rhythm, cracking session. those horns..

    • @gbFAMU
      @gbFAMU 4 года назад

      I know some Soul Searchers who would beg to differ with that opinion.
      For me, I'm transported back to my days at the college on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, Florida. Especially "Drop the Bomb." I remember the exact party and the exact young lady.😁

  • @CryptoPete007
    @CryptoPete007 5 лет назад +12

    rocking and in the groove ...real sound and musicians

  • @rochellerozario7131
    @rochellerozario7131 4 года назад +15

    I totally appreciate people that know how to play actual instruments.
    *bows down* ase

  • @williamshakespeare9815
    @williamshakespeare9815 Год назад +2

    That bass was killing!! From the slide in at the start, he didnt let up! And the tone was so beautiful!

  • @teegotgunz76
    @teegotgunz76 4 года назад +3

    I had a couple of their albums back n tha day. They was funky like a loaded diaper.

  • @robertharris7297
    @robertharris7297 3 года назад +5

    I Love you guys! You lift my spirits every time I listen to The TROUBLE FUNK Band. I’m 58 if not for The Tiny Desk concert, I never would have heard of you. I’m singing and dancing with you.

  • @anthonysmith905
    @anthonysmith905 6 лет назад +3

    Trouble Funk!!!! Legends. Still Rocking Drop The Bomb after 30 plus years!!! Timeless.

  • @a.c.6475
    @a.c.6475 6 лет назад +2

    Ahh yess.....visiting my aunt and cousins in va back in the mid 80's! All I heard was this jam, along with "Let's get small" Chesapeake and Norfolk, good memories!

  • @glendamattox7535
    @glendamattox7535 2 года назад +4

    I'm a word person. The raps here blew me away. I just found this yesterday and I'm grinning like an idiot because I haven't heard anything so good in quite a while. And I'll be 70 this year. WHAT!!!

    • @glendamattox7535
      @glendamattox7535 2 года назад

      The guy with the gray hair is my next husband 💋

  • @marvinhagler4721
    @marvinhagler4721 6 лет назад +13

    The REAL THING..GO GO ROYALTY!!!!!!!..Sounding EXCELLENT!!!!...Sho NUFF!!!

  • @Innatelovewisdom
    @Innatelovewisdom Год назад +4

    Man oh man am I proud of have grown up in DC and had parents who introduced this REAL music to me. Trouble Funk is one of the best of to ever do it!!!!! This was a phenomenal set

  • @KJon25
    @KJon25 6 лет назад +143

    This might be one of the best Tiny Desk ever.

    • @davisdavis468
      @davisdavis468 6 лет назад +4

      oh, so you haven't seen the Chuck Brown one from a few years ago

    • @KJon25
      @KJon25 6 лет назад +5

      Davis Davis I saw it. I loved it. That one is up there in the top 5. This TF one is is great also.

    • @Thighblaster3000
      @Thighblaster3000 6 лет назад +2

      You damn right

    • @Nclght
      @Nclght 5 лет назад +4

      @@KJon25 Chuck is the father but this Trouble Funk set was far superior.

    • @towannataylor1105
      @towannataylor1105 4 года назад +2

      I agree but you gotta see Chuck and Rakim 🔥🔥 🔥

  • @half-elf
    @half-elf 3 года назад +13

    They flow so seamlessly from song to song!

    • @SOUND-qm1bi
      @SOUND-qm1bi 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely! That's why they call it go - go. it keeps GOing.

  • @cliffimages1785
    @cliffimages1785 6 лет назад +18

    My favorite Go Go band since my years in high school!!! They're still doing there thing, and sounding good!!! Thanks for posting.

  • @lpokiiim
    @lpokiiim 6 лет назад +11

    Beautiful stuff.

  • @fendi-bull8167
    @fendi-bull8167 3 года назад +2

    Funk is like Punk Rock, Go-go is like Hardcore Punk. the extension of a base great thing. Thank god for DC music.

  • @SuperDixxxie
    @SuperDixxxie 6 лет назад +70

    Tight Af

    • @anthonychatman3424
      @anthonychatman3424 4 года назад

      A very Davis music come on give it to Betty Davis music going to

  • @rodmills737
    @rodmills737 4 года назад +1

    I'm here because of the GoGo special on TV One, I'm from Baltimore and DC is next door, i remember hearing Trouble Funk when I was a little shorty, always liked their music 🎶

  • @bobbyagee3796
    @bobbyagee3796 3 года назад +5

    Chet Davis (lead guitar) for Trouble Funk was like a father to me growing up. Thanks NPR

  • @kennethjohnson288
    @kennethjohnson288 6 лет назад +2

    Who dislikes this this Group is Washington D.C legend and music is funk, rock, gospel,rap and anything else 😜👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @charlesbutler3097
    @charlesbutler3097 6 лет назад +32

    BACKYARD BAND NEXT!! That would be so dope!!

    • @akindele13
      @akindele13 6 лет назад

      HQ Goods Hoping that happens

    • @bigmarxbeats
      @bigmarxbeats 5 лет назад +2

      Charles Butler gotta come with originals though

    • @nick9802
      @nick9802 4 года назад

      They not ready for that lol.

  • @fishbone1145
    @fishbone1145 Год назад +2

    I love my home..DMV stand all the way up🔥💯✊🏾👊🏾👌🏾👍🏾💪🏾🙏🏾⭐️

  • @georgekappland2935
    @georgekappland2935 6 лет назад +24

    Love tiny desk. This wasn't so tiny...