It was the opposite from what I remember. People in DC/PG pretended they didn't like go go if anything, the Boomers in particular. But the late Boomers like myself, got caught in the middle, as funk faded out. Being from DC/PG, I saw the birth of go go. But Gen X in the DMV took it to a new level, especially the ones in DC/PG. But even a lot of them didn't really know how it originated. It all started in the early 70's, and they were tryna come up with the perfect soul, funk, and rock combination, and tried to get people to dance to it. Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers gave them they're biggest boost, imo. They finally got people on the dance floor around the late 70's. I remember this band that use to practice next door to me in the early 70's. Some of them helped form the group, Rare Essence. All I can say is, they came a long way. I mean they sounded worse than rock and roll back then. Now I see what they where tryna do. Anyway, these three bands, Trouble Funk, Experience Unlimited aka EU, and Rare Essence, were like a trio. But they didn't sound good until Trouble Funk made it to the radio with "E Flat Boogie" by 1980. They called them the battle of the bands, however Trouble Funk was the more popular of the three for the first couple of years. With the help of Chuck Brown during the 70's, by the early 80's, they formed what we called the DC Groove, then the DC Beat. Then I guess Chuck reclaimed it, and it became go go ever since.
But to be even more honest, both funk and go go came from James Brown...you could hear his touch in almost all of Trouble Funk's songs, including their first hit, "E-Flat Boogie", although you hear a lot of Chuck Brown's sound in it too. This was the song that all my buddies back in the day, still think I created the dance called the "Old Man" from. Then they said I brought it to the University of Maryland's college campus parties. That was the first go go dance that actually had a name. Too most people, that was the only one that had a name. But Trouble Funk's "Drop The Bomb" was one for the times. I still think that song set the stage for all future go go.
