Live at Breeze's Metro Club

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Live at Breeze's Metro Club is a live album recorded and released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence.[1][2][3][4] The album was recorded at the now defunct Breeze's Metro Club, a music venue formerly located on Bladensburg Road in the Gateway neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C.[5] The album is also referred to as The Album That Kept the Whole Neighborhood Rockin'.[5][6]

Live at Breeze's Metro Club
Live album by
Released1986
Recorded1986
VenueBreeze's Metro Club
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Length38:46
LabelKolossal Records
ProducerRare Essence, Jas Funk
Rare Essence chronology
Live at Breeze's Metro Club
(1986)
Live at Celebrity Hall
(1987)

The album includes the local hits in the D.C. music scene "Roll Call", "Shake It (But Don't Break It)", "One On One", and the nationwide hit "Do the Mickey", which is a remake of The Miracles 1963 song "Mickey's Monkey".[3][4][6][7] The song "Do the Mickey" is a homage to Rare Essence's conga player Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Roll Call"10:36
2."One On One"7:43
3."I Must Be Dreamin'"6:10
4."The Medley"
A: "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk"
B: "R.E. Get Busy One Time"

0:31
1:56
5."Shake It (But Don't Break It)"5:53
6."Do the Mickey"6:00
Total length:38:46

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Rare Essence: Live at Breeze's Metro Club". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Live at Breeze's Metro Club". Discogs. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. pp. 206, 223. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  4. ^ a b Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2009). The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 221–224. ISBN 978-1-60473-241-2.
  5. ^ a b Pattisali, Joseph; Brown, Iley (28 March 2002). "Get UNVEILED: Schooled on Old-School Go-Go". Corcoran Gallery of Art.
  6. ^ a b Noz, Andrew (November 20, 2008). "Dropping the Bomb: DC GO-GO". Stop Smiling. No. 37:The D.C. Issue. Chicago, Illinois: Melville House Publishing. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Rare Essence Biography". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  8. ^ Wartofsky, Alona (May 6, 2016). "Rarin' to Go-Go". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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