Live at Celebrity Hall explained

Live at Celebrity Hall
Type:	live
Artist:	Rare Essence
Border:	yes
Released:	1987
Venue:	Celebrity Hall, Breeze's Metro Club
Label:	Sounds of the Capital
Producer:	Rare Essence
Prev Title:	Live at Breeze's Metro Club
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Work the Walls
Next Year:	1992

Live at Celebrity Hall (also titled as Live at the Celebrity Hall and the Metro Club) is a live album recorded and released in 1987 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The album was recorded live at the now defunct music venues Celebrity Hall (also referred to as "The Black Hole") and at Breeze's Metro Club, both located in Washington, D.C. This album follows their 1986 live album Live at Breeze's Metro Club and includes the singles "Still Gettin' Buzy", "Whip It", and a go-go rendition of Kool Moe Dee's song "Do You Know What Time It Is?".

Track listing

Side A – Live at Celebrity Hall

1. R.E. Herman 2x – 6:54
2. Still Gettin' Buzy – 7:39
3. Whip It – 7:06

Side B – Live at the Metro Club

1. Uptown – 5:02
2. Do You Know What Time It Is? (written by Moe Dewese) – 5:13
3. Iko-Iko (written by Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones) – 5:48

Personnel

• James "Jas Funk" Thomas – lead vocals
• Quentin "Footz" Davidson – drums
• Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, percussion
• Michael "Funky Ned" Neal – bass guitar
• Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar
• Byron "B.J." Jackson – keyboards
• John "J.B." Buchanan – keyboards, flugelhorn
• Donnell Floyd – saxophone
• David Green – timbales, backing vocals
• Derek Paige – trumpet

External links

• Live at the Celebrity Hall at Discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Book: Lornell . Kip . Stephenson, Jr. . Charles C. . 2001 . . . 206, 223 . 0-8230-7727-6 .
2. Book: Lornell . Kip . Stephenson, Jr. . Charles C. . 2009 . The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. . . 221–224 . 978-1-60473-241-2.
3. Web site: Live at the Celebrity Hall, Live at the Metro Club . Discogs. 11 August 2016.
4. Book: Thompson . Dave . Dave Thompson (author) . 2001 . Part Four: The New School . Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion. 1st . . . 297–299 . 0-87930-629-7.