After 40 years, go-go legends Northeast Groovers still have a lot to say
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and the D.C. Council legislating what had already been true for years, making go-go the official music of Washington, D.C. The anniversary was celebrated by bringing together three titans of the scene — the Junkyard Band, the Backyard Band and the Northeast Groovers — to perform together for the first time in 25 years onstage at the Howard Theatre. The recognition, which also included the opening of the Go-Go Museum in Anacostia, is welcome — if long overdue — for D.C.'s go-go community.
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