Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers: Bustin' Loose
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, February 1979
1979 HAS been acclaimed as the year that Funk would fight back. Proof of the truth of that statement can be found by simply looking at the charts and in searching for the name of Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.
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