| Doin' It Old School Style | ||||
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| Released | May 8, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | September 9, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Club U, Washington, D.C. | |||
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| Length | 2:01:13 | |||
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Doin' It Old School Style (also title as Doin' It Old School Style: Live at Club U) is a double-live album released on May 8, 2001[1] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live on September 9, 2000[1] at Club U, a music venue located on the historic U Street in Northwest, Washington, D.C., and includes the go-go rendition of Sade's song "No Ordinary Love".
The album's cover art is a throwback 80s-styled event poster[2] which includes names of the former go-go clubs from around the Washington metropolitan area (such as Howard Theatre, Celebrity Hall (aka "The Black Hole") and the Coliseum).[2]
Track listing
- Disc 1
 
- "The 'In' Crowd" (written by Billy Page) – 9:28
 - "Hey Buddy Buddy" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 7:43
 - "Get on the Wagon" – 8:01
 - "Cherchez la R.E." (featuring Ms. Kim)– 7:45
 - "Take Me Out to the Go-Go" – 10:06
 - "One on One" – 7:20
 - "Mickey's Solo" – 3:58
 - "Lock It" (written by Michael Neal, J. Karen Thomas) – 15:11
 - "No Ordinary Love" (written by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman) – 4:22
 
- Disc 2
 
- "Live concert video" – 47:17
 
Personnel
- James "Jas Funk" Thomas – lead vocals
 - Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar, vocals
 - Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, timbales, percussions
 - Mike Baker – bass guitar
 - Donnell Floyd – tenor saxophone, vocals
 - Byron "BJ" Jackson – keyboards, vocals
 - Kent Wood – keyboards
 - Michael Smith – drums
 - Ms. Kim – vocals
 
References
- 1 2 "Doin' It Old School Style". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
 - 1 2 Wartofsky, Alona (June 2, 2001). "What Go-Goes Around..." The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
 
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