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Originally founded as a skiffle group in Liverpool in 1959 by John McNally and Mike Pender (Mike Prendergast), the band took their name from the classic 1956 John Wayne western The Searchers. Prendergast claims that the name was his idea, but McNally ascribes it to 'Big Ron' Woodbridge, their first lead singer. The issue remains unresolved. The band grew out of an earlier skiffle group formed by McNally, with his friends Brian Dolan (guitar) and Tony West (bass). When the other two members lost interst McNally was joined by his guitarist neighbour Mike Prendergast. They soon recruited Tony Jackson with...

The Soul Searchers were a band that started in the 1970's and backed Chuck Brown when he first came up in Washington DC. They, along with Brown, are closely associated with the funk subgenre "go-go" Go-go is a popular music subgenre associated with funk that originated in the Washington, D.C., area during the mid-60s to late-70s. It remains primarily popular in the Washington metropolitan area as a uniquely regional music style. A great number of bands contributed to the early evolution of the genre, but the Young Senators, Black Heat, and singer-guitarist Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers are credited...

Alias for Spencer Clark, who is also known for his work under aliases such as Black Joker, Charles Berlitz, Fourth World Magazine, Monopoly Child Star Searchers, Typhonian Highlife, Vodka Soap. Human civilization, by which I mean all those respects in which human life has raised itself above its animal status and differs from the life of beasts. Shit. Spencer Clark is also (1/2) of The Skaters. .

THE SOUL SEARCHERS are an eight piece,classic Sixties' style Soul and R&B band complete with horns, dark suits, and energy to spare. They play nothing but the greatest hits of that magical era including those tunes by Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and virtually every other major Rhythm and Blues artist of the day. What sets THE SOUL SEARCHERS apart from other bands is the level of musicianship and professional experience. The band members are some of Nashville's top players, having played with such well known artists as Bonnie Raitt,...

Septuagenarian Washington DC based, musician Chuck Brown, along with his lively poly-rhythmic backing band the Soul Searchers were known as the founders of the soul funk musical genre offshoot known as Go-Go. Their influential sounds had been making people get up and dance since the early 1970's, and have been sampled by hip hop artists such as Nelly, Eric B. and Rakim and LL Cool J. He was popularly known in the DC Metro area as "the Godfather of Go-Go", and a hard working artist who layed the groundwork for the sub genre of funk that is known for non-stop...