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Expect an honest and dependable get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip-hop and good-time reggae, nu Latin breaks and Afrobeat courtesy of main room residents Astroboy, 6 Music's Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback and WeeG, while Decoy Roy plays a reggae mix in the gallery.
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Twenty-five years ago, East LA homeboy Danny Santiago wrote his own story, a novel called Famous All Over Town, about his get-down life running with the wild boys.
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My daughter says that people see you all now as something special, but you were really just some get-down brothers in the right place at the right time and you did the right thing.
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MESERVE: And Webb says he hopes something else will end, too, the kind of get-down, dirty politics that have been played here in Virginia.
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This was an attention grabber, ending with a clash of cymbals and a get-down from the lead singer, warbling up and down two octaves in a search for the ending.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005
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HOUSTON: I ` m ready to get down with the get-down.
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“This could be the first get-down rock ‘n’ roll, cool Christian brand,” he said.
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She was greeted by crackling warmth, the aromas of cinnamon and yeast, and Aretha Franklin at her old, get-down funkiest.
Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995
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During this show, along with the traditional "get-down hardwood floor stompin '" type of gospel, there is an hour-long old school segment which features classic gospel tunes from the "Golden Age of Black Gospel music" (1945-late'60's).
Event Calendar 2010
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"That's the kind of common sense, get-down approach needed."
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