aaron gilchrist has more on brown s roots and influence on music. not just here but around the wor world. reporter: charles brown s music career spanned some 50 years. there was seldom a moment when he and his guitar were not together jamming out in front of a crowd of bobbing heads and moving feet. the north carolina native got his start in the 60s playing the guitar for a d.c. based latin band. by the early 70s chuck brown was coming into his own. and go-go was born. the godfather of go-go is what the world came to call brown creator of a musical genre that became synonymous with d.c. brown described it as jazz infused folk music with lat wrin and african flares driven by percussion and accented with his signature called responsible. in and out of trouble with the law in his youth brown taught himself to play the guitar in prison. he and his go-go beat became world known landing his first billboard number one hit in 1978 with busting loose. he was nominated for
that were expensed during a dinner just one dinner. a $9,000 plane ticket to prague, apparently a board member waited until 10 days prior it a conference to book the ticket. and three expensed dinner billings in hawaii that totalled $4800. the report also says, a $100,000 contract was awarded to the law firm where the spouse of a board member works. now it turns out it was chairman michael kurdo s wife, the firm where he works. he addressed situation during the board meeting. to be clear, i did not order the engagement of the firm and i do not believe there s an actual conflict. my wife is an employee of the firm. not an attorney. she is not received and will not receive any compensation or benefit as a result of the engagement. in this particular case, i know i operated with the best of intentions. but that isn t enough. as the leader of a critically important public body, i must do everything reasonable to eliminate even the slightest appearance of a potential conflict.