A celebration highlighting 30 years of Donnell Floyd's
contributions to DC's home grown music called Go-Go!
We will celebrate the release of a new DVD featuring the live
performance of D Floyd's 30th celebration at the Historic Howard
Theatre featuring icons of Go-Go such as: Mickey,White Boy, Anawan
"Big G" Glover, Scobby, Ms Kim, Rapper, Stinky Dink and
many more!
Donnell Floyd was born and raised in the Washington, DC
Metropolitan area. Although he?s played the saxophone since the
fourth grade, he didn?t fall in love with it until the 10th grade
when he started attending the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
That is also when he joined the infamous Go-Go band Rare Essence
(RE). Floyd performed with RE for almost two decades spanning from
1983 to 2001. Floyd recorded songs with such greats as Doug E.
Fresh, Heavy D and Redman during his stint with RE. It was this
repertoire of musical collaborations in conjunction with his passion
and love for all things music that spawned Floyd?s creativity to
produce his famously known classics like ?Work the Walls?, ?Lock It?
and ?Overnight Scenario?.
In 2001, Floyd decided it was time for him to spread his wings.
He would use this time to explore the depth of his talents while
aspiring to reach new heights in his musical career. Over the next
decade Floyd?s new found musical home was with Familiar Faces
(formerly 911), performing with national recording artists greats,
such as Montell Jordan, Tony Terry, Fantasia, Marsha Ambrosius, and
R. Kelly to name a few. With more than two decades of
experience under his belt, and major success with Familiar Faces,
Floyd developed quite a reputation for himself as the premier
performer in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, always bringing
an explosive and entertaining performance night after night.
This phenomenal stage presence is what captured the attention
of the legendary, ?Godfather of Go-Go?, Chuck Brown. As a result,
Floyd was invited to join the stage with his band, becoming a
marquee performer at venues nationally, as well as internationally
where he was able to showcase the beloved genre of music that is
near and dear to the Washington, D.C Metropolitan area.
To date, Floyd continues to delight
his fans musically and artistically. His ambition is to help
develop new talent while spearheading the push for music worthy
of Grammy nominations.
