Mr. Cary, who started out playing the hard, endless funk vamps of Washington's go-go bands, has mutated several times.

Rare Essence is an American go-go band from Washington, D.C.

The Junk Yard Band is a go-go band, founded in the early 1980s by children playing on improvised instruments.

They were inspired to play after witnessing the performances of local go-go bands in their neighborhood.

Consequently, the relatively little commercial success (by industry standards) go-go bands have experienced has largely been a product of the genre's following in this geographic region.

In the 1980s, some go-go bands achieved success, while others did not.

Trouble Funk is Washington's leading go-go band - playing the nonstop mixture of funk, chanting, rapping and percussion that keeps young Washingtonians dancing until dawn.

At age sixteen, Parham joined the group, Icee Hott; the first go-go band to land a major recording deal.

In Washington, dancers have an alternative to disk jockeys: go-go bands, who string together funk, rap, percussion breaks and the occasional ballad into nonstop dance music.

Maybe it never died but lived in the go-go bands of Washington or among the D.J.'s and M.C.'s whose improvised battles resembled after-hours jam sessions?