The Post’s Marc Fisher alerted us to some exciting news on Wednesday: the possibility of Chuck Brown and Duke Ellington meeting in D.C. No, smelling salts aren’t involved. Rather, Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham is proposing naming sections of T Street NW and 7th Street NW after the two local music legends in Shaw. The renaming would coincide with the expected reopening of the historic Howard Theatre in 2008, a place where both Duke and Chuck have actually played, Fisher points out.
This seems like a fine idea, though while they’re at it, it’d be nice to see a D.C. street named after Marvin Gaye as well. The real question will be of course, which one would be the cooler street to live on? Duke Ellington Ave. has a real classy ring to it, but telling people you live on Chuck Brown Way would be more or less like having your middle name be “Badass.”
