#disco djs

Now, Grandmaster Flowers is known by the true hip-hop culturalists as a pioneer when it came to the parks jams, mixing techniques and popularity of DJing. Flowers reigned from Brooklyn, New York. He was rocking the disco joints heavy in those parks and clubs. Grandmaster Flowers even opened for James Brown in 1969 at Yankee Stadium. It is said that he is the first DJ ever to add ‘Grandmaster’ to his name. And to add some more spice, Flowers started off as a tagger in Brooklyn, graffiti artist. Here he is in a very rare interview.

Walter Gibbons (April 2, 1954 - September 23, 1994)

Posted on the main blog exactly a week ago now, my conversation with Montreal disco DJ pioneer Robert Ouimet, who played in the city's premier discotheque, The Limelight.. For what it's worth, in the 70s Montreal had been called the second largest disco market in North America, next to New York..

A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick juxtaposes Manhattan's vibrant disco scene in the late '70s and early '80s with the grit and grease of Bushwick. The brainchild of photographer Meryl Meisler, the artist epitomizes the tome's theme: a photographer out and about at Studio 54 and other red velvet clubs of the era, Meisler had never heard of Bushwick until the 1977 New York City blackout when the neighborhood would make the front page news for widespread riots and looting that took place when the lights were out. Four years later, Meisler wound up teaching in a Bushwick public school and brought her passion for photography to the new neighborhood.

Larry Levan (date unknown)