> Juan has even claimed that he invented Chicago house music.
Source for that? fh ----------------- >I agree. Most of us weren't there. It's very easy to accept the story as >told by British music journalists that there were only a couple of major >players, but history is always messier than that. There were dozens of DJs >and musicians all doing similar things to varying degrees of success >throughout the Midwest. > >Juan has even claimed that he invented Chicago house music. As important >as he is to the history of music, I take what he says "with a grain of >salt." > >J > > >[email protected] wrote: >> In the end it is the victor who gets to write the history book...So the >> story that gets told will probably look and feel a bit different than what >> actually happened. I would take it with a grain of salt considering >> Eddie's side of the story. >> >> I am leaning toward Eddie, Derrick, and Juan all being there at the same >> time. >> >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Fred Heutte >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Nov 26, 2009 6:45 PM >> Subject: Re: (313) Did anyone stick around to see the comments on Dan >> Bean's interview with Juan? >> >> Of course we've always known that the D in Detroit stands for >> Drama :) >> >> It's a revealing series of comments. I get the impression there is >> still something of a mini-generation gap. There are those who built >> the party scene in the early 1980s when DD was the undisputed >> flagship, and high level of DJ skills and all the party trappings are >> rightfully points of pride. And there are those who came in later >> who were starting to focus more on making tracks as well as DJing. >> >> But there was a disappointing series of hits on Juan, which at least >> got a corrective from Mike Clark's precise recounting of the >> battle-that-couldn't-have-happened. >> >> I look through the list of commenters and see so many people who >> contrbuted to the music that we have all been able to appreciate. >> There is nothing unusual about competition in a musical context, >> and all the resentments that build up in a local music scene, well, >> that's always going to happen. It's just too bad that respect was >> so hard to earn then, and still is today. >> >> >> fh >> >> >> >> >> ----------------- >>>Wow... what a series of comments!!! My entire understanding of the >>>history timeline has shifted... >>> >>>and my favorite part is that Juan says he and Derrick were working >>>together first before Eddie joined the crew... Eddie is so full of >>>it, he's always saying he came before Derrick and that he should get >>>more credit than Derrick, but Juan says right in the interview that >>>Derrick was first... classic!!!! >>> >>>~Jodie >>> >>>On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM, kent williams <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hoo boy! >>>> >>>> http://www.bleep43.com/bleep43/2009/10/4/juan-atkins-interview-part-one.html >>>> >>>> Comments from Todd Johnson of Direct Drive, Delano Smith, Theresa >>>> Hill, Al Ester, and Mike Clark. >>>> >>>> Apparently they took some exception to some of the stuff Juan said... >>> >> >> >> >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > >
