I was thinking specifically of the book History of House by Chris Kempster (which collects older interviews).
My email sounded a little harsher than I intended ;-) I'm just saying it's good now that there's some healthy debate! Fred Heutte wrote: >> 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 >> >> > > > >
