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Michael Ezebukwu, The Wanderer

  By Jacob Arnold June 4, 2011 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Michael Ezebukwu

DJ at Club LaRay, Rialto Tap, the Clubhouse, and more
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Boogieman in the Mix

  By Jacob Arnold July 19, 2010 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Martin "Boogieman" Luna

Martin “Boogieman” Luna got into the Chicago house scene when he lent his knife to a DJ at a rough party.
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Memories of Ron Hardy

  By Jacob Arnold June 7, 2010 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Bill Hardy

An interview with Ron’s nephew, Bill, owner of Partehardy Records.
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If You Only Knew (Chip E.)

  By Jacob Arnold February 15, 2010 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Chip E

Chip E. was first named “The Godfather of House” by Street Mix magazine in November, 1986.
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Vince Lawrence, House’s Architect

  By Jacob Arnold January 19, 2010 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Vince Lawrence in the studio

Lawrence has always been content to work behind the scenes, yet his ideas and hard work shaped the history of music.
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Leonard “Remix” Rroy, Chicago’s Unsung House DJ

  By Jacob Arnold January 7, 2010 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Leonard “Remix” Rroy DJing at the Chosen Few Picnic in 2006

Rroy’s parties at The Rink Zone drew huge crowds. He claims he invented the term “house music.”
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Carpe Diem: The Story of Viola Da Gamba

  By Jacob Arnold October 21, 2009 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Frank Youngwerth

Frank Youngwerth started his own label during the height of the Chicago house frenzy in hope of U.K. exposure.
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A VIsitor From SOmeone Else’s Memories

  By Jacob Arnold May 18, 2009 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Jamal Moss outside with his drum machine

A conversation with Hieroglyphic Being (Jamal Moss)
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Merwyn Sanders Interview

  By Jacob Arnold April 26, 2009 March 2, 2020 Chicago House
Merwyn Sanders with keyboard

Merwyn and Eric Lewis recorded a series of beautiful house tracks as Virgo Four and M. E.
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VERB on The Muzic Box

  By Jacob Arnold April 9, 2009 July 24, 2020 Chicago House
Stacey Collins with a friend

Stacey Collins, aka VERB, started working security at The Muzic Box in 1983.
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