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The final podcast in our series dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop provides the views of leading DJs and how equipment advanced as well as the growth of the mobile DJ and DJ battling. Check out this episode with DJ Qbert, Dave Lopez, DJ Imperial JayCee (may he rest in peace), DJ Aladdin and DJ Sir Jinx. Join us and our very special guest musician, curator of culture, and frontman of the Lyrical Groove, Kendrick Dial.
Having played the heck out of an old 45 record of Elmore James when I was not yet a teenager, imagine the thrill when I had the chance to meet Elmore’s harmonica player.   In April 2016, when I was in St. Louis capturing interviews during the annual RPMDA convention, I found time to interview a few local industry veterans, such as guitar repair tech Jimmy Gravity and music retailer Michael Fazio. Thanks to our pal and the editor of Living Blues magazine, Brett Bonner, I was also connected with Arthur Lee Williams, who among others recorded with Elmore James.   Arthur Lee met me at...