"Frankie Knuckles Day"

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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has proclaimed Wednesday 25th August 2004 as "Frankie Knuckles Day". The DJ reputed to be the 'Godfather of House' is having a street named after him, a first for any DJ in the world.

The DJ/producer who has pioneered house music for the last two decades will take time off from his 11 month A New Reality World Tour and return to the city for an honorary street dedication ceremony.

The event will include the renaming of Jefferson Street, between Van buren and Monroe to "Frankie Knuckles Way", and begins at 12.00 noon outside the legendary Warehouse club, where Frankie started playing more than 20 years ago, the venue widely said to be the birthplace of house music.

The ceremony will culminate with a presentation by Alderwoman Madeline Haithcock at 6.30pm, who will honour Knuckles before his set at the Chicago Summer Dance event being held at the Spirit of Music Garden, Grant Park (601 South Michigan Avenue).

How cool is that?!

A happy Frankie Knuckles Day to everybody! :D ;)
 
The event will include the renaming of Jefferson Street, between Van buren and Monroe to "Frankie Knuckles Way", and begins at 12.00 noon outside the legendary Warehouse club, where Frankie started playing more than 20 years ago, the venue widely said to be the birthplace of house music.
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Won't Marshall be pissed off that Frankie and Armin get streets named after them and he gets his taken away?
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MarkSimpson said:
The event will include the renaming of Jefferson Street, between Van buren and Monroe to "Frankie Knuckles Way", and begins at 12.00 noon outside the legendary Warehouse club, where Frankie started playing more than 20 years ago, the venue widely said to be the birthplace of house music.
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Won't Marshall be pissed off that Frankie and Armin get streets named after them and he gets his taken away?
:lol:
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It's pretty amazing -- I think this city may finally be respecting its place in dance music history... I must say, it's been so dry here you'd not believe all the business about "birthplace of such and such." However, this summer the city has been putting on free dance music events in a public park just off the lakefront for folks after work (6:30 pm on Wednesday nights). They're free and there are rotating djs every week highlighting a different style of dance music. It's really amazing.

I've only been to one so far this year, and to be honest, I struggled to wrap my head around it... An American city in the midwest embracing dance music and its culture in the face of a government that continues to pass laws criminalizing the same. Could this be the dawning of a new day???
 
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