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Interview with DJ Reuben Brown
Photo by Peter Loggins
1. What’s your story? Where and how did you start dancing?
My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin’ on the porch with my family, singin’ and dancin’ down in Mississippi. But that’s probably not the story you want to hear.
Back in 1995 a few friends of mine started talking about how they’d go out dancing to Big Bands around the LA area. It wasn’t until January of 1996 that they finally got me out to a place called the Blue Cafe in Long Beach. That’s where the Eddie Reed Big Band played once a month. These days of course he’s playing something else, but that’s another story best left untold. Having a Big Band like that packed into a tiny club was awesome, and I was hooked, so we went every month. Then we realized they had a band every Sunday, then we realized other places had bands too, and it just turned into a crack habit. Soon enough I was out dancing every night of the week, usually into the wee hours of the morning. (more…)
