Frankie Knuckles On The Warehouse, Def Mix And A Career In Music | Red Bull Music Academy
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Frankie Knuckles was best known as the godfather of house, but that only scrapes the surface. Born in the Bronx, he grew up during the early days of disco and was a regular at The Loft and The Gallery
Frankie Knuckles, a modern American legend who tragically passed away in 2014, took us through his 40-year career, from disco in New York to the birth of house in Chicago and on to a lifetime in music in his lecture at RBMA Madrid 2011. This is the story of the house that Frankie built.
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He cut his DJ teeth with Larry Levan before heading off to Chicago, where he helped shape and design The Warehouse, the club that birthed and named house music before it conquered the world in the late ’80s. While in Chicago, he also spent time recording some of the great
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