Frankie Knuckles RIP
Great in depth 2012 interview with the godfather of house Frankie Knuckles RIP.
Are you really the man responsible for the term 'house music'?
"That's what they tell me. I was driving past a shop in Chicago and I saw a sign that said, "We play house music". I said to my friend, "What the hell is house music?" He said, "It's the kind of music you play at the Warehouse." I know there are other people who claim they came up with the name, but that's a true story and that's how I see it. Obviously, the idea we have of house music today is very different to the idea I had when I was DJing at the Warehouse. Back then, house was the music you heard at a great house party – a party at your friend's house. A bit of soul, funk… a bit of rock and classical. It was about opening your mind to all the music that was out there.
Full interview here.