クエストラブのインスタグラム(questlove) - 10月28日 01時20分

Ahh look: more proof I came out the womb working. On that #WhereisEllie post I explained stranger danger was too real in the 70s so you’d either be watched by an older sib or just go to work. Loving music I didn’t see this as *work*.

I’d organize records, jot down directions to the club, shine my dad’s stage jewerly or shoes.
Come showtime my parents kept an eye on me by putting me in the horn section (yes dancesteps & all) this is soundcheck in 1976 w Frank on trombone, Beverly on guitar & Rusty on drums. I’m playing Sax/kazoo btw.

It was 5 shows a night: DJ culture didn’t kick in full gear til 77 so we were a full time operation like a wedding band today.

Doors were 6pm so the club jukebox was blastin. Round 1975 DJ equipment started to slowly trickle in depending on the pockets of the club owner. An hour in (7pm) my dad’s band did a “dinner set” soft music & drinks. here you could break the ice w your date & slowdance to #ThisMasquerade or #AllByMyself (now we just check our phones on dates smh)

8pm is my dad’s first set: 45 mins & then round 9pm the high energy dance set by the band kicks in with the jams of the day (#LoveRollercoaster #PlayThatFunkyMusicWhiteBoy) & by 10pm dad’s 2nd set starts (different show than 1st) & done by 11:30. The last dance set is midnight for an hour (more jams) & night over by 2am

Rinse/Repeat.

Of course no 5 year old could do all that wear/tear so most likely I’d do just dad’s sets and nap backstage (or ask women to start my record collection)

In case you’re wondering: “scandal culture” wasn’t a thing in the 70s (sans Watergate) so until Reagan’s America in 81 there wasn’t a thing like “should a kid be in a nightclub this young?” (The fake moral majority outrage stuff that’s strangely quiet right now)

When I got older (8-9) I was responsible for wardrobe stuff (cleaners/shoe repairs/packing) when I was 10-11 I was production manager (cutting light gels/running spotlight/marking off stage) & by 12 I knew the entire family business so it was natural for me to become bandleader & start drumming.

But this is a peak into my beginning in which just to keep an eye on me at all times they kept me occupied.

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