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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164883603321

Autore

Dahl Steve

Titolo

Disco demolition : the night disco died / / Steve Dahl with Dave Hoekstra and Paul Natkin ; with a foreword by Bob Odenkirk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Curbside Splendor Publishing, Incorporated, , 2016

ISBN

1-945883-00-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Soggetti

Disco music - History and criticism

Disco music

Popular culture - History - 20th century

Sports - Illinois - Chicago - Marketing

Popular culture

Sports - Marketing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Steve Dahl -- Preface / Dave Hoesktra -- Mike and Bill Veeck -- Janet and Steve Dahl : a team for the ages -- Bridgeport and the South Side -- The 1979 Chicago White Sox -- Chicago rock in a disco world -- Denis DeYoung : Chicagoan and lifelong White Sox fan -- Steve and Garry -- Chicago radio of the late 1970s -- Disco -- Nile Rodgers good times -- Harry Wayne Casey and KC and the Sunshine Band : godfathers of disco -- Nancy Faust : the only live act that night -- Lorelei : the original Loop rock girl -- How Disco Demolition was designed -- How Disco Demolition went down -- Legendary groundskeeper Roger Bossard : the morning after -- Disco Demolition vendors serve memories -- House -- Aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

A illustrated collection of essays and interviews about the "anti-disco rally," Disco Demolition, held on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park and organized by Bill Veeck and DJ Steve Dahl.

In the late 1970s disco music dominated radio airwaves, to the dismay of many rock music fans. To boost attendance, White Sox owner Bill Veeck and Chicago DJ Steve Dahl collaborated to host "Disco Demolition" on July 12, 1979. The plan was to blow up disco records on



the field between the games of a double-header. But when the crowd stormed the field, tearing out seats and lighting bonfires, the field was destroyed. The second game was canceled for the first time in Major League Baseball history-- and America's music culture was changed forever.