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From The Mind Of Adi #40: Richard Henry’s Firsts
Firsts: Sh*te that happened before other sh*te happened.
Today: Richard Henry’s Firsts! This time, we examine what inspired local DJ Richard Henry. You can catch him spinning the beats at a number of upcoming events in town, including the 2 Live Crew show on June 25th at The Mohawk.
- 1st favorite song: “Blueberry Hill” by Fats Domino. I used to sit and listen to the radio when I was little and always try to pick up shortwave radio stations
that catered to songs of that time.
- 1st favorite musician or band: Elvis Costello without a doubt.
- 1st vinyl purchased: My first record purchased would have been the Pulp Fiction soundtrack -- purchased at a closing record shop in San Antonio when I was little. I
was big into collecting film scores and still am.
- 1st album recorded on a cassette tape: Have not recorded an album on a cassette tape yet but made plenty of mixtapes produced using 2 cassette players to create samples that turned into songs. Some enjoyable and some were not.
- 1st cassette tape purchased: First cassette tape purchased would have been The Doors.
- 1st concert attended: The Jesus and Mary Chain.
- 1st CD purchased: Had a very late start with purchasing CDs. I'm pretty sure it was Low by David Bowie.
- 1st album downloaded: Version by Mark Ronson
- 1st personal band: Long ago when I was starting to play guitar had a make shift punk rock band that never really left farther than the garage.
- 1st live performance: First time I ever played was at Red Fez many years ago as a guest spot for a DJ set. First band performance was some time after high school.
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Past Firsts:
- Adi’s Firsts
- James Petralli’s (White Denim) Firsts
- Chris Rose’s (Car Stereo (Wars)) Firsts
- JP’s (Built By Snow) Firsts
- Lauren Larson’s (Ume) Firsts
- John Farmer’s (What Made Milwaukee Famous) Firsts
- Martín Perna’s (Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Adrian Quesada’s (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout!, Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault’s (Runaway) Firsts
- Ben and Jeff Brown’s (No Show Ponies) Firsts
- Jeramy Neugent’s (Learning Secrets) Firsts
- James Moody’s (The Mohawk) Firsts
- Nancy Whang’s (LCD Soundsystem, The Juan MacLean) Firsts
- Jen Rea’s (Team Fabrication) Firsts