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Description
Bernard Johnson is known for his work as a promoter in Chicago’s house scene during the 1990s. He is well-regarded for his work promoting gay nightlife for men of color with Rails Marketing Group, and for bringing together house and hip hop during Saturday night parties at Da Prop House. In particular, he programmed DJ Steve “Miggidy” Maestro in the club’s basement, and brought house DJs from Baltimore, Atlanta, New York, and other cities to Chicago.
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Columbia College Chicago
City
Chicago
Keywords
House Music, Chicago, Illinois, promoter, Rails Marketing Group, Da Prop House, Steve 'Miggidy' Maestro
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Disciplines
African American Studies | Gender and Sexuality | History | Latina/o Studies | Music | Regional Sociology
Recommended Citation
Salkind, Micah, "Interview with Bernard Johnson" (2013). Chicago House Music Oral History Project. 6.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/house/6
Comments
This interview is part of the Chicago House Music Oral History Project held at Columbia College Chicago and was captured for Do You Remember House? Chicago's Queer of Color Undergrounds authored by Micah Salkind and published in 2019. The work integrates histories of music, production, DJing, dance, fashion, and slang and addresses movements that led to the development of Chicago's house music.