EPISODE · Apr 23, 2025 · 1H 35M
Music Production Stories: Kelly Reverb on Lone Star Records, Dallas Breakbeat & the Second Act | A DJ's Journey Ep 3
from A DJ's Journey · host Deckard - DJ Podcast & DJ History
Music Production Stories don't come much richer than Kelly Reverb's.A hand-stamped "F* You, We're From Texas" white label. A track in the Wesley Snipes film Blade. Twelve releases on Lone Star Records — until Napster killed the vinyl economy overnight. And one of the most honest accounts of thirty years of drinking, a 2020 rehab, and the second act that followed you'll hear anywhere.Dallas underground. Breakbeat. Sobriety. Kelly Reverb is not done.A DJ's Journey — dance music history as told by those who created it.If this one hits, like and subscribe — and drop your comments and stories below. We want to hear them.00:00 Introduction — First Video Episode01:52 Growing Up: 8-Track Buick & a Musical Dad03:14 Heavy Metal, Depeche Mode, Prince & the Road to Acid House06:22 Bill's Records & the DMC Video That Started Everything07:24 First Gig: Hard Rock Café Dallas, 198710:20 Profiles Club & Learning to Play Cool16:23 Go Go Mike at the Stark Club — The Rotary Mixer Mentor19:00 Deciding to Produce: The Hardkiss Brothers Did the Math22:04 Rob Vaughn, the First Session & the Birth of Southside Reverb27:55 The Name: Kelly Reverb (and Why Partridge Had to Go)29:19 First Record on Bill's Records — A&R Pressing Plant, Dallas30:45 Getting Booked Off the Record Store Phone Number32:04 "F* You, We're From Texas" White Label33:30 Almost Deconstruction, Almost a Mark Wahlberg Movie35:39 Southside Reverb Album — Roadrunner Records, 199836:39 "Go Get On It" in the Movie Blade42:24 Launching Lone Star Records45:58 Fine Ladies Only — 5–10k Independent Copies48:00 House vs Breaks: The Hybrid Question53:51 The MP3 Arrives — Lone Star Stalls, Distributors Fold57:08 Open Format Gigs, Alcohol & the Slow Decline1:10:54 Pittsburgh Airport, 1995 — The Panic Attack That Started Everything1:13:32 Rehab 2020 & This Pink Cloud Podcast1:20:12 Chad Lamont Gets Clean — Making Good Music Sober1:22:35 Relaunching Lone Star — The New Bar1:24:05 Going Global: South America, Spain, Kiss FM Kiev1:32:00 Plugs: Beatport, This Pink Cloud
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Music Production Stories don't come much richer than Kelly Reverb's.A hand-stamped "F* You, We're From Texas" white label. A track in the Wesley Snipes film Blade. Twelve releases on Lone Star Records — until Napster killed the vinyl economy overnight. And one of the most honest accounts of thirty years of drinking, a 2020 rehab, and the second act that followed you'll hear anywhere.Dallas underground. Breakbeat. Sobriety. Kelly Reverb is not done.A DJ's Journey — dance music history as told by those who created it.If this one hits, like and subscribe — and drop your comments and stories below. We want to hear them.00:00 Introduction — First Video Episode01:52 Growing Up: 8-Track Buick & a Musical Dad03:14 Heavy Metal, Depeche Mode, Prince & the Road to Acid House06:22 Bill's Records & the DMC Video That Started Everything07:24 First Gig: Hard Rock Café Dallas, 198710:20 Profiles Club & Learning to Play Cool16:23 Go Go Mike at the Stark Club — The Rotary Mixer Mentor19:00 Deciding to Produce: The Hardkiss Brothers Did the Math22:04 Rob Vaughn, the First Session & the Birth of Southside Reverb27:55 The Name: Kelly Reverb (and Why Partridge Had to Go)29:19 First Record on Bill's Records — A&R Pressing Plant, Dallas30:45 Getting Booked Off the Record Store Phone Number32:04 "F* You, We're From Texas" White Label33:30 Almost Deconstruction, Almost a Mark Wahlberg Movie35:39 Southside Reverb Album — Roadrunner Records, 199836:39 "Go Get On It" in the Movie Blade42:24 Launching Lone Star Records45:58 Fine Ladies Only — 5–10k Independent Copies48:00 House vs Breaks: The Hybrid Question53:51 The MP3 Arrives — Lone Star Stalls, Distributors Fold57:08 Open Format Gigs, Alcohol & the Slow Decline1:10:54 Pittsburgh Airport, 1995 — The Panic Attack That Started Everything1:13:32 Rehab 2020 & This Pink Cloud Podcast1:20:12 Chad Lamont Gets Clean — Making Good Music Sober1:22:35 Relaunching Lone Star — The New Bar1:24:05 Going Global: South America, Spain, Kiss FM Kiev1:32:00 Plugs: Beatport, This Pink Cloud
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