Ep 30 - The Origins of Disco: 70s Boston Gay Club Scene

In this episode we explore the origins of disco music in the early 1970s, in the gay dance clubs of Boston; The Other Side and the 1270.  The episode features excerpts from a series of interviews with first generation disco DJs conducted by Brian Halligan of Boston LGBTQ organisation, the History Project. In particular I focus on one DJ, Jimmy Stuard, I feel Jimmy's contributions to the craft of DJing have been overlooked.    The History Project YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFZZB_pNhTXOlRAt0i_2Tg   Brian Halligan on Bluesky   https://bsky.app/profile/briandhalligan.bsky.social       The Other Side Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/share/1FiCasptnX/   1270 Facebook group   https://www.facebook.com/groups/803649106339832/?ref=share     Steven Burke's Podcast   https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djstevenburke   Carol Mitro's podcast   https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/carilmitro   Bobby Busnach's Mixcloud   https://www.mixcloud.com/bobbybusnach/   Wendy Hunt's Mixcloud    https://www.mixcloud.com/djwh8/   Jimmy Stuard - Live at 12 West - New Year's Eve 1976 (6 hour set)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6bCL0VB_G8   Danae Jacovidis - At Midnight Melody 2     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItGs9Dzdxk