"I was mooching off my friends, and finally they hadĮnough of my broke ass.
So how did an Italian kid from Fulkerson Street, East Cambridge come to be a citizen in One Nation Under a Groove? Blacks, Gays, Latinos, Italians, Irish, all of us were there." It brought people together socially while they were being split apart by busing and racism. Millions of dollars without their participation – aside from servicingĭisco DJs with records. Until the execs figured out that their bottom line had increased by Disco really put the record business on its ass "There was a certain truth to the representations – in particular theĭécor and atmosphere of the club scenes" (in Saturday Night Fever), Carvello said, "But there was so much more to disco than With a facebook page of the same name, it is focused on Boston's pivotal role in the development of the music. "TheĬrew that I grew up with in the disco scene wasn’t nearly as pedestrianįor this reason, and to set the record straight, Joey Carvello's book will be called That's Disco Before Travolta. Was exaggerated and gave Italian Americans a new stereotype muchĭifferent – and I think much worse – than we had from mafia movies," Carvello said in a recent interview. "I want people to know that the lifestyle portrayed in Saturday Night Fever Becoming Program Director on Kiss-108 in 1980, he gave the station a decidedly danceable sound that would last well over a decade. Most important disco centers outside of New York City. With jocks like John Luongo, Captain Edmonds, Cosmo Wyatt, Danae Jacovodis and Jimmy Stuard, he put the city on the map as one of the Carvello got his start as a DJ in Boston where, along But since the 70's, he's helped to reshape the local music landscape in a Joey Carvello isn't a name that you'll likely recognize. Bonds, The Sunrays, Freddie Cannon, The Gremies, Carole King, The Happenings and YOUīoston DJ's: 'Captain' Edmonds, 'Cosmo' Wyatt, Joey Carvello and Danae Jacovodis Thanks for all the summer cliches: Beach Boys, Ramones, U.S. From DOB we count the days, hours and minutes. Until next year we'll remember that the summer is the time we love. We had a good time and remember all the danger in the summer moon above. Here we are, saying goodbye at the T station. For all the fun we'll have while summer's far away, it might as well snow 'cause it's September It's raining in your heart 'cause summer is all through. You don't need sunny skies for things you have to do. It might as well snow 'cuz it's September. As far as I'm concerned each day's a rainy day. But now it doesn't really matter much to me. What can we write? What can we say? How can we tell you how much we'll miss summer? The weather here has been as nice as it can be. Photo by Kathy Chapman with Dorchester's Richie Parsons balancing on the surfboard. Hey, there's no surfin' in Dorchester Bay. Last time to take a walk in the dark, a swingin' place called Paragon Park. Last call to live for the sun on the fine gray sands of the busiest beach close to Boston. You wish that you could find yourself a Seven Day Weekend. You can drive this heap to Nantasket Beach.
You think, it's not hard, not hard to reach. You finally got your car and you cruise to Sully's hamburger stand. Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park, Summer 1953