[Dynagroove] gene farris

[BoxmusicLA at aol.com]

gene softened up years ago....he's literally one of the nicest guys in the 
business now.  and as far as the "greens"....never try to outsmoke gene.   : )   
 sorry i missed him Tuesday...heard he dropped my O'Jays remix, so that 
would've been nice to see.  always a good time at Focus.

much respect to Josh and the crew for bringing him out.

scott K.
myspace.com/boxmusic

In a message dated 7/27/2006 12:01:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dynagroove-request at dynagroove.com writes:
So we had Gene Farris this past tuesday at Focus and it was a  
distinct honor and pleasure to have him out--he says a "big hello" to  
everybody he missed while he was out here(he's off to our neighbors  
to the north for the Canadian portion of his tour)--he'll be back out  
this way in December....

I picked Gene up from the airport tuesday night( really easy to spot,  
homeboy is 6'6!) and we drove back to Orange County puffing and  
chatting along the way.  What was really interesting was how open he  
was--he broke down such topics as: which djs he likes(and which ones  
he doesn't like ;), the direction of house music, the scene in  
Amsterdam and Europe, his recent breakup with his girl, and his  
Rotweiler back at home.  I really got heart to heart with him and  
shared many stories from back in the day including cool stories from  
Amsterdam and his travels around the world.

Many people warned me that Gene was kind of quiet and even arrogant-- 
but he was completely the opposite.  I even asked him about that, and  
he told me that to a certain extent he used to be, but that moving to  
Europe changed all of that.  He says that there is ZERO racism out  
there and that people are so nice and giving that it affected him and  
the way he sees things and people in general. This was really good to  
hear, especially from a dj who has been in the game as long as him...

So we checked Gene into his hotel, he shaved, showered up, we had  
some room service, lots of "greens" in between and cruised out to  
Focus.  Really good crowd that night- (over 250 through the doors and  
lots of dancers), Wobs was warming up the crowd proper when we  
strolled in and then Gene got on and "fucked shit up!"  He played an  
eclectic mix of jackin' chicago nastiness, disco, deep, tech and  
fused it all together as only a 20+ year veteran can.  He even played  
this bad ass talking heads boot that had the crowd singing along-- 
always a good sign ;)  To be honest I was a little worried that he  
was gonna have trouble reading the crowd, but his experience behind  
the decks truly shined that night.  A group of regulars who are die  
hard Farina fans-were even singing his praises by the end of the  
night.  Gene said he really wanted to reach out to the younger kids  
and expand his fan base to a newer/younger generation--mission  
accomplished!

The only negative I'll say is this--I was really disappointed that a  
lot of "heads" I know didn't make it out.  Gene hadn't played in  
southern california in over TWO YEARS prior to tuesday and a lot of  
people that I expected to see there, were not in the house.  People  
complain about seeing the same djs all the time, and when we actually  
bring somebody out who is dope and hasn't been out here in a while-- 
you don't show?  The night did just fine regardless, and Gene will be  
back in december so hopefully you guys can redeem yourselves then...

have a great rest of the week everybody--make sure to go to Motion  
this Friday and of course the Bodyrock Party on saturday---both  
quality events being put on by quality people :)

-NF