Larry Heard

Fingers food: a reclusive drummer puts the deep in deep house

Seattle 2005 Lecture

Larry Heard

Memphis

Many rumors are circulated about Larry Heard — the man who put the ‘deep’ in house music. The legend himself talks about his true history: how he swapped his drums for machines and became a part of the blossoming Chicago house scene of the mid-’80s. Doing his “research,” he met up with vocalist Robert Owens, with whom he formed the infamous Fingers Inc. This self-proclaimed “late bloomer” has stayed spiritual, soulful, and productive. Can you feel it?
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I don’t think it’s really customary for the drummer to have creative ideas, they just play the beat.
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Ron Hardy claimed that he made the song, and Frankie Knuckles claimed that he made the song.
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As far as sampling other people’s tracks, I’m not really into that. I think it’s disrespectful.
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