Mark Roman on Six Million Steps
Mark Roman guest DJs and is interviewed on Six Million Steps. For those who aren’t familiar with Mark Roman, he was the resident DJ at the legendary London Disco Jazz Soul Funk club, Crackers. DJing at Crackers from ’73 to ’76, six nights a week and pulling 1,000 clubbers out to his lunchtime sessions made him a highly influential DJ in his time. The Six Million Steps crew went out to South London to interview him at Abbey Road Studios. This is part one of three.
September 4th, 2010 at 10:58 am
I remember the first time I went to crackers, friday lunchtime,, in my BEST soul boy clothes,outfit. I was on a misiion to witness the legendary soulboy dancer god dj conussier, Trever Shakes, drop some moves. I’d heard so much about him as I was also from east london. He did not dissapoint. In fact he made my day by coming or should I dancing up to me whilst he was being watched in a circle doing his thang. Fromk mthen on I became a Treveor groupie. I went on to have a huge influenc ein my life as a dancer/actor. He was the one who inspired my group,Torso to form. The highlight of which was us, Torso performing at the legendary re-opening party of the first super club,, Studio 54. Thanks to Trevor we were giving the yanks some home grown boogie.. We went on to have our own club, Studio 21 and later spats long before many of the known clubs.