Reggio McLaughlin

Description

When a young Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin first started tap dancing in Chicago, venues turned him away at the door, saying "we haven't booked a tap dancer since 1945!" In this conversation with his coworker Mareva Lindo, he talks about what it took to build his chops as a tap dancer, learning from his mentor and tap legend Ernest "Brownie" Brown, taking a break from high school to play bass on tour with some of the biggest soul acts of the 1970s, and his 20 years of teaching at the Old Town School. This interview was recorded at the Old Town School of Folk Music on January 25th, 2017. Go to www.oldtownschool.org/StoryCorps to hear selected excerpts from this and many more interviews collected as part of the StoryCorps-Old Town School partnership.

Participants

• Reggio McLaughlin
  
• Mareva Lindo
  

Interview By

• Old Town School of Folk Music