DARRYL McDANIELS
D.M.C. (born Darryl McDaniels; May 31, 1964) is an American musician. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C., and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture. (More from Wikipedia)
The current (August/September 2016) issue of AARP The Magazine – a perk for anyone who joins AARP that keeps getting better every year – includes a section called “Surviving the ’80s”. The item about the “Walk This Way” remake reads, quoting Darryl McDaniels (aka D.M.C.): “[Producer] Rick Rubin gives us this yellow notebook pad. He tells us, ‘Go down to D’s basement, put the needle on the record.’ We go down to my basement and put on the record, and then you hear, ‘Backstroke lover always hidin’ ’neath the covers,’ and immediately me and Joe [Joseph Simmons aka Run] get on the phone and say, ‘Hell no, this ain’t going to happen. This is hillbilly gibberish.’”
(September 2016)
