Farley Jackmaster Funk
aka Farley, Farley Keith
by Terry Matthew | added April 14, 2008

+ Bio: From the Southside of Chicago, Farley Jackmaster Funk was born to DJ. At the age of 21, he obtained a residency on Chicago's WBMX-FM as part of the Hot Mix 5, played at dozens of clubs around the city as well as holding his own residency at what was then the largest club in the Midwest, The Playground. His single "Love Can't Turn Around" (with vocals by Daryl Pandy) reached #1 in the UK. In 1986, he founded the eponymous House Records in Chicago as an outlet for his own work; after nearly 13 years, he announced to 5 Magazine in March 2008 that he was reactivating the label.

After a foray into Hip-Hop, Farley returned to House in the early 1990s, working with the "second wave" of Chicago House Music producers and DJs while also earning a living on the international DJ circuit overseas. At around the same time, he became a born-again Christian and one of the first dance music DJs to bring House Music's groove to the mainstream Gospel industry.

		Farley Jackmaster Funk People Get Ready - He's Back! added apr 14 in features | read more »
		RandomArt: March 2008 Party People Artwork At left is Farley "Jackmaster" Funk; at right, obviously, is Mickey "Mixin'" Oliver... added apr 3 in randomart | read more »
		The Armando Project: Mike Dunn Interview Transcript A lot of our stuff, all of Armando's stuff, Terry Hunter's stuff - I was the one recording. We used to do that at Bam Bam's house... added feb 23 in t.a.p. | read more »
		The Armando Project: Farley Jackmaster Funk Interview Transcript I met Armando when I was on WMBX at the time, and I was going through a record shop at Evergreen Plaza called JR Records... added feb 5 in t.a.p. | read more »
		Armando Gallop: A Tribute ...it was very very difficult to find that record. They only heard it at parties when Farley or Marshall or Pharris... added feb 2 in t.a.p. | read more »
		Gene Hunt Interview My first project is called "Tribute". I'm working with guys like Derrick Carter, Farley, Chip E., Kenny Dope, Theo Parrish, Roy Davis... added jan 19 in features | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Column: December 2007 Daryl Pandy, Wayne Williams, Slugo and Farley @ the 5 Magazine Release Party added jan 20 in czno | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: 5 Magazine November Release Party and a Tirade from a Tired Editor Daryl Pandy, Wayne Williams, Slugo and Farley... added nov 11 in blog | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: The History of House Party @ The Congress Theater To be around House music greats such as Farley, Steve Hurley, CeCe Peniston, Fast Eddie, Daryl Pandy, White Knight, Shawn Christopher, Paul Johnson and the list goes on... added sep 18 in blog | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: The Picnic Barbara Tucker, Jamie Principle, Steve Hurley, Daryl Pandy, Farley and R. Kelly (looking grimey and seedy and yucky) were all there... added jul 11 in blog | read more »
		The Chicago LP/DVD Project That's one of the beautiful things about this project and why it was important to interview Farley... added jul 7 in features | read more »
		Al "Hot Mix" Holmes Interview I liked Farley because he could jack anything, whatever the format. People forget that Farley changed his format three times. He played... added may 20 in features | read more »
		5 Magazine DJ Series pres. Sean Smith By the third party, I decided to play the music that I liked, that I would hear Farley play on the radio. It worked!... added apr 5 in djseries | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: Weekend Roundup Later that night I hit up the MLK parties at The Dating Game, Farley at Ohm and Betty's Blue Star... added jan 15 in blog | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Column: December 2006 George Jackson, Adam Rivera, Ronda Flowers, Farley and Melvin Meeks judging the DJ battle... added jan 7 in czno | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: Everyone's a Winner! The judges are Farley, George Jackson, Ronda Flowers, myself, Adam Rivera and someone from B96... added nov 1 in blog | read more »
		Chip E. and the UnUsual Suspects ...because to me, the usual suspects are Frankie Knuckles, Chip E., Farley, Steve Hurley, and so on... added oct 9 in features | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: Fourth of July Weekend I then go solo to Zentra to hear Farley and Daryl Pandy sing... added jul 7 in blog | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: Planes, Floor and Pain Sean Smith is having a party at Sonotheque with Farley spinning... added jun 2 in blog | read more »
		Paul Johnson Interview If there was a single DJ that motivated Paul to get behind the turntables, "it'd have to be Farley," he says. "I was breakdancing at the time... added may 11 in features | read more »
		Steve Hurley Interview I did Friday nights, and Farley did Saturday nights. We also did some parties together there... added apr 18 in features | read more »
		Mark Grant Interview But initially, Farley Keith made me stay up to 2 or 3 in the morning to hear his mixes on WBMX, because I was too young to go to a club... added apr 5 in features | read more »
		Alan King Interview I left for college in 1981, and the next thing I knew many of my friends (Jesse, Hurley, Farley, Chip, etc.) started putting out records. I missed that whole wave, and have really never had the time... added feb 20 in features | read more »
		Cz's Night Out Blog: I'll Beat that Bitch With a Bat! Tonight we go to the Negro League Cafe, and Farley was banging it!... added jan 13 in blog | read more »