Chicagoans Remember Dick Clark
Updated: Thursday, 19 Apr 2012, 9:28 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012, 9:11 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012, 9:11 PM CDT
By Darlene Hill, FOX Chicago News
Chicago - Music icon Dick Clark passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82, and across the country, people are mourning the loss.
In Chicago, musician Joe Cantafio remembered the first time he worked with Clark. Cantafio was 23, and playing guitar at the city's first ever Chicagofest. He said he just couldn't get the "Bandstand Boogie" beat right while Clark was standing in front of him.
Back in the 1970's, Jade 50 would go on to play with Dick Clark and other hall of famers more than a dozen times. Cantafio says Dick Clark was and will always be a class act to him.
From making music to making money, Dick Clark was the honorary chairman for a local charity and over the years has helped them raise nearly $50 million towards finding a cure for Lou Gehrigs disease. When the event celebrated their 25th anniversary and the music industry, the organization sold it's last record and eight track tape at the big summer sale.
Clark was there. Organizers say they've kept in touch with him and his wife, and just a couple of months ago they mailed another check.
In Chicago, musician Joe Cantafio remembered the first time he worked with Clark. Cantafio was 23, and playing guitar at the city's first ever Chicagofest. He said he just couldn't get the "Bandstand Boogie" beat right while Clark was standing in front of him.
Back in the 1970's, Jade 50 would go on to play with Dick Clark and other hall of famers more than a dozen times. Cantafio says Dick Clark was and will always be a class act to him.
From making music to making money, Dick Clark was the honorary chairman for a local charity and over the years has helped them raise nearly $50 million towards finding a cure for Lou Gehrigs disease. When the event celebrated their 25th anniversary and the music industry, the organization sold it's last record and eight track tape at the big summer sale.
Clark was there. Organizers say they've kept in touch with him and his wife, and just a couple of months ago they mailed another check.
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