Arrested and sent to Spofford Juvenile Center in the Bronx (with their parents refusing to bail them out), Knuckles was panicked and distraught.
That night, hungry and seizing the opportunity for some free food, the best friends lifted a few bags of donuts and ran – right into a police car.
Frankie Knuckles and David Morales in 1989, courtesy of David Morales It was a late night in 1971 after a show at Stage 45, and DJs Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan happened upon a parked pastry truck.Īt that point in their careers, both had graduated from regular gigs at the Continental Baths – Levan had made a name for himself at The Loft and Knuckles was DJing regularly as well.
