Better Days
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Better Days was a [New York] dance nightclub which opened in the 1972 and closed in 1988. Re-opened and closed again in 1990 or 1991. It was located on West 49th Street.
DJs Bert, Tee Scott, Bruce Forest, Francois Kevorkian, Kenny Carpenter, Larry Patterson, Shep Pettibone, and others played to a loyal, attitudeless black black crowd over a period of more than 15 years.
Bruce Forest was the house DJ at Better Days from 1981 to 1988. Bruce Forest helped Shep, Dave Morales, Louie Vega, Junior. Indeed, He also discovered David Cole. Bruce also has an inside story to share about a live performance by Loleatta Holloway at Better Days which has been appropriated by Junior Vasquez called "My Loleatta".
