Mark “DJ Nu-Mark” Potsic, a hip hop producer, told Fuse TV in 2013 about a trip he took to New Orleans to find vinyl records.
“We took a cab there. We find the dealer. He pulls a ladder out of the back of his yard and puts it on top of his roof,” Potsic said. “We ended up going on a balcony and into an attic. It was like the gateways to heaven parted. It was just beautiful – all 45s, all New Orleans-based funk and soul.”
Potsic had just entered what was left of Eddie 3 Way Record Store, owned by Senais Lazard “Eddie 3 Way” Edwards. He opened the store in the 1960s to sell records, newspapers and to offer shoe shines – that’s why it was called Eddie 3 Way…