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Dennis Owens doing what he does best. Photos courtesy of Dennis Owens.<\/em><\/p>\n On a Friday evening on September 11 of 1998, little did DJ Rodi Delgadillo and Dennis Owens know that they would create a Long Beach legend by way of their inaugural, every-3rd-Friday club night known as The Good Foot. Now, the audiophile pair will be celebrating Good Foot\u2019s 16th anniversary this Friday at Alex\u2019s Bar.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time, Rodi worked at Meow, the vintage clothing store on 4th,\u201d Owens said. \u201cWhen he mentioned his desire to start a DJ night with me to his boss, Kathleen Schaaf, she suggested Que Sera [as a venue]. A few days later, we met up with Benz, the owner of Que Sera. She loved our idea and gave us a night.\u201d<\/p>\n Owens had only been behind a turntable once before the opening night of Good Foot\u2014admittedly a \u201ctrial-by-fire\u201d experience, in the words of Owens\u2014but it went well. So well, in fact, that Benz offered them a monthly go to spin everything from boogaloo and cumbia to funk and soul. Soon enough, Long Beach found their feet and legs familiar with the sounds of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Boogaloo Assassins, Myron & E (who will be performing live at the 16th), The Budos Band, Jungle Fire, and more.<\/p>\n Good Foot amassed a ton of memories for the two, particularly given the club\u2019s first anniversary, which saw a line wrapped around the block for the first time. But the memories don\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n \u201cMy all-time favorite Good Foot moments include any Good Foot Christmas,\u201d Owens said. \u201cWe\u2019ve put on Good Foot Christmas on December 25 every year for the past 8 years at Alex’s Bar and it’s always free on that night. Another favorite is our 10-Year Anniversary, where we had nine guest DJs and decorated Que Sera like a high school prom from top to bottom. I also invited buskers and street performers down to entertain the people waiting in line to get in.\u201d<\/p>\n Though both hold deep memories, there is a deeper sense of nostalgia for Owens, who was left to Foot on his own after Delgadillo opted to peace out to Japan in March of 2005.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Rodi left for Japan, I had a few different DJs take his place,\u201d Owens said. \u201cDJ Angelina, who later moved to Ohio to become a doctor. DJ Guillermo, who later moved up to San Francisco and co-founded the legendary club Sweater Funk. And finally DJ Scott Weaver, who, at the time, played in Long Beach’s old-school funk\/soul\/latin band OO Soul.\u201d<\/p>\n The feat that was running Good Foot on his own had to come to a halt when the club hit its 13th anniversary in September of 2011. 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Delgadillo [pictured right] came back nearly a year later and opened Soulific Records (1409 E. 4th St., Suite B.)\u2014but still had the itch to do The Good Foot. After discussions, the famed night of funk re-opened on its 15th Anniversary at Alex\u2019s Bar and has, in the words of Owens, been all good thus far.<\/p>\n