Teri Bristol, Chicago DJ who helped pave the way for women in the booth, dies at 66

Teri Bristol (right), who died Monday, worked often with her longtime friend and fellow DJ, Valerie Scheinpflug also known as DJ Psycho-Bitch. (left). (Provided)

Teri Bristol was something of a novelty — a woman in the DJ booth — when she started spinning records in the 1980s at clubs in Chicago.

But her music eventually was heard all over the city, country and world — helping to pave the way for other women in the field.