Blowfly (musician)

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Clarence Henry Reid (born February 14, 1939 in Vienna , Georgia , † January 17, 2016 in Lauderdale Lakes , Florida ) was an American musician, rapper , songwriter and producer , also known under the stage name Blowfly .

biography

During the 1960s and 1970s, Reid worked as a songwriter and producer for artists including Betty Wright , Sam & Dave , Gwen McCrae , Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Bobby Byrd and KC and the Sunshine Band . During this time he also recorded his own songs, such as Nobody But You Babe (1969).

For fun he wrote vulgar versions of well-known hits, which he initially only performed in private. In 1971 he recorded an entire album of such songs with studio musicians under the pseudonym "Blowfly". The album, The Weird World of Blowfly , features Reid as a masked superhero on the cover . With this alter ego he started a parallel career and recorded other albums that were successful as party blasters. The offensive version of his song Rapp Dirty ( aka Blowfly's Rapp ) helped Blowfly's Party hit # 26 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in 1980 and # 82 on the Billboard 200 .

His pasties also caused legal trouble for Reid, while his own songs have been widely sampled by hip-hop , R&B and electro artists , including Beyonce, Wu Tang Clan, DJ Quik, DMX, Method Man & Redman, Main Source, DJ Shadow, Eazy-E, RJD2, Jurassic 5, Big Daddy Kane, Mary J. Blige, Brand Nubian and The Avalanches without getting paid accordingly.

Even after the turn of the millennium, Blowfly was successful. He performed worldwide. In 2008 he was on tour with the doctors in Germany .

Clarence Reid died on January 17, 2016 at the age of 76 from complications from liver cancer .

Discography

Albums as Clarence Reid

  • 1969: Dancin 'with Nobody But You Babe
  • 1973: Running Water
  • 1976: On the job

Albums as Blowfly

  • 1971: The Weird World of Blowfly
  • 1974: Blow Fly on TV
  • 1975: Zodiac Blowfly
  • 1976: Oldies But Goodies
  • 1977: Blowfly's Disco Party
  • 1977: At the Movies
  • 1978: Porn freak
  • 1978: Zodiac Party
  • 1980: Blowfly # s Party
  • 1981: Rappin 'Dancing & Laughin
  • 1981: Butterfly
  • 1983: Fresh Juice
  • 1985: Electronic Banana
  • 1986: On Tour 1986
  • 1987: Blowfly and the Temple of Doom
  • 1988: Blowfly for President
  • 1989: Freak Party
  • 1991: Twisted World of Blowfly
  • 1996: 2001: A Sex Odyssey
  • 1996: Analology: The Best of Blowfly
  • 1999: Blowfly Does XXX-Mas
  • 2005: Fahrenheit 69
  • 2006: Blowfly's Punk Rock Party
  • 2007: Superblowfly
  • 2008: Live At the Platypussery
  • 2012: Black in the Sack
  • 2016: 77 Rusty Trombones

Web links

Commons : Blowfly  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clarence Reid, Singer and Songwriter Also Known as Blowfly, Dies at 76 , NYT , January 22, 2016; Retrieved February 3, 2016
  2. ↑ Daniel Fersch: 6 reasons why it is a mistake not to know Blowfly. . Obituary in the Musikexpress . In: musikexpress.de. January 19, 2016, accessed February 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ US rapper "Blowfly" is dead. Obituary in the star . In: stern.de. January 18, 2016, accessed February 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Porn rapper Blowfly: the “godfather of hip-hop” is dead. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , January 18, 2016, accessed February 1, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Blowfly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reid, Clarence Henry (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, songwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Georgia , United States
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2016
Place of death Lauderdale Lakes , Florida , United States