Clyde Stubblefield

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Clyde Stubblefield (2005)

Clyde Stubblefield (born April 18, 1943 in Chattanooga , Tennessee , † February 18, 2017 in Madison , Wisconsin ) was an American drummer .

Life

Clyde Stubblefield grew up in Chattanooga and began playing drums as a child. At first he drummed on all kinds of materials, from tin cans to cardboard boxes. He was best known as a drummer for James Brown , who discovered him in 1965 while performing in Macon and signed him directly. Stubblefield, the genre has radio extent developed and be 20 seconds long drum solo in the piece Funky Drummer is considered one of the most sampled hip-hop - Breaks in music history. It was used by Public Enemy , LL Cool J, and the Beastie Boys , among others .

In 1970 he left James Brown's band with other musicians. He moved first to Detroit , then to Madison , where he lived until his death. He played for Ben Sidran for three years . Little was heard from him in the 1980s. In the 1990s he worked on various projects in the jazz and funk area, for example with Phil Upchurch and Pee Wee Ellis . He was also a guest drummer on the first album of Garbage . He also released two solo albums. Now and then he still drummed for The JB's. He had regular appearances on the radio show Whad 'Ya Know by Michael Feldman.

In 2002 a kidney was removed from him. Since then he has suffered from chronic kidney failure and had to undergo dialysis several times a week . According to his own statements, Stubblefield always had money problems, although his famous drum solo was used in more than 1,300 songs by other artists. He was paid for cancer treatment by the musician Prince. In 2011 he was interviewed for the documentary Copyright Criminals . The film addresses the copyright loopholes , as Stubblefield had received little money for his famous drum solo. He was played by Rob Demery in James Brown's biopic Get On Up . Clyde Stubblefield died of kidney failure in February 2017 at the age of 73.

The Rolling Stone listed Stubblefield together with James Brown bandmate Jabo Starks as sixth of the 100 best drummers of all time .

Discography

solo

  • 1997: The Revenge of the Funky Drummer (Interaction Records)
  • 1998: The Original Funky Drummer Breakbeat Album (Music of Life)
  • 1997: Party's in the Kitchen (MCD)

With James Brown

  • 1967: Cold Sweat
  • 1969: I Love You
  • 1969: Live and Lowdown at the Apollo
  • 1970: Sex Machine
  • 1985: CD of JB (Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics)
  • 1986: In the Jungle Groove
  • 1987: Live at the Apollo II
  • 1987: CD of JB II
  • 1991: Star Time
  • 1993: Soul Pride (The Instrumentals 1960-1969)
  • 1993: Get on the Good Foot
  • 1996: Funk Power - 1970: A Brand New Thang
  • 1998: Say It Live and Loud
  • 2014: Get On Up - The James Brown Story (Soundtrack Album)

With The JB's

  • 1972: These Are The JB's
  • 1972: Pass the Peas
  • 1972: Food for Thought

With Ben Sidran

  • 1972: Slippery Hip
  • 1973: Play the Piano
  • 1974: Don't Let Go

more publishments

  • 1976: James Vincent - Space Traveler
  • 1982: Bill O'Brien - Cool at the Union
  • 1982: Stone Foundation - Same (7 ″)
  • 1992: Phil Upchurch - Whatever Happend to the Blues
  • 1993: Pee Wee Ellis - Blues Mission
  • 1995: Bobby Byrd - Bobby Byrd Got Soul
  • 2003: The Clinton Administration - One Nation Under a Re-Groove
  • 2008: Fred Wesley featuring Jab'o Starks & Clyde Stubblefield with Bootsy Collins - Funk for Your Ass (A Tribute to the Godfather of Soul)

Guest Posts

  • 1991: King All Stars - The Fabulous King All Stars (on Hard to Handle )
  • 1992: The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (on Officer )
  • 1995: Garbage - Garbage (on Not My Idea and Queer )
  • 2003: Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk (on Labor Day (It's A Holiday) )
  • 2004: DJ Miles - “Funky Sole” Live In Hollywood, California Vol. 1 (on Funky Drummer (DJ Muro Remix) )
  • 2012: Public Enemy - The Evil Empire of Everything (on 1 (Peace) )

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: Superbad (as a musician on the soundtrack)
  • 2008: The Night James Brown Saved Boston (archive footage)
  • 2009: Copyright Criminals
  • 2014: Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Funky Drummer" Clyde Stubblefield is dead. In: spiegel.de, February 19, 2017
  2. ↑ Clyde Stubblefield at Allmusic (English). Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ben Sisario: Living Legend Tries to Make a Living . In: The New York Times , March 29, 2011, accessed February 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Beat sampled a thousand times: "Funky Drummer" Clyde Stubblefield is dead . In: Spiegel Online . February 19, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  5. ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Stubblefield, Clyde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Chattanooga , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 2017
Place of death Madison , Wisconsin