RIP Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown drummer)

[John Million]

Clyde Stubblefield (born April 18, 1943, died February 18, 2017) was a drummer best known for his work with James Brown.

Stubblefield's recordings with James Brown are considered to be some of the standard-bearers for funk drumming, including the singles "Cold Sweat", "There Was a Time", "I Got The Feelin'", "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Ain't It Funky Now", "Mother Popcorn", "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" and the album Sex Machine

 

[woodchuck]

Damn, I was just talking to his cousin not too long ago about a project he's working on. RIP to a TRUE legend. Him, Tiger Don Juan Martin, & John "Jabo" Starks were THE baddest!

 

[woodchuck]

Mods, can we sticky this?

 

[woodchuck]

Okay, I'm not finding anything on this. The only place I'm seeing this is on Wikipedia. I'm going to call his cousin.

 

[WorldEX]

Rip

 

[mchammertoeeesss]

Okay, I'm not finding anything on this. The only place I'm seeing this is on Wikipedia. I'm going to call his cousin.

 

[woodchuck]

I was just about to post this.

 

[Mr. Met]

RIP. BTW.........

After getting diagnosed with cancer 15 years ago, legendary drummer and James Brown collaborator Clyde Stubblefield had $90,000 worth of hospital bills.

Stubblefield's wife Jody Hannon received an unexpected call while Stubblefield was undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer: Prince's people were on the line, and they wanted to know how much Stubblefield needed in order to pay off his massive medical bills. True to his buttoned-up, discreet nature, Prince requested that his donation -- a whopping $80,000 to help pay for Stubblefield's treatment -- be kept a secret from the press.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7348492/prince-funky-drummer-clyde-stubblefield-medical-bills

 

[kuu]

Damn... saw him and Jabo at this music store playing with my bass teacher as kid.

RIP

 

[HeathCliff]

The Funky Drummer

 

[Entrepronegro]

RIP

 

[TEN]

Rest In Peace and Love, Funky Drummer, Clyde Stubblefield.

 

[Camille]

RIP

 

[dik cashmere]

The jam session in heaven is gonna be epic

 

[PeerlessMack]

That drum break/solo is the greatest in history. It is considered one of if not the hardest to reproduce.

RIP

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Condolences to the Stubblefield family.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Stubblefield#Recognition






Recognition



In 2014 Stubblefield was named the second best drummer of all time by LA Weekly. According to the LA Weekly, "Stubblefield is one of the most sampled drummers in history, the man whose uncanny ability to deconstruct pop music's simple 4/4 rhythms into a thousand different sly syncopations laid the foundation not only for funk, but for most of hip-hop, as well."[31] In 2013 Stubblefield and Starks received the Yamaha Legacy Award.[32][33] In 2004 he received the lifetime achievement award at the Madison Area Music Awards.[34] In 2000 he was inducted into the Wisconsin Area Music Industry hall of fame.[35] In 1990 he was named drummer of the year by Rolling Stone magazine, and in 2016 the magazine named Stubblefield and Starks the sixth best drummer of all time.[8][36] A set of Stubblefield's autographed drum-sticks are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[8]


Self-proclaimed nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot paid tribute to Stubblefield in his song "Good Old Clyde".[37] Hip hop artist Black Thought of The Roots rhymes "I'm cooler than Clyde Stubblefield, drummer for James" in the song "Stay Cool".[38] According to Questlove, drummer of The Roots, Stubblefield is the one "who defined funk music."[5]


Ben Sisario of The New York Times writes, "on songs like 'Cold Sweat' and 'Mother Popcorn' he perfected a light-touch style filled with the off-kilter syncopations sometimes called ghost notes."[5] According to the National Public Radio, "the grooves the two drummers (Stubblefield and Starks) created have inspired generations of artists — not just in funk, but in hip-hop, where their steady but intricate patterns make natural material for sampling."[7]

 

[woodchuck]

That drum break/solo is the greatest in history. It is considered one of if not the hardest to reproduce.

RIP

That, and the one from "Ashley's Roachclip".

 

[The Plutonian]

Damn, here we go 2017. RIP

 

[LordSinister]

Rip to the funky drummer, thank you for all the classics your style inspired

 

[dadamaja]

rip, dude was a beast with it

 

[DEETZ181]

R.I.P

I was just listening to this last night.

 

[xcluesiv]

r.i.p

 

[Race Harley]

R.I.P.

 

[fwillia]

Back when MPC was life, I bought his Funky Drummer Breakbeat album, and would sample the drums and distort them to make them feel original.

It never quite worked, but I still owe a debt of gratitude to the legendary Mr. Stubblefield. RIP.

 

[gw1933]

R.I.P.....Now give the drummer some

 

[hog fat]

RIP to the Legendary Clyde Stubblefield!

 

[will_right]

WTF man..I was just listening to dude about 3 weeks ago...solo's and ALL that R.I.P Bruh

 

[will_right]

I was playing the Star Time Box set 3 days ago

 

[Rythm]

RIP Sir and thank you

 

[LennyNero1972]

RIP and cotdammit he was just on my mind too, that "Funky Drummer" breakbeat is eternal.

 

[2 ONE 3]

LEGEND



REST IN PEACE

 

[Nochturnal]

RIP

 

[Majestic Lion]

Peace and blessings, elder. Thank you.


If not for the Funky Drummer and the Amen Brother samples, early hip hop music would sound entirely different.

 

[respiration]

He was living "around the corner" from us Chicagoans in Wisconsin from what I remember. This man was one of the foundations in the original house of funk. Infinite respect and good rest to you, Baba.

 

[stretchwallz]

He lived in Madison Wisconsin for a long time. He used to throw jams where local musicians would come and play with him.

My dad played with him a few times and was mesmerized.

RIP to the one of the main architects of Hip Hop music