mjzee Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73. Stubblefield performed on several of Brown's classics in the 1960s and early 70s, including Cold Sweat, Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, I've Got the Feelin', and the album Sex Machine. But he was best known for a short solo on Brown's 1970 single, Funky Drummer. See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4238324/James-Browns-Funky-Drummer-Clyde-Stubblefield-dies-73.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Also heard for years as the house drummer on NPR's "Whad'Ya Know?" out of Madison, Wisocnsin! RIP, and fullest love possible. James Brown changed my life more than once, with and without Clyde, but especially with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) Very sad news. "Funky Drummer" btw is not a solo, in fact it's the pure opposite, and Stubblefield in interviews was most ambiguous about it ... JB ushered them into a studio to record, as was his wont, after a gig, everybody was exhausted, so Stubblefield just played that barest of beats and kinda refused to do more ... I guess that's the secret behind it and why it was sampled so often. Anyway, terrific drummer! Edited February 19, 2017 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 A relative of the late saxophonist John Stubblefield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I rank "Cold Sweat" right up there among mankind's greatest music creations (no kidding), and Clyde Stubblefield was a big part of that. RIP to one of the greats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 2 hours ago, jeffcrom said: I rank "Cold Sweat" right up there among mankind's greatest music creations (no kidding), and Clyde Stubblefield was a big part of that. RIP to one of the greats. Well, it's a variant on a Dolphy tune, after all I think the combination of John "Jabo" Starks and Clyde Stubblefield was magic. Would be hard pressed to name one favourite JB drummer, there's Melvyn Parker, too, and a few others, but Jabo and Stubblefield would top the list together, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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