Hi, Marty,
This is really sad news. I heard about Clyde Stubblefield on the news this
morning.
Rosie
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Clyde Stubblefield, 73, legendary rock drummer . Associated Press . MADISON,
Wis. - Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the
most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73. His wife,
Jody Hannon, told the Associated Press that Mr. Stubblefield died of kidney
failure at a Madison, Wis., hospital around noon. He had been suffering from
kidney disease for 10 years, and had been hospitalized for a few days, she
said. Mr. 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. Rolling Stone
magazine said it was sampled on over 1,000 songs and served as the backbeat
for countless hip-hop tracks, including Public Enemy's "Fight the Power,"
Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride," LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out," and
Run-D.M.C.'s "Run's House. It even turned up on Ed Sheeran's "Shirtsleeves"
and George Michael's "Freedom '90," the magazine said. Hennon said Mr.
Stubblefield saw "very little" in royalties and never expected them. But Mr.
Stubblefield was held in high esteem by his fellow musicians. When Prince
got wind in 2000 that Mr. Stubblefield was deep in debt from a fight against
bladder cancer, he personally paid $90,000 to cover his bills, she said.
"Clyde was considered his favorite drummer," she added. Mr. Stubblefield was
"a very nice southern gentleman" from Chattanooga, Tenn., but had lived in
Madison, his wife's hometown, since the early 1970s, she said. He had long
been a fixture on the local music scene. "He played here one time with James
Brown and just fell in love with it," Hannon said. Services are pending.
