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PrintableMrSoulpower said: DirtyChris said: does Paulino DaCosta count?
love that guys cadence  I think that's Paulinho DaCosta. I wouldn't really consider him a Funk drummer, since he's rather a percussionist and he has not performed on Funk records that I know of. No on the drummer thing. I haven't seen him sit on a trap set and if you consider EWF or MJ or Bros J sessions funk then he's in on the funk. test | |
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Matt Abts with Warren HAynes = Gov't Mule [Edited 1/26/08 18:24pm] test | |
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Micheal Beard of The Bar-Kays
Walter "Clyde" Orange of The Commodores 
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Jerome 'Bigfoot'Brailey and Dennis Chambers | |
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Bill Cobham
Jerome Brailey (Parliament-Funkadelic) 
Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown) 
Jab O Starks (James Brown) 
Frankie Kash Waddy (Bootsys Rubber Band/PFunk) 
Alan Evans (Soulive)  | |
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FuNkeNsteiN said: NWF said: Daniel Lemelle (Stone City Band)
Danny LeMelle plays saxophone. The drummer for Stone City Band is Lanise Hughes.  Oh that's right. My bad.NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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1)EMRY THOMAS (JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON)
2)DIAMOND WILLIAMS (OHIO PLAYERS) 3)GREGG ERRICO (SLY & THE FAMILY STONE) 4)BUDDY MILES (BAND OF GYPSYS, BUDDY MILES EXPRESS) 5)JELLYBEAN JOHNSON (THE TIME) 6)SHEILA E. 7)CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD & JABO STARKS (JAMES BROWN) 8)TIKI FULWOOD & JEROME BRAILEY (PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC) 9)ZIGABOO MODELISTE (METERS) 10)LANISE HUGHES (RICK JAMES' STONE CITY BAND) [Edited 1/27/08 19:42pm] | |
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blackguitaristz said: Miles said: Beyond the obvious brothers already discussed, I would like to add JB early '70s drummer John Morgan. He may have been filling some pretty big shoes after/ alongside Clyde and Jabo etc, but Morgan imo brought plenty of funk to the table in the JB '70s with Bernard Odum and others on bass.
I will also add further respect to Buddy Miles, Bigfoot Brailey, and Tony Allen of Fela Kuti fame. And I'm glad tA mentioned Earl Palmer. The man is a legend. Just look at tA's post, and all the people the man's played with. And, if IIRC, Stevie Wonder played drums on his own 'Superstition', that alone makes him one master of the funky drums .
That Prince guy ain't no slouch sometimes too.  I was going to mention Stevie but then I thought of his drumming on "Livin For The City". Ummm, ...I love the song. One of the best ever recorded by anyone but uh...Stevie's fills....And P's drumming is kinda liked that. He's at his best when he stays in the pocket. P can play druns but he's not a drummer. There's a difference. I'll have to re-check out Stevie's drumming on 'Living for the City' now.
Staying in the pocket is, for me, the very definition of funk drumming. That's why James Brown was always tellng his drummers and other musicians to 'keep it there'. The groove must be locked down. Fills, if there too many, anyway, are imo for frustrated drum soloists  . That's why I mentioned Stevie and Prince. Both, on selected recordings, can really hold down that pocket. Same goes for my favourate funk bass players, especially JB's. No fuss, no fills, just funk . | |
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