{"id":90510,"date":"2017-02-21T01:05:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90510"},"modified":"2017-02-21T01:05:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T06:05:05","slug":"james-browns-funky-drummer-clyde-stubblefield-dies-at-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/21\/james-browns-funky-drummer-clyde-stubblefield-dies-at-73\/","title":{"rendered":"James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer’ Clyde Stubblefield dies at 73"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73. (Photo by Paul VanDerWerf (https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pavdw\/5580394474\/) [CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MADISON, Wis.\u2014Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73.<\/p>\n

His wife, Jody Hannon, told The Associated Press that Stubblefield died of kidney failure at a Madison, Wisconsin, hospital around noon. He had been suffering from kidney disease for 10 years, and had been hospitalized for a few days, she said.<\/p>\n

Stubblefield performed on several of Brown’s classics in the 1960s and early 70s, including \u201cCold Sweat,\u201d \u201cSay It Loud \u2014 I’m Black and I’m Proud,\u201d \u201cI’ve Got the Feelin’,\u201d and the album \u201cSex Machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he was best known for a short solo on Brown’s 1970 single, \u201cFunky Drummer.\u201d 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 \u201cFight the Power,\u201d Dr. Dre’s \u201cLet Me Ride,\u201d LL Cool J’s \u201cMama Said Knock You Out\u201d and Run-D.M.C.’s \u201cRun’s House.\u201d It even turned up on Ed Sheeran’s \u201cShirtsleeves\u201d and George Michael’s \u201cFreedom ’90,\u201d the magazine said.<\/p>\n

Hennon said Stubblefield saw \u201cvery little\u201d in royalties and never expected them.<\/p>\n

But Stubblefield was held in high esteem by his fellow musicians. When Prince got wind in 2000 that Stubblefield was deep in debt from a fight against bladder cancer, he personally paid $90,000 to cover his bills, she said. \u201cClyde was considered his favourite drummer,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Stubblefield was \u201ca very nice southern gentleman\u201d from Chattanooga, Tennessee, 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe played here one time with James Brown and just fell in love with it,\u201d Hannon said.<\/p>\n

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