056: Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown, Whad'ya Know)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As a member of James Brown’s band, Clyde Stubblefield created ingenious drum patterns that came to define the funk genre. Years later, Clyde became the most sampled drummer in history, powering hits by everyone from N.W.A. to Kenny G. Yet, despite his monumental contributions to music, Clyde’s name doesn’t even appear on the majority of the records on which he appears. He tells Joe about his time with James Brown, how he ended up as the house drummer on an NPR show, and why he hates the song “Funky Drummer”.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, before we get to our interview with the amazing Clyde Stubblefield, I want to thank my friend Joey Banks.
0:07.6	Joey's a friend of Clydes, and he's also an incredible drummer and educator in his own right, and he helped us set up this interview.
0:13.7	And for those of you who are fans of Clyde and his work with James Brown, you'll know that for most of his tenure in the band, he shared drumming duties with Jabbo Starks,
0:22.0	who happens to be our guest for next week. So thanks, Joey, for setting those up.
0:26.6	Next order of business. Los Angeles. On Wednesday, March 2nd, we're bringing the
0:32.1	trap set live to the Steve Allen Theater in Los Phyllis. We have a stellar lineup featuring Stella Mazgava of Warpaint,
0:39.9	Fred Armisen of the 8G band in Portlandia,
0:43.3	and the legendary Clemberg of Blondie.
0:46.1	You can buy the tickets at our website, the trapset.net,
0:49.6	click on live events, and do it quick because it's going to sell out.
0:53.4	And all proceeds from the event
0:55.1	will benefit the important cultural fixture Trepany House. So go to our website, the trapset.net,
1:01.6	go to the live events link and buy your tickets now. Now on to the show. The trap set will always
1:07.7	be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
1:11.7	Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.
1:15.5	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
1:33.3	Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
1:38.3	I want to play something for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
1:50.0	yeah.
1:51.0	Popcorn.
1:52.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:56.0	Popcorn.
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