The Tool song "Schism" recently brought out a professional funk drummer's impressive improv chops after he heard the prog-rock track for the very first time. On the fly, he does an in-the-pocket drum ...

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Clyde Stubblefield, the funk drummer whose work with James Brown made him one of the most sampled musicians in history, died Saturday morning in Madison, Wisc. He was 73. He joined James Brown’s ...

After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When Beard was a young man, he was recruited by the Bar-Kays while ...

Local musicians honored the late Clyde Stubblefield Monday at the High Noon Saloon. The iconic drummer was a Madison native and is known for his hits with the James Brown Band, as well as his own ...

Grammy-nominated Boston funk band Lettuce will bring its distinctive vintage sound to The Refinery’s outdoor amphitheater July 3. English roots reggae act Steel Pulse will join the high-powered ...

Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks should have been rivals: James Brown hired both of them to do one job. Instead, they stuck together, and laid... The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown ...

The musician was among the founding members and songwriters of the iconic funk group Isa Foltin/Getty George “Funky” Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, has died at age 74. A rep for the ...