Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer by Steinberg, D. Leah
Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer by Steinberg, D. Leah

Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer

During his lifetime Clyde Stubblefield changed the rhythms and sound of music. Finding his start in the...
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Author: D. Leah Steinberg
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer by Steinberg, D. Leah

Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer

$34.74
Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer by Steinberg, D. Leah

Clyde Stubblefield: Rhythms of the Funky Drummer

$34.74
Author: D. Leah Steinberg
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
During his lifetime Clyde Stubblefield changed the rhythms and sound of music. Finding his start in the segregated city and musical streets of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Stubblefield became the underappreciated source of the funk rhythm that powered the legendary success of James Brown. After six years of playing with the Godfather of Soul, however, Stubblefield had had enough. In 1970, Stubblefield settled down in Madison, Wisconsin, where he could be found playing funk, jazz, R&B, blues, rock and roll, Tex-Mex, and country music for almost anyone who asked. There he found a welcoming and appreciative community of musicians and admirers for the final forty-six years of his life. It was in Madison where Steinberg first met Clyde, befriended him, and asked to write the story of how Stubblefield became the most sampled drummer of all time and how the rhythms of the funky drummer emerged as the foundational sound of hip-hop--despite minimal recognition and compensation.

Author: D. Leah Steinberg
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 10/01/2026
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780820377711


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2026
Booklist 09/22/2026

About the Author
D. LEAH STEINBERG is the author of Raised in the Shadow of the Bomb: Children of the Manhattan Project. She has published two poetry chapbooks and her writing has appeared in Salon. Steinberg lives and writes in Northern California and is currently working on a book of poetry and photography.
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