R.I.P. Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)

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Questlove broke the news, via his instagram, that “The Funky Funkiest Drummer Of All Time” Clyde Stubblefield has died. Stubblefield’s wife, Jody Hannon, confirmed the drummer's death to Rolling Stone, citing the cause of death to be kidney failure.

Stubblefield is best known for being James Brown’s drummer.. their song ‘Funky Drummer’ is among the world’s most sampled musical segments - thanks to Stubblefield incredible rhythm pattern. Everyone from Public Enemy to Run-D.M.C. to LL Cool J to Beastie Boys to Prince has sampled this song’s drumming.

Below are more deaths for the month of February - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.

February (31)

[18 Feb 2017] Clyde Stubblefield (American drummer for James Brown), 73, kidney failure

[17 Feb 2017] Peter Skellern (English singer-songwriter), 69, brain cancer

[16 Feb 2017] Pericoma Okoye (Nigerian singer), ?

[16 Feb 2017] Maurice Vander (French jazz pianist and composer), 87

[15 Feb 2017] E-Dubble (American rap artist), 34, infection

[15 Feb 2017] dinnerwithjohn, aka JohnWalt (Chicago rapper), 24, stabbed to death

[15 Feb 2017] Stuart McLean (Canadian radio broadcaster for The Vinyl Cafe), 68, melanoma

[15 Feb 2017] Tibério Gaspar (Brazilian musician and composer), 73

[13 Feb 2017] Trish Doan (Canadian musician for Kittie), 31

[13 Feb 2017] Carol Lloyd (Australian rock singer), 68, interstitial lung disease

[12 Feb 2017] Damian (British pop singer), 52, cancer

[12 Feb 2017] Robert Fisher (American singer and songwriter for Willard Grant Conspiracy), 59, cancer

[12 Feb 2017] Giusto Pio (Italian musician and songwriter), 91

[12 Feb 2017] Krystyna Sienkiewicz (Polish actress and singer), 81

[12 Feb 2017] Al Jarreau (American Jazz musician), 76, exhaustion

[11 Feb 2017] Jarmila Šuláková (Czech folk singer), 87

[11 Feb 2017] Walter "Junie" Morrison (keyboards in Funkadelic and the Ohio Players), 62, not given

[08 Feb 2017] Rina Matsuno (Japanese pop singer for Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku), 18

[08 Feb 2017] José Luis Pérez de Arteaga (Spanish music critic, musicologist and journalist), 66

[07 Feb 2017] Svend Asmussen (Danish jazz violinist), 100

[07 Feb 2017] Loukianos Kilaidonis (Greek singer-songwriter), 73, respiratory infection

[06 Feb 2017] Ritchie Yorke (Australian music journalist), 73, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

[05 Feb 2017] David Axelrod (American Jazz musician), 83

[05 Feb 2017] Sonny Geraci (American musician for The Outsiders and Climax), 69

[05 Feb 2017] Howard Philpott (British broadcaster for BBC Radio 4), 63, cancer

[04 Feb 2017] Gervase de Peyer (British clarinetist), 90

[04 Feb 2017] Jeff Graham (British radio presenter for Radio Luxembourg and Capital Radio)

[04 Feb 2017] Steve Lang (Canadian musician for April Wine), 67

[04 Feb 2017] Noel Simms (Jamaican reggae musician), 82, lung cancer

[03 Feb 2017] Robert Dahlqvist (Swedish rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget), 40

[03 Feb 2017] Martin Gotthard Schneider (German theologian and musician), 86

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