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Blowfly (musician)

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Clarence Henry Reid (February 14, 1939 – January 17, 2016) was an American musician, songwriter and producer, also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly. [1]

58 relations: Afroman, AllMusic, Alter ego, Alternative Tentacles, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Atmosphere (music group), Betty Wright, Big Day Out, Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Blowfly's Party, Blowfly's Punk Rock Party, Bobby Byrd, Clean Up Woman, Cochran, Georgia, Comedian, Comedy, Dead Kennedys, Die Ärzte, Funk, Gwen McCrae, Hip hop music, Holiday in Cambodia, Independent record label, Jello Biafra, Jimmy "Bo" Horne, KC and the Sunshine Band, King Coleman, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, NPR, Parody, Party, Paul Kelly (U.S. musician), Pornography, Punk rock, Rapping, Record producer, Recording studio, Rhythm and blues, Richie Unterberger, Sam & Dave, Session musician, Singing, Slug (rapper), Songwriter, Soul music, South by Southwest, Stage name, Stanley Adams (singer), Supervillain, ..., The New York Times, The Weird World of Blowfly, The Weird World of Blowfly (album), TK Records, Tracy Reid, Wax Poetics, What a Diff'rence a Day Made, Willie Clarke (songwriter). Expand index (8 more) »

Afroman

Joseph Edgar Foreman (born July 28, 1974), better known by his stage name Afroman, is an American rapper and musician.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Alter ego

An alter ego (Latin, "the other I") is a second self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality.

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Alternative Tentacles

Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California.

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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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Atmosphere (music group)

Atmosphere is an American hip hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/producer Ant (Anthony Davis).

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Betty Wright

Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright (born December 21, 1953), is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter, who rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight is the Night".

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Big Day Out

The Big Day Out was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Blowfly's Party

Blowfly's Party is the 1980 album by Clarence Reid as his alter ego Blowfly.

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Blowfly's Punk Rock Party

Blowfly's Punk Rock Party is the 2006 album by Blowfly and his second release for Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles.

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Bobby Byrd

Bobby Howard Byrd (August 15, 1934 – September 12, 2007) was an American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician, who played an integral and important part in the development of soul and funk music in association with James Brown.

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Clean Up Woman

"Clean Up Woman" is a song by Betty Wright from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love (1972).

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Cochran, Georgia

Cochran is a city in Bleckley County, Georgia, United States.

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Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.

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Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte ("The physicians") is a punk band from Berlin.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Gwen McCrae

Gwen McCrae (née Mosley, December 21, 1943, Pensacola, Florida, United States) is an American singer, best known for her 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair".

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Holiday in Cambodia

"Holiday in Cambodia" is a song by American punk rock band Dead Kennedys.

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Independent record label

An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding of or outside major record labels.

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Jello Biafra

Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), better known by his stage name Jello Biafra, is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.

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Jimmy "Bo" Horne

Jimmie Horace Horne, Jr. (born September 28, 1949, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States), known as Jimmy "Bo" Horne, is an American musician, singer, and recording artist, best known for his 1978 hit "Dance Across the Floor".

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KC and the Sunshine Band

KC and the Sunshine Band are an American disco and funk band, founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida.

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King Coleman

Carlton "King" Coleman (January 20, 1932 – September 11, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues singer and musician, known for providing the vocals for the 1959 hit single, "(Do The) Mashed Potatoes", recorded with James Brown's band.

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Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Lauderdale Lakes, officially the City of Lauderdale Lakes, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Parody

A parody (also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on something, caricature, or joke) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.

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Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration of a special occasion.

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Paul Kelly (U.S. musician)

Paul Kelly (June 19, 1940 – October 4, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Recording studio

A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger (born 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.

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Sam & Dave

Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981.

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Session musician

Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Slug (rapper)

Sean Michael Daley (born September 7, 1972), better known by his stage name Slug, is an American rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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South by Southwest

South by Southwest (abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By) is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States.

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Stage name

A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers, such as actors, comedians, singers and musicians.

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Stanley Adams (singer)

Stanley Adams (August 14, 1907 – January 27, 1994) was an American lyricist and songwriter.

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Supervillain

A supervillain is a variant of the villainous stock character that is commonly found in American comic books, usually possessing superhuman abilities.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Weird World of Blowfly

The Weird World of Blowfly is a 2010 documentary film about rapper and hip hop musician Clarence Reid, a/k/a Blowfly, directed by Jonathan Furmanski.

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The Weird World of Blowfly (album)

The Weird World of Blow Fly is the debut album by Clarence Reid as his alter ego Blowfly.

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TK Records

TK Records was an American independent record label founded by record distributor Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo in 1972.

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Tracy Reid

Tracy LaShawn Reid (born November 1, 1976) is a former professional WNBA basketball player.

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Wax Poetics

Wax Poetics is a quarterly American music magazine dedicated to vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues, and R&B in the tradition; the name of the magazine is itself an allusion to vinyl records.

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What a Diff'rence a Day Made

"What a Diff'rence a Day Made", also recorded as "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes", is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934 with the title "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" ("When I Return to Your Side").

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Willie Clarke (songwriter)

Willie Clarke is an American musician and songwriter known for such songs as "Clean Up Woman", "Rockin' Chair" and "Willing and Able".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfly_(musician)

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