Jabo & Clyde each deserve their own spots but in a way it is nice that the friends are still a team. And posting a top ten spot at number 6 is impressive.
You can see Jabo almost every night as the 20-year anchor of the Red Bar Jazz Band.
The Amazing Life of Jabo Starks
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Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks - 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time
You can see Jabo almost every night as the 20-year anchor of the Red Bar Jazz Band.
The Amazing Life of Jabo Starks
A Legend Lives at the Red Bar in Grayton Beach | SoWal.com - Insider's Guide for South Walton Beaches & Scenic 30A
Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks - 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time
6- Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starks
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At the height of his band's rhythmic revolutions, Brown's percussion section was anchored by not one but two master drummers: the woefully underrated John "Jabo" Starks and Mr. Funky Drummer himself, Clyde Stubblefield. Starks began his career backing jazz and blues players, Stubblefield was an R&B man and, by coincidence, the two started with Brown's band just weeks apart. Each brought a distinctive style that complemented the other. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson once told Rolling Stone that "Starks was the Beatles to Clyde's Stones. A clean shuffle drummer to Clyde's free-jazz left hand." Together, their partnership would help shape some of Brown's greatest songs, including "Cold Sweat," "Superbad" and of course "Funky Drummer." Their innovations would be felt again as they dictated the entire feel of hip-hop's Golden Era.
