Mike Clark-The Godfather of Linear Funk

[@Simonewhitesim-1music]

Thank you Mike Clark!!!!!! you have Changed my life for the good of Groove!!! Still working on your stuff today!

[@halhal98]

His genuine pure groove comes from simple and abstinent, but the essential and non-unnecessary playing.. in my thought. Many great drummers have their own groove for sure. But I love the scarce value of his one and only style.

[@ChrisKeysYouTube]

that quote at the end is amazing 3:33

[@bdc-muzik]

Cautious510 for real.

[@nuclearbox2]

I really liked Mike from headhunters days, but just seeing him just effortlessly lay down these insane grooves, im convinced he's up there with the greats. The skills and style cannot be replicated

[@michaeldevincenzi1119]

Same! I didn’t know much outside the headhunters, but this stuff amazing!!

[@JeremySmith-sx9oe]

the groove is killin it

[@Bix12]

i saw Mike with Herbie twice, and 40 years later I'm still wondering what the fu...?! He is incredible

[@randyreal574]

I wish I could find a funky drummer they have all disappeared, This makes me cry!

[@skineyemin4276]

Steve Jordan, Questlove, Chris Dave are still around.

[@CoachGeorg]

Give THEM a try (not just "funky", but real talents: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGXaYZmQrN6shac, & Senri Kawaguchi kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGa8dat6qt5-eqs

[@matthewrousseau198]

@ 3:03 "that way, there's no question about the groove." you're right mike, no question

[@markielinhart]

What a GREAT lesson‼️thank you Mike Clark✌️

[@skineyemin4276]

Mike Clark is one of my favorite drummers ever, but, Clyde Stubblefield was really the first one to popularize this, and there is also Harvey Mason on "Chameleon", 2, 3 years before "Thrust". There is Bernard Purdie's drum break on Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady". On Sly & The Family Stone's "In Time", Andy Newmark was implying elements of this linear concept. Steve Gadd's version of it was a little too clean to be truly 'hood' funky, even though he is still an amazing player.

[@elsreynolds7093]

Listen to Actual Proof on Thrust. Then tell me who else did that.

[@skineyemin4276]

@@elsreynolds7093 Well, where do you think a lot of Mike's funk concepts came from?

[@BishopEddie5443]

@@skineyemin4276 You know they don't want to give the Black man credit for drums. Just like Black people taught white people how to dance, we taught them drumming! Drumming is a DANCE!

[@jjmarcos]

@@BishopEddie5443 lol don't you have a welfare check to go cash? Loser

[@BishopEddie5443]

@@jjmarcos I've got more wealth than you will ever see. Africa has all the diamonds and gold that poor white trash are trying to steal, so save that welfare talk for those you can deceive. You better be getting ready for your afterlife in hell. Remember I warned you of eternal damnation.

[@rusamene]

I love this guy and the style he has developed, real isnpiration

[@quadrant2012]

Oh my !! Hi Mike, unreal :-) you are also brilliant !

[@nakim55]

Man, I dig you mike.

[@BishopEddie5443]

James Brown's drummers brought it to us, everyone else modified it.

[@tommishere]

i was there for this

[@michaelb.42112]

THE MASTER of FUNK. OK, just THE MASTER.

[@dookie311]

Holy ghost notes at 1:43

[@scopaz]

"I'm gonna steal your gig."

[@Gianfranco_69]

Jazz drummer are the best drummers...handsdown

[@HankusMaximus]

Can some drummer please explain or direct me to a lesson on what the hell is going on @ 1:42?! This is madness. How do you do that on a snare drum?!

[@garye4678]

+Henry Huan I think they're what's called "Inverted Double Strokes: RLLRRLLR... Instead of a normal Double Stroke Roll: RRLLRRLL...

[@BIGBEATS275]

He's playing the last two notes of sixteenth note triplets in his left hand to fill in the space between his right hand strokes. Same exact lick when comping in a jazz combo but applied to his brand of funk. Sticking is RLLRLL. Basiclly, whatever yo play in your dominant or lead hand, fill triplet partials in between as ghost notes. The faster and more contrast between loud and soft notes between the hands the greater the effect.

[@mikefields4136]

@@BIGBEATS275 Exactly. I've developed my left hand like this working with that pattern

[@劉華隆]

放的音樂 都很棒的音樂OK

[@Jellybeantiger]

This drummer should be talked about in the same breath as Vinnie.

[@skineyemin4276]

I saw Vinnie with Herbie about 4 years ago. Vinnie is truly amazing, but, he did not do what Mike Clarke did with Herbie's music; it wasn't even close.

[@CoachGeorg]

@@skineyemin4276 So true! Sorry, but Vinnie do not get the spirit of Actual Proof, I saw them in Vienna .. "D'oh!"

[@skineyemin4276]

@@CoachGeorg Hey.., Vinnie's great! I saw him with Herbie, different thing, not as funky for Herbie's vibe.

[@Hulloder]

Interesting comparison, very different styles

[@icespittingfire]

how good does that effing snare sound

[@JonP1961]

cool. thanks!

[@leebear3494]

1:03

[@leebear3494]

3:15

[@JonP1961]

@dookie311 YEAH!

[@KONAMAN100]

the funk meister, 3:14 lol good

[@mikefields4136]

1:40

[@timeabstract]

Is this trhe same Mike Clark from 'Brand X'?

[@rhinoxceronte870]

yes

[@georgeacton7918]

Sure is. He had a big rack kit then. Probably an octaplux setup with 8 ride toms and china cymbals. Amazingly skilled in the pocket drummer. Really worked hard with Percy Jones fretless bass with Brand X.

[@louiscarrillo5873]

the foundation is strong.

[@JUJJAMAN]

Damn

[@nairnodrums]

sounds just like DJ shadow sampled it

[@TheMostBK]

This cat is bad yo. Here the drummer get wicked!

[@JonP1961]

Maybe it's just me, but don't parts of what he's doing have a similar kind of feel to the intro to '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" ?

[@AlexWyattDrums]

Yeah, by another drummer known for linear beats, Steve Gadd.

[@Obidibidou]

There are so many vids on YT where the talking and the playing are so far from each other volume wise that it's impossible to watch without riding the Volume 0n your Amp/Computer .Really annoying !!!

[@desperanto.]

First World Problems.

[@pretorious700]

played by Steve Gadd...It's just a funky variation of a marching beat.

[@skineyemin4276]

Gadd and Clark; apples and oranges, as far a drumming styles.

[@skineyemin4276]

You should feel like as ass for posting that moronic and dismissive comment. When did the fuck Steve Gadd ever sound like Mike Clarke and visa-versa?

[@JDerrrty]

Yes, 50 ways is a linear beat.

[@mimivesta3309]

jesus

[@blueridgedsia]

I call it mad bimshame

[@wowserstar]

@fisherx100 Nice try but not true.

[@jakehartman7039]

stuffs nasty.

[@Mjohannb]

wtf ?????

[@ericdreizen1463]

B4 Herbie came along Mike was just a butcher in a supermarket! Then came his big break, heh heh heh, & NOW HE'S A JANITOR AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!! UH HUH!!