Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When ...

Stanton Moore Steps Up As Best Funk Drummer For A Second Straight Year Let's face it. Stanton Moore is one of New Orleans' most in-demand drummers, which is no easy feat on Bourbon Street. So, it ...

James Gadson — the veteran R&B, soul, funk and rock drummer who played with Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney and many others — has died at the age of 86. Gadson's wife, Barbara, ...

One of the greatest funk drummers of all time Dave performs four great tunes with a sixpiece band and then breaks down his drum part in each tune section by section Styles covered include Latin funk ...

David Brown Thompson, a renowned Philly funk drummer and a devoted family man, died June 3. He was 80. He was born April 6, 1945, in Philadelphia to the late Margaret Thompson and David Brown and was ...

After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When Beard was a young man, he was recruited by the Bar-Kays while ...