Clive Deamer

Clive Deamer
Deamer performing with Get the Blessing in 2011.
Deamer performing with Get the Blessing in 2011.
Background information
BornFebruary 1961 (age 63)
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Genres
OccupationDrummer
Years active1983–present
Member of
Formerly of

Clive Deamer (born February 1961 in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom)[1] is an English drummer and percussionist who has been the drummer for the jazz band Get the Blessing since 2000.[2] He has worked with acts including Radiohead, Portishead, Jeff Beck, Alison Moyet, Siouxsie Sioux, Roni Size, Hawkwind, Robert Plant and Reprazent.

Biography

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Deamer was the drummer of Hawkwind between 1983 and 1985. The band leader, Dave Brock, later said Deamer was "too professional", and he was replaced with Danny Thompson Jr.[3] Deamer was the drummer of the rhythm and blues revival group Big Town Playboys and appeared on albums including Crazy Legs (1993) with Jeff Beck.[4]

Deamer (left; on drums) with Portishead in 2013.

Deamer has drummed for Portishead since 1994,[5] playing on Dummy (1994), Portishead (1997) and Roseland NYC Live (1998) and Third (2008).[6] In 1997, he appeared on the album New Forms by Roni Size & Reprazent,[7] which won the Mercury Music Prize.[8]

In 2000, Deamer formed the jazz band Get the Blessing with Jim Barr (bass), Jake McMurchie (saxophone) and Pete Judge (trumpet), in Bristol.[2] From 2001 to 2007, Deamer was a member of Robert Plant's backing band. He first met Plant at Plant's daughter's wedding in 1991 when Deamer was playing with Big Town Playboys.[9] He appeared on Plant's albums Dreamland (2002) and Mighty ReArranger (2005).[citation needed]

Deamer worked with the French singer Damien Saez on the albums God Blesse / Katagena (2002),[10] Debbie (2004)[11] and Paris (2008).[12] He participated in Saez's Yellow Tricycle project for the album To Lovers Prayer (2009).[13] In 2007, he recorded with Siouxsie Sioux on her album Mantaray.[14]

Deamer joined the rock band Radiohead as the second drummer on the tours for the albums The King of Limbs (2011) and A Moon Shaped Pool (2016).[15][16][17] He performed in the live video The King of Limbs: Live from the Basementand on the 2011 double single "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase",[18] and played additional drums on A Moon Shaped Pool.[19] The Radiohead drummer, Philip Selway, said: "One [of us] played in the traditional way, the other almost mimicked a drum machine. It was push-and-pull, like kids at play, really interesting."[20] In 2014, Deamer collaborated with Jonny and Colin Greenwood from Radiohead on the track "Under The Paving-Stones, the Beach!", on the soundtrack of the film Inherent Vice.[21]

Discography

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Year Artist Title Notes Cite
1983 Kevin Brown Road Dreams drums [22]
1983 The Glee Club Let My People Twist! [23]
1989 Champion Jack Dupree With The Big Town Playboys Live At Burnley [24]
1990 Kevin Brown Rust drums on four tracks [25]
Big Town Playboys Now Appearing drums [26]
1992 Headmaster The Kids Said Rock [27]
1993 Kevin Brown Time Marches On [28]
Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys Crazy Legs drums and backing vocals [4]
1994 John Gotting A Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny G drums on four tracks [29]
Andy Davis Band Andy Davis Band drums and vocals [30]
Portishead Dummy drums [31]
1996 Roni Size / Reprazent Reasons For Sharing [32]
1997 New Forms [7]
Portishead Portishead drums on four tracks [33]
1998 Roseland NYC Live drums on all but two tracks, percussion on one [34]
Dr John Anutha Zone drums on two tracks [35]
The Insects & Richard Grassby-Lewis Featuring Jon Hassell Love And Death On Long Island soundtrack drums [36]
David Ferguson The View From Now percussion [37]
1999 Day One Waiting For A Break drums on one track [38]
Emiliana Torrini Love in the Time of Science [39]
Tom Jones Reload drums and timpani on one track with Portishead [40]
2000 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain drums on one track [41]
Mark Springer Nature/Music/Food/The Stars And The Planets percussion on three tracks [42]
Day One Ordinary Man drums on three tracks [43]
2001 Beth Hirsch Titles & Idols drums on one track [44]
2002 Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man Out Of Season drums on three tracks [45]
Alison Moyet Hometime drums on one track [46]
Baxter Dury Len Parrot's Memorial Lift [47]
2012 Radiohead "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase" Drums and percussion [48]
2016 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool Additional drums on "Ful Stop" [19]

References

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  1. ^ "Clive Deamer discography". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. ^ a b Nastos, Michael G. "Get the Blessing". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Hawkwind". 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b Crazy Legs (liner notes). Epic Records. 1993. EPC 473597 1.
  5. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 17, 2012). "Beak>'s Geoff Barrow on Stunning New LP, Getting Back to Portishead". spin. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ Third (liner notes). Island Records. 2008. 1766401.
  7. ^ a b New Forms (liner notes). Talkin' Loud. 1997. 534 934-2.
  8. ^ Hegarty, Khalil (13 May 2005). "Independence days". The Age. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  9. ^ Corner, Lena (2008-06-21). "How We Met: Clive Deamer & Robert Plant". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  10. ^ God Blesse (liner notes). Island Records. 2002. 586 866-2.
  11. ^ Debbie (liner notes). Barclay Records. 2004. 982 115.
  12. ^ Paris (liner notes). Cinq 7. 2008. 3215232.
  13. ^ A Lovers Prayer (liner notes). Cinq 7. 2009. 3141462.
  14. ^ Mantaray (liner notes). Decca Records. 2007. B0010253-01.
  15. ^ "How jazz secretly invaded pop music". The Independent. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  16. ^ Cork, Tristan (2017-06-07). "Calls for Portishead drummer to boycott Radiohead gig in Israel". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  17. ^ Karan, Tim (2016-05-08). "Radiohead Enlist Portishead Drummer Clive Deamer for World Tour". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  18. ^ Frith, Holly (20 December 2011). "Radiohead unveil new tracks 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' online – listen". Gigwise. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  19. ^ a b "Hear Radiohead's new album A Moon Shaped Pool at 11 pm tonight on the FTW New Music Show". 91X FM. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Phil Selway and the evolution of rock drumming in the digital age". Mono. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Under The Paving Stones, The Beach! by Clive Deamer, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  22. ^ Road Dreams (liner notes). Hannibal Records. 1983. HNBL 1340.
  23. ^ Let My People Twist! (liner notes). Ventura Records. 1986. VENT1.
  24. ^ Live At Burnley (liner notes). JSP Records. 1989. CD 231.
  25. ^ Rust (liner notes). Hannibal Records. 1990. HNBL 1344.
  26. ^ Now Appearing (liner notes). Blue Horizon. 1990. CDBLUH 010.
  27. ^ The Kids Said Rock (liner notes). Jaguar Records. 1992. JA 11032-2.
  28. ^ Time Marches On (liner notes). Taxim Records. 1993. TX 2047.
  29. ^ A Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny G (liner notes). 1994. JGCD 1+2.
  30. ^ Andy Davis Band (liner notes). 1994. none.
  31. ^ Dummy (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1994. 828 522-1.
  32. ^ Reasons For Sharing (liner notes). Talkin' Loud. 1996. TLDJ 60/61.
  33. ^ Portishead (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1997. 539 189-2.
  34. ^ Roseland NYC Live (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1998. 559 446-2.
  35. ^ Anutha Zone (liner notes). EMI Records. 1998. 495 4901.
  36. ^ Love and Death on Long Island (liner notes). OceanDeep Soundtracks. 1998. OCD014.
  37. ^ The View From Now (liner notes). New Direction. 1998. CHAN 9679.
  38. ^ Waiting For A Break (liner notes). Virgin Records. 1999. 7243 8 96108 2 6.
  39. ^ Love In The Time Of Science (liner notes). One Little Indian. 1999. TPLP221CD.
  40. ^ Reload (liner notes). Gut Records. 1999. VVR1009302.
  41. ^ Felt Mountain (liner notes). Mute Records. 2000. STUMM188.
  42. ^ Nature/Music/Food/The Stars And The Planets (liner notes). Exit Records. 2000. EXIT 003.
  43. ^ Ordinary Man (liner notes). Virgin Records. 2000. 7243 8 48075 2 8.
  44. ^ Titles & Idols (liner notes). Vital Song. 2001. !K7107 CD.
  45. ^ Out of Season (liner notes). Go! Beat. 2002. 066574-2.
  46. ^ Hometime (liner notes). Sanctuary Records. 2002. 50501590128-2.
  47. ^ Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (liner notes). Rough Trade. 2002. RTRADELP050.
  48. ^ Frith, Holly (December 20, 2011). "Radiohead unveil new tracks 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' online - listen". Gigwise. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
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