Clive Deamer | |
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 Deamer performing withGet the Blessing in 2011. | |
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| Occupation | Drummer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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Clive Deamer is an English drummer and percussionist who has been the drummer for the jazz bandGet the Blessing since 2000.[1] He has worked with acts includingRadiohead,Portishead,Jeff Beck,Alison Moyet,Siouxsie Sioux,Roni Size,Hawkwind,Robert Plant andReprazent.
Deamer was the drummer ofHawkwind between 1983 and 1985. The band leader,Dave Brock, later said Deamer was "too professional", and he was replaced with Danny Thompson Jr.[2] Deamer was the drummer of therhythm and blues revival groupBig Town Playboys and appeared on albums includingCrazy Legs (1993) withJeff Beck.[3]
Deamer has drummed forPortishead since 1994,[4] playing onDummy (1994),Portishead (1997) andRoseland NYC Live (1998) andThird (2008).[5] In 1997, he appeared on the albumNew Forms byRoni Size & Reprazent,[6] which won theMercury Music Prize.[7]
In 2000, Deamer formed the jazz bandGet the Blessing with Jim Barr (bass), Jake McMurchie (saxophone) and Pete Judge (trumpet), inBristol.[1] From 2001 to 2007, Deamer was a member ofRobert Plant's backing band. He first met Plant at Plant's daughter's wedding in 1991 when Deamer was playing with Big Town Playboys.[8] He appeared on Plant's albumsDreamland (2002) andMighty ReArranger (2005).[citation needed]
Deamer worked with the French singerDamien Saez on the albumsGod Blesse / Katagena (2002),[9]Debbie (2004)[10] andParis (2008).[11] He participated in Saez's Yellow Tricycle project for the albumTo Lovers Prayer (2009).[12] He recorded withSiouxsie Sioux on her 2007 albumMantaray.[13]
Deamer joined the rock bandRadiohead as the second drummer on the tours for the albumsThe King of Limbs (2011) andA Moon Shaped Pool (2016).[14][15][16] He performed in the live videoThe King of Limbs: Live from the Basement and on the 2011 double single"The Daily Mail" and "Staircase",[17] and played additional drums onA Moon Shaped Pool.[18] 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."[19] In 2014, Deamer collaborated withJonny andColin Greenwood from Radiohead on the track "Under The Paving-Stones, the Beach!", on thesoundtrack of the filmInherent Vice.[20]
| Year | Artist | Title | Notes | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Kevin Brown | Road Dreams | drums | [21] |
| 1983 | The Glee Club | Let My People Twist! | [22] | |
| 1989 | Champion Jack Dupree With TheBig Town Playboys | Live At Burnley | [23] | |
| 1990 | Kevin Brown | Rust | drums on four tracks | [24] |
| Big Town Playboys | Now Appearing | drums | [25] | |
| 1992 | Headmaster | The Kids Said Rock | [26] | |
| 1993 | Kevin Brown | Time Marches On | [27] | |
| Jeff Beck & theBig Town Playboys | Crazy Legs | drums and backing vocals | [3] | |
| 1994 | John Gotting | A Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny G | drums on four tracks | [28] |
| Andy Davis Band | Andy Davis Band | drums and vocals | [29] | |
| Portishead | Dummy | drums | [30] | |
| 1996 | Roni Size / Reprazent | Reasons For Sharing | [31] | |
| 1997 | New Forms | [6] | ||
| Portishead | Portishead | drums on four tracks | [32] | |
| 1998 | Roseland NYC Live | drums on all but two tracks, percussion on one | [33] | |
| Dr John | Anutha Zone | drums on two tracks | [34] | |
| The Insects & Richard Grassby-Lewis FeaturingJon Hassell | Love And Death On Long Island soundtrack | drums | [35] | |
| David Ferguson | The View From Now | percussion | [36] | |
| 1999 | Day One | Waiting For A Break | drums on one track | [37] |
| Emiliana Torrini | Love in the Time of Science | [38] | ||
| Tom Jones | Reload | drums and timpani on one track with Portishead | [39] | |
| 2000 | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain | drums on one track | [40] |
| Mark Springer | Nature/Music/Food/The Stars And The Planets | percussion on three tracks | [41] | |
| Day One | Ordinary Man | drums on three tracks | [42] | |
| 2001 | Beth Hirsch | Titles & Idols | drums on one track | [43] |
| 2002 | Beth Gibbons &Rustin Man | Out Of Season | drums on three tracks | [44] |
| Alison Moyet | Hometime | drums on one track | [45] | |
| Baxter Dury | Len Parrot's Memorial Lift | [46] | ||
| 2007 | Siouxsie | Mantaray | Drums and percussion | [47] |
| 2012 | Radiohead | "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase" | Drums and percussion | [48] |
| 2016 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | Additional drums on "Ful Stop" | [18] |
