Clive Deamer

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Deamer performing with Get the Blessing in 2011.
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BornFebruary 1961 (age 62)
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Occupation(s)Drummer
Years active1983–present
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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.

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Biography

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. Portishead13.jpg
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]

Since 2011, Deamer has toured with the rock band Radiohead as the second drummer. [15] [16] [17] Describing their 2012 tour for The King of Limbs, 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." [18] Deamer appeared on Radiohead's 2011 double single "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" [19] and played additional drums on their 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool. [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

YearArtistTitleNotesCite
1983 Kevin Brown Road Dreamsdrums [22]
1983The Glee ClubLet My People Twist! [23]
1989 Champion Jack Dupree With The Big Town Playboys Live At Burnley [24]
1990 Kevin Brown Rustdrums on four tracks [25]
Big Town Playboys Now Appearingdrums [26]
1992HeadmasterThe Kids Said Rock [27]
1993 Kevin Brown Time Marches On [28]
Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys Crazy Legs drums and backing vocals [4]
1994John GottingA Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny Gdrums on four tracks [29]
Andy Davis BandAndy Davis Banddrums and vocals [30]
Portishead Dummy drums [31]
1996 Roni Size / Reprazent Reasons For Sharing [32]
1997New 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 soundtrackdrums [36]
David FergusonThe View From Nowpercussion [37]
1999 Day One Waiting For A Breakdrums 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 Planetspercussion on three tracks [42]
Day One Ordinary Mandrums on three tracks [43]
2001 Beth Hirsch Titles & Idolsdrums 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" [20]

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