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R.I.P. Detroit musician Amp Fiddler, dead at 65
The keyboardist and producer worked with many artists over the years, including P-Funk, Moodymann, and Prince
R.I.P. Detroit musician Amp Fiddler, dead at 65
The keyboardist and producer has worked with many artists over the years, including P-Funk, Moodymann, and Prince
By Lee DeVito on Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 8:49 am
Amp Fiddler — an influential Detroit musician and producer who has worked with many artists in the Motor City and beyond — died Sunday, according to those close to him. He was 65.
Born Joseph Anthony Fiddler, the artist had been recovering from a surgery in recent months. In Detroit, numerous fundraiser events have been organized to help the performer pay off medical bills, and a GoFundMe campaign launched last year raised more than $75,000 “to support his continued healing as he journeys back to the stage.”
After taking piano lessons as a child, Fiddler scored a gig playing keyboard for George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1985 to 1996. A resident of Detroit’s Conant Gardens neighborhood, Fiddler is also credited with teaching his neighbor, the late J Dilla, how to use the Akai MPC sampling machine. Other artists Amp Fiddler has worked with over the years include Moodymann, Jamiroquai, and Prince, among others. His keyboard playing also appears on Seal’s 1994 hit “Kiss from a Rose.” In 1990 he released his first solo album With Respect under the alias Mr. Fiddler, followed by 2004’s Waltz of a Ghetto Fly and most recently 2017’s Amp Dog Knights.
On Sunday and Monday, Fiddler’s many fans posted tributes on social media.
“Rest in eternal musical excellence Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Joseph Anthony ‘Amp’ Fiddler (May 17th, 1958-December 17th, 2023),” Parliament-Funkadelic wrote on Facebook. “Fly on Amp! We love you dearly!”
“Was never gonna be ready for this,” radio host Chris Campbell wrote on Facebook. “The Mayor of Conant Gardens. My hood. My heart. My history. My music. My culture. My Mentor. My brother. Never faked the funk. Never to be forgotten. Iconoclast. Legend. Rest in musical peace and rhythm Joseph Fiddler Amp Fiddler………. This hurts more than words can describe. I have to circle back to this when I have the vocabulary.”
“Rest easy brother Amp,” the Roots drummer Questlove wrote on Facebook. “For all those talks during the Pfunk tour. For all the music. Especially of course mentoring the one who mentored us (Dilla)——thank you brother #AmpFiddler.”
“RIP Amp. Absolutely shattering loss,” wrote the DJ the Blessed Madonna. “Peace to Detroit especially. Amp Fiddler was the best of the best. The glue in so much important music and the center of a lot really special musical lives. Nothing but respect for his time here with us.”
“Thank you for EVERYTHING you did for so many of us via your mentorship, collaboration, and brotherhood,” local artist Bryce Detroit wrote. “Am grateful for you, your support, your impact, and your legacy.”
This article will be updated with any information regarding a public celebration of Fiddler’s life. For now, a new GoFundMe campaign has been launched to cover funeral expenses.
Flying low over Washington Blvd. (1926)
Detroit’s iconic Train Station shining in Honolulu Blue tonight!
Go Lions!
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Made that nigga bizarre stand in the back
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I like this take from FB
Here is my take on why Stafford said what he said, omitting the fans, after his Rams lost to the DETROIT LIONS.
The bottom line is, his feelings were hurt. Not because he was booed . Every opposing QB gets booed. Not the "big deal " so many are trying to make of it.
No, Matthew's feelings were hurt because he just saw, heard and felt more passion and energy from the Detroit Fans than he ever did while he was here, or from the Rams Fans, even with the Superbowl.
Deep down he was feeling conflicted. He uprooted his family and left behind his past, his charities and this team and fans. It would have been easier if he had won the game, then he can move on with the SOL attitude and all would be right with the world.
That was not the case. He witnessed very passionate fans, a very loud stadium, and a very good Lions team.
He saw the entire stadium holding LED lights, 66 thousand fans all working together in unity.
Before the game he could easily say he was the "bad guy" coming to Detroit, but after the game he realized he was not only the "bad guy" but an "outsider". He knows we are thinking "Look what we did without you".
He asked to leave and without him we accomplished in 3 years what he could not do in 12.
Yes he has a Superbowl ring. But something tells me the competitive side in him regrets leaving us to get a ring he helped to win by being a missing piece, not by building a team like Goff, the "throw-away" QB did. He may also feel that truthfully, Goff could have taken that team and won a Superbowl. Me personally, at this point? I think Goff is better now that he has experienced that" Low Point ". More on that in a different take.
I am sure he regrets how his post game comments are being taken. Now that the initial shock of the stadium, the Lions and the fans, not to mention the loss, has gone, he would take those comments back.
What's important now is whether or not he can save face.
Will he continue his charities in Detroit? Will he go in the HOF as a Lion?
At this point, it's up to him.
For me I will always cherish the hard work and commitment Stafford showed the Lions and their fans. I will respect the talent he is. But like Stafford may now realize, I will remember he quit this team and asked to be traded. Goff is our Playoff Winning QB, reborn from the pain of being tossed away like trash and watching another QB win his Superbowl.
Like the saying goes, the hottest fires make the strongest steel.
Go Lions!
Here is my take on why Stafford said what he said, omitting the fans, after his Rams lost to the DETROIT LIONS.
The bottom line is, his feelings were hurt. Not because he was booed . Every opposing QB gets booed. Not the "big deal " so many are trying to make of it.
No, Matthew's feelings were hurt because he just saw, heard and felt more passion and energy from the Detroit Fans than he ever did while he was here, or from the Rams Fans, even with the Superbowl.
Deep down he was feeling conflicted. He uprooted his family and left behind his past, his charities and this team and fans. It would have been easier if he had won the game, then he can move on with the SOL attitude and all would be right with the world.
That was not the case. He witnessed very passionate fans, a very loud stadium, and a very good Lions team.
He saw the entire stadium holding LED lights, 66 thousand fans all working together in unity.
Before the game he could easily say he was the "bad guy" coming to Detroit, but after the game he realized he was not only the "bad guy" but an "outsider". He knows we are thinking "Look what we did without you".
He asked to leave and without him we accomplished in 3 years what he could not do in 12.
Yes he has a Superbowl ring. But something tells me the competitive side in him regrets leaving us to get a ring he helped to win by being a missing piece, not by building a team like Goff, the "throw-away" QB did. He may also feel that truthfully, Goff could have taken that team and won a Superbowl. Me personally, at this point? I think Goff is better now that he has experienced that" Low Point ". More on that in a different take.
I am sure he regrets how his post game comments are being taken. Now that the initial shock of the stadium, the Lions and the fans, not to mention the loss, has gone, he would take those comments back.
What's important now is whether or not he can save face.
Will he continue his charities in Detroit? Will he go in the HOF as a Lion?
At this point, it's up to him.
For me I will always cherish the hard work and commitment Stafford showed the Lions and their fans. I will respect the talent he is. But like Stafford may now realize, I will remember he quit this team and asked to be traded. Goff is our Playoff Winning QB, reborn from the pain of being tossed away like trash and watching another QB win his Superbowl.
Like the saying goes, the hottest fires make the strongest steel.
Go Lions!
They used to do it without plates lol
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