The Weird World of Blowfly
2011 Directed by Jonathan Furmanski
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Clarence Reid is a musician who wrote and produced romantic and spiritual songs for some of the greatest Southern soul and R&B acts of the 1960s and '70s. He is also the gonzo performer Blowfly, Clarence's freaky alter ego and the original X-rated rapper. "The Weird World of Blowfly" explores both sides of this hilarious and controversial artist, providing a rare, inside peek at the infamous linguist's daily life. Now 69-years-old, with a gold-spangled superhero costume and a catalog of the world's raunchiest tunes, Blowfly tours the world, still struggling for success and recognition after 50 years of making music. The film highlights both Clarence's and Blowfly's unique contributions to music history, including Top-10 R&B hits and what might be the world's first rap song, recorded in 1965.
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Blowfly is one of those musical mavericks, one of those eccentrics you can't easily pigeonhole, he shares a place in my music collection alongside Wesley Willis, Gary Wilson and Shooby Taylor. This is a rather sad look at Blowfly's life as it follows him and his band trying to make some money as they go from dive to dive.
Blowfly has been hugely influential in his life and this film features gushing praise from Chuck D and Ice T amongst others, but after hitting the skids he sold all his royality and ownership rights to all his material for a few hundred dollars and soon after samples of his material were popping up in Beyoncé songs and all over the…
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A fun documentary that is more than it seems.
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Blowfly is one of those musical mavericks, one of those eccentrics you can't easily pigeonhole, he shares a place in my music collection alongside Wesley Willis, Gary Wilson and Shooby Taylor. This is a rather sad look at Blowfly's life as it follows him and his band trying to make some money as they go from dive to dive.
Blowfly has been hugely influential in his life and this film features gushing praise from Chuck D and Ice T amongst others, but after hitting the skids he sold all his royality and ownership rights to all his material for a few hundred dollars and soon after samples of his material were popping up in Beyoncé songs and all over the…
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A fun documentary that is more than it seems.