Tiki Fulwood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tiki Fulwood

American drummer

Date of Birth: 23-May-1944

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1979

Profession: drummer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Tiki Fulwood

  • Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (May 23, 1944 – October 29, 1979) was an American musician.
  • He was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, as well as a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Fulwood was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1944. In the late 1960s, Fulwood was the house drummer for the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia when he met guitarist Eddie Hazel.
  • Hazel and bassist Billy Bass Nelson were on tour as musical support for the doo wop vocal group The Parliaments.
  • Hazel and Nelson convinced group leader George Clinton to add Fulwood to the group, where he replaced drummer Harvey McGee.
  • Fulwood, Hazel, and Nelson formed the core of The Parliaments musical backing group, which later became known as Funkadelic.
  • Fulwood also played drums in the Tyrone Davis band and the Chairmen of the Board between stints with P-Funk, and later was briefly employed by Miles Davis.
  • Fulwood was officially dismissed from Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, but tracks he played on appeared on albums released in 1976, 1977, and 1979.
  • While living in Washington, D.C., Fulwood formed his own band (Tiki) with the help of a young friend, Wilbur Harris, who knew a lot of young musicians.
  • They finished an album that was never released. Fulwood fathered one child, Stuff Nicole Cleague, who resides in Buffalo, New York.
  • She accepted his award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and was introduced by George Clinton.
  • Fulwood died of stomach cancer in 1979.

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