Clive Deamer

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.

Clive Deamer
Deamer performing with Get the Blessing in 2011.
Background information
Born	February 1961 (age 63) Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Genres	Jazz alternative rock trip hop
Occupation	Drummer
Years active	1983–present
Member of	Get the Blessing Radiohead Portishead
Formerly of	Roni Size & Reprazent Hawkwind Robert Plant

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.

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

Year	Artist	Title	Notes	Cite
1983	Kevin Brown	Road Dreams	drums	[22]
1983	The Glee Club	Let My People Twist!		[23]
1989	Champion Jack Dupree With The Big Town Playboys	Live At Burnley		[24]
1990	Kevin Brown	Rust	drums on four tracks	[25]
	Big Town Playboys	Now Appearing	drums	[26]
1992	Headmaster	The Kids Said Rock		[27]
1993	Kevin Brown	Time Marches On		[28]
	Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys	Crazy Legs	drums and backing vocals	[4]
1994	John Gotting	A Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny G	drums on four tracks	[29]
	Andy Davis Band	Andy Davis Band	drums and vocals	[30]
	Portishead	Dummy	drums	[31]
1996	Roni Size / Reprazent	Reasons For Sharing		[32]
1997		New 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 soundtrack	drums	[36]
	David Ferguson	The View From Now	percussion	[37]
1999	Day One	Waiting For A Break	drums 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 Planets	percussion on three tracks	[42]
	Day One	Ordinary Man	drums on three tracks	[43]
2001	Beth Hirsch	Titles & Idols	drums 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]

References

1. "Clive Deamer discography". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
2. Nastos, Michael G. "Get the Blessing". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
3. "Hawkwind". 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
4. Crazy Legs (liner notes). Epic Records. 1993. EPC 473597 1.
5. Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 17, 2012). "Beak>'s Geoff Barrow on Stunning New LP, Getting Back to Portishead". spin. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. Third (liner notes). Island Records. 2008. 1766401.
7. New Forms (liner notes). Talkin' Loud. 1997. 534 934-2.
8. Hegarty, Khalil (13 May 2005). "Independence days". The Age. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
9. Corner, Lena (2008-06-21). "How We Met: Clive Deamer & Robert Plant". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
10. God Blesse (liner notes). Island Records. 2002. 586 866-2.
11. Debbie (liner notes). Barclay Records. 2004. 982 115.
12. Paris (liner notes). Cinq 7. 2008. 3215232.
13. A Lovers Prayer (liner notes). Cinq 7. 2009. 3141462.
14. Mantaray (liner notes). Decca Records. 2007. B0010253-01.
15. "How jazz secretly invaded pop music". The Independent. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
16. Cork, Tristan (2017-06-07). "Calls for Portishead drummer to boycott Radiohead gig in Israel". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
17. Karan, Tim (2016-05-08). "Radiohead Enlist Portishead Drummer Clive Deamer for World Tour". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
18. "Phil Selway and the evolution of rock drumming in the digital age". Mono. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
19. Frith, Holly (20 December 2011). "Radiohead unveil new tracks 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' online – listen". Gigwise. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
20. "Hear Radiohead's new album A Moon Shaped Pool at 11 pm tonight on the FTW New Music Show". 91X FM. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
21. "Under The Paving Stones, The Beach! by Clive Deamer, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
22. Road Dreams (liner notes). Hannibal Records. 1983. HNBL 1340.
23. Let My People Twist! (liner notes). Ventura Records. 1986. VENT1.
24. Live At Burnley (liner notes). JSP Records. 1989. CD 231.
25. Rust (liner notes). Hannibal Records. 1990. HNBL 1344.
26. Now Appearing (liner notes). Blue Horizon. 1990. CDBLUH 010.
27. The Kids Said Rock (liner notes). Jaguar Records. 1992. JA 11032-2.
28. Time Marches On (liner notes). Taxim Records. 1993. TX 2047.
29. A Month Of Sundays + The Best Of Johnny G (liner notes). 1994. JGCD 1+2.
30. Andy Davis Band (liner notes). 1994. none.
31. Dummy (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1994. 828 522-1.
32. Reasons For Sharing (liner notes). Talkin' Loud. 1996. TLDJ 60/61.
33. Portishead (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1997. 539 189-2.
34. Roseland NYC Live (liner notes). Go! Beat. 1998. 559 446-2.
35. Anutha Zone (liner notes). EMI Records. 1998. 495 4901.
36. Love and Death on Long Island (liner notes). OceanDeep Soundtracks. 1998. OCD014.
37. The View From Now (liner notes). New Direction. 1998. CHAN 9679.
38. Waiting For A Break (liner notes). Virgin Records. 1999. 7243 8 96108 2 6.
39. Love In The Time Of Science (liner notes). One Little Indian. 1999. TPLP221CD.
40. Reload (liner notes). Gut Records. 1999. VVR1009302.
41. Felt Mountain (liner notes). Mute Records. 2000. STUMM188.
42. Nature/Music/Food/The Stars And The Planets (liner notes). Exit Records. 2000. EXIT 003.
43. Ordinary Man (liner notes). Virgin Records. 2000. 7243 8 48075 2 8.
44. Titles & Idols (liner notes). Vital Song. 2001. !K7107 CD.
45. Out of Season (liner notes). Go! Beat. 2002. 066574-2.
46. Hometime (liner notes). Sanctuary Records. 2002. 50501590128-2.
47. Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (liner notes). Rough Trade. 2002. RTRADELP050.
48. Frith, Holly (December 20, 2011). "Radiohead unveil new tracks 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' online - listen". Gigwise. Retrieved August 21, 2013.