Jerome Brailey

Jerome Eugene "Bigfoot" Brailey is an American Drummer, best known for his work with P-Funk, which includes the bands Parliament, Funkadelic, and numerous related projects. Brailey is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Brailey started performing in the early 1970s with R&B groups The Unifics continuing with The Five Stairsteps and The Chambers Brothers. Jerome played on the original studio recording of the classic R&B song, O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps later joining George Clinton's P-Funk collective in 1975 and appeared on many of their most popular recordings. He co-wrote one of Parliament's biggest hits, Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof off The Sucker) - with George Clinton & Bootsy Collins the only song by P-Funk ever nominated for a Grammy Award. Samples from that body of work have since appeared on hundreds of hip hop and contemporary R&B songs. After leaving P-Funk in 1978, Brailey formed his own band, Mutiny, which performed in a style not far removed from the classic P-Funk style with a lot of emphasis place on the dual lead guitar work similar to other funk & rock bands. They released their debut album Mutiny On The Mamaship, followed by Funk Plus The One in 1980. The first album was seen as very successful in musical terms, though some critics complained about the lack of originality. Brailey has appeared as a session drummer with a diverse group of artists, including Keith Richards, Bill Laswell, James Blood Ulmer, Dave Stewart, and Lucky Peterson. He is a close relation to Matt Brailey who lives in the UK.

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