G. C. Coleman

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G. C. Coleman

dr, voc, 1944-2006
Musician of R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Gregory C. Coleman

Gregory Cylvester Coleman (September 1944 – September 2006) was a member of The Winstons and the drummer of the Amen Break, a famous drum solo taken from the recording "Amen, Brother" made in 1969 by The Winstons. This solo is one of the most frequently sampled drum loops in modern music and is used in genres from hip hop to drum and bass and beyond. Apart from sales of the original recording, Coleman never received any royalties from the widespread use of the sample.

Instruments

Drums
Vocals
Percussion

Genres

R&B/Soul
Rock
Pop
Blues

Plays With

The Impressions

The Winstons

Ronn Price

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Saga Of A Secluded Swamp Monster	Steve Carey, Bobby Tate, Berry Abernathy, G. C. Coleman	1973	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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