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Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. His musical styles include funk, soul, dance and electronica music. He is probably best known for his contributions to the band Enchantment, and as part of George Clinton's Parliament and Funkadelic groups from 1985 until 1996.[2] His first solo album Waltz of a Ghetto Fly was released in March 2004.[3] His most recent album, Amp Dog Knights, was released in 2017.

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Amp Fiddler
Birth name	Joseph Anthony Fiddler
Born	1958/1959 (age 63–64)[1]
Genres	Soul funk R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter keyboardist record producer
Instruments	Vocals keyboards
Labels	Ampliphonic
Website	www.ampfiddler.com

Early career

Fiddler has worked with George Clinton, Moodymann, Stephanie McKay, Jamiroquai, Prince, Was (Not Was), the Brand New Heavies, Fishbone, Corinne Bailey Rae and neo soul artist Maxwell. Working with his brother, Bubz (bass guitarist, producer and songwriter), he released the album With Respect in 1990 on Elektra, recording under the name Mr. Fiddler.[4] Amp Fiddler is credited with introducing hip-hop producer J Dilla to the Akai MPC sampling drum machine and also to A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip, who introduced the young Dilla into the music industry world.[5][6]

In regards to Dilla's memory, he said:

The first beat he played for me he looped the whole track from cassette player to cassette player. There were a few drops, but for the most part it was pretty damn precise. So I told him he needs to go home and separate all the samples to load into the MPC, and he came back with all the samples separated and mapped out exactly how he wanted it. As time went on, he got better and better. He used to come by the crib to get on the MPC and he would work on it for three or four hours at a time. He used to have a big smile on his face, because he was so excited after finishing a beat.[7]

Discography

Albums

• With Respect (1990)
• Waltz of a Ghetto Fly (2004) - UK #82
• Afro Strut (2006) - UK #126
• Inspiration Information (2008) - with Sly and Robbie
• Motor City Booty (2016)
• Kindred Live (2017) - with Will Sessions
• Amp Dog Knights (2017)
• The One (2018) - with Will Sessions

Singles, Maxi-singles & EP's

• "Basementality" (2002)
• "Love and War" (2003)
• "Possibilities" (2003)
• "I Believe in You" (2003) - UK #72[8]
• "Dreamin" (2004) - UK #71[8]
• "Too High" (2004)
• "If You Can't Get Me Off Your Mind" (2004)
• "I Believe In You" (2004)
• "Eye To Eye" (2004)
• "Right Where You Are" (2006)
• "Ridin' / Faith" (2006)
• "Hope / Dope" (2006)
• "If I Don't" (2007) - featuring Corinne Bailey Rae
• "Find My Way" (2007)
• "Stay Or Move On" (2008)
• "Inspiration Information" (2008) - with Sly and Robbie
• "Blackhouse (Paint The White House Black)" (2008) - with Sly and Robbie
• "Take it" (2014) featuring Raphael Saadiq
• "Basementality 2" (2014)
• "Bassmentality 3" (2015)
• "Motor City Booty" (2016)
• "So Sweet" (2017)
• "Lost Without You" (2017) - with Will Sessions
• "Reminiscin'" (2017) - with Will Sessions
• "Rendezvous" (2017) - with Will Sessions
• "Keep Coming" (2019)

References

External links

• Amp Fiddler
• Amp Fiddler discography at Discogs
• Amp Fiddler interview by Pete Lewis in Blues & Soul, October 2008
• Amp Fiddler interview in Clubbity
• Amp Fiddler interview by SoulRnB.com
• Amp Fiddler lecture at Red Bull Music Academy
• interview by Andre J. Ellington for Rollingout.com

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