Drummer. Producer. Legend.
Stuff was an American,
New York City-based
jazz-funk band active
in the late 1970s and early
1980s. The members were
Gordon Edwards (bass),
Richard Tee (keyboards),
Eric Gale (guitar),
Cornell Dupree (guitar),
Chris Parker (drums),
and later
Steve Gadd (drums)
Stuff was associated with
Mikell's, the New York
jazz club where session musicians
would meet up for jam sessions
with visiting soul,
jazz and funk stars.
STUFF
Stuff
"Steve Gadd came by one
night to sit in with us, as
did Eric Gale, and they both
became a part of the band.
We were rolling heavy, and
one night I was approached
by Michael Lang, the gentleman
who put on Woodstock, who
said he was sure he could get
us a record deal – were we
interested. Sure enough
Warner Bros. flew in from
California to hear us live.
They liked us, but we couldn’t
use the name The Encyclopedia
of Soul – it was too long.
I remember we were in a diner
that was on the corner by
Atlantic Records one day; there
was me, Michael Lang, Cornell
Dupree and Erma Dupree and
we were trying to decide what we
would call the band. It was
Erma who said, "You know Gordon,
you always call everybody stuff,
I don’t care who it is.
You should call the band
STUFF."
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-Gordon Edwards