Introducing Amp Fiddler

On Saturday 1st November Leftfoot bring Amp Fiddler to the Hare & Hounds for his first Birmingham show in nearly ten years.

Based in Detroit, Amp Fiddler has shared stages and studios with everyone from Prince and George Clinton to Primal Scream and Moodyman. He also played a pivotal role in bringing Slum Village to global attention, and was a friend and collaborator with the late J Dilla.

As a teen, Amp received his big break when Bernie Worrell, the Parliament/Funkadelic keyboardist, passed a tape of his playing to George Clinton. Bernie was leaving the mothership, and Amp ended up replacing him, touring with Clinton and the P-Funk mob for more than a decade.

He signed to Elektra as Mr. Fiddler and released the album “With Respect”, recorded with his brother in 1990, before spending much of the following decade working in the background on a number of important records.

Following the “Basementality” and “Love & War” EPs at the start of the new millennium, 2004 saw the release of Amp Fiddler’s debut solo album “Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly”, which was met with universal critical acclaim.

2006’s “Afrostrut” proved to be the perfect follow-up, and set the benchmark for modern day soul music. His next project saw Amp teaming up with the legendary Sly & Robbie for an album titled “Inspiration Information”, the first in Strut Records’ collaboration-driven series.

After taking a hiatus from music due to personal reasons, Amp Fiddler returned in January 2014 with the release of “Basementality 2”, an EP every bit as soulful and funky as his previous albums.

This is a show not be missed. Tickets are onsale now at £15 each and you can grab yours here.