Blowfly
Background information
Birth name	Clarence Reid
Born	February 14, 1945
Origin	Cochran, Georgia, USA
Genre(s)	Comedy, Funk, Soul, rap
Occupation(s)	comedian, vocalist, songwriter
Instrument(s)	vocals
Label(s)	Alternative Tentacles
Website	http://www.blowflymusic.com

Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid (b. February 14, 1945 in Cochran, Georgia) who was a songwriter for many hit R&B acts in the 1960s and 1970s. As Blowfly, he has recorded numerous albums, mostly of sex-based parodies of other songs as well as original raps themed around sex. His stage name originated from his grandmother, who overheard him as a child singing "Do the Twist" as "Suck My Dick", and said "You is nastier than a blowfly." February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Cochran is a city located in Bleckley County, Georgia. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African Americans, e. ... Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music which came into existence in roughly the mid 70s but became a large part of modern day pop culture in the late 80s. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ... A stage name or a screen name is a pseudonym used by performers (such as actors, athletes, comedians, musicians and clowns). ... A persona is a social role, or a character played by an actor. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Cochran is a city located in Bleckley County, Georgia. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... The Twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s and also the name of the song that originated it. ... Subfamilies Calliphorinae Chrysomyiinae The Blowflies are members of the family Calliphoridae of flies (Diptera). ...

Reid started off writing songs for artists including Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, and KC & the Sunshine Band. He also recorded a few hits of his own in the 60's including a song called "Rap Dirty" in 1965. Many hip hop fans consider "Rap Dirty" as the first rap song because in he talks in rhyme and it has rap (slang for talk) in the title. Betty Wright on the cover of her album 4u2njoy Betty Wright (born December 21, 1953 in Miami, Florida) is a soul and R&B singer who influenced a generation of female singer-songwriters and also influenced the world of hip hop who sampled her most famed material. ... Sam & Dave, veterans of the gospel groups The Melionaires and The Sensational Hummingbirds, were an American soul duo, known as one of the best and earliest soul groups. ... KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music which came into existence in roughly the mid 70s but became a large part of modern day pop culture in the late 80s. ... Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. ...

Reid would write sexually explicit versions of hit songs for fun but only performed them for his friends at parties or in the studio. In 1971, he along with a band of studio musicians recorded a whole album of "dirty" songs under the name "Blowfly". Back then, no record label would release profane material so he distributed the records himself on his own independent record label, Weird World. Sexually explicit material (video, photography, creative writing) presents sexual content without deliberately obscuring or censoring it. ... A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ... Profanity is a word choice or usage which many consider to be offensive. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...

Blowfly's debut album, The Weird World of Blowfly

The album, The Weird World of Blowfly, features Reid dressed as a low-rent supervillain on its cover. Reid created this alter ego to protect his career as a songwriter. Reid continued to perform in increasingly bizarre costumes as his Blowfly character. The albums were widely popular in the South as "party records" in the 70's. Low-Rent is an American slang term used to denote people that are perceived as uncultured, tacky, ignorant, uneducated, etc. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Alter Ego has multiple meanings: Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer. ... Southern United States The states shown in dark red are usually included in the South, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of the Southern United States. ...

Many of Blowfly's songs featured his style of talking in rhyme which can be considered a primitive form of rapping. Many of his songs have also been sampled in numerous hip hop songs. After rap music hit the mainstream with Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", Reid recorded a profane version of "Rap Dirty" titled "Blowfly's Rap". The song was a hit and helped the album, Blowfly's Party reach #26 on Billboard magazine's Black Albums chart and #82 on the Billboard Top 200 in 1980. Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording, the sample, and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music which came into existence in roughly the mid 70s but became a large part of modern day pop culture in the late 80s. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit, Rappers Delight, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. ... Rappers Delight is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang; it is widely acknowledged as the first hip hop hit single. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Blowfly's profane style has landed Reid in some legal troubles. He was sued by songwriter Stanley Adams, who was ASCAP president at the time, for spoofing "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" as "What a Difference a Lay Makes". A record store in Alabama was prosecuted for selling his album, Porno Freak. Stanley Adams (Singer/Songwriter) Stanley Adams (1907 - 1994) was a U.S. lyricist and songwriter. ... The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ... What a Diffrence a Day Makes! is a 1959 album by Dinah Washington featuring the hit single by the same name. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,423 sq mi (135,775 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. ...

He continues to release material and tour. He is currently signed with Jello Biafra's independent Alternative Tentacles label. His first album for Alternative Tentacles, Fahrenheit 69 (2005), featured appearances from Slug of Atmosphere and Afroman. During a tour to promote Fahrenheit 69, Blowfly and his band's tour van was broken into overnight, with the thieves making off with several musical instruments as well as some of Reid's Blowfly costumes. Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), better known by the stage name Jello Biafra, is an American punk rock musician and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ... Slug (real name Sean Daley born 1972) is the frontman for the successful underground hip-hop group Atmosphere. ... Atmosphere is an American hip hop band that was formed in 1994, in Rochester, Minnesota. ... Afroman Afroman (born Joseph Foreman, on July 28, 1974) is a rap artist from South Central, Los Angeles, California, but later was transferred to Palmdale then to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. ...

Reid/Blowfly has already released his second Alternative Tentacles release, Blowfly's Punk Rock Party and set for a June or July 2006 release. The album features several punk classics given the Blowfly treatment, including a rewrite of the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday In Cambodia" recast as "R. Kelly in Cambodia", that features Biafra (the song's composer and original vocalist) playing a trial judge. The Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Original US 45 rpm single picture cover: The Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia Holiday in Cambodia is a single by the hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys released in May of 1980. ... Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), who goes by the stage name of R. Kelly, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer who first burst out of the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement and later became one...

External links

• Official Site
• His MySpace Page