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{{Short description|American drummer}}
'''Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood''' (May 23, 1944 &ndash; October 29, 1979) was an American musician. He was the drummer for the [[funk]] bands [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] and [[Funkadelic]], as well as a member of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of [[Parliament-Funkadelic]].

== Career ==
Fulwood was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in 1944.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/funkadelic-mn0000187581/biography|title=Funkadelic {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> In the late 1960s, Fulwood was the house drummer for the [[Uptown Theater (Philadelphia)|Uptown Theater]] in [[Philadelphia]] when he met guitarist [[Eddie Hazel]]. Hazel and bassist [[Billy Bass Nelson]] were on tour as musical support for the [[doo wop]] vocal group [[The Parliaments]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Bowman|first=Rob|title=''Liner notes to'' Music For Your Mother|year=1992}}</ref> Hazel and Nelson convinced group leader [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] to add Fulwood to the group, where he replaced drummer Harvey McGee. Fulwood, Hazel, and Nelson formed the core of [[The Parliaments]] musical backing group, which later became known as [[Funkadelic]].<ref name=":0" /> Fulwood first quit Funkadelic in 1971 following a pay dispute with Clinton,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bowman|first=Rob|title=''Liner notes to'' Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan – 12th September 1971|year=1996}}</ref> but played with [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] sporadically thereafter.<ref name=":1" />

Fulwood also played drums in the [[Tyrone Davis]] band<ref name=":3" /> and the [[Chairmen of the Board]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/soulmakossa/the-tiki-fulwood-story-1944-1979-from-tha-foot-up/|title=THE TIKI FULWOOD STORY (1944-1979): FROM THA FOOT UP!|website=RateYourMusic|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}} between stints with P-Funk, and later was briefly employed by [[Miles Davis]].<ref name=":2" />{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}} Fulwood died of stomach cancer in 1979.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Simmonds|first=Jeremy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&q=Tiki+Fulwood+death+1979&pg=PA126|title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches|date=2012|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-478-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/caught-in-my-shadow-21-unjustly-unheralded-sidemen-1798216706|title=Caught in my shadow: 21 unjustly unheralded sidemen|website=Music|date=29 May 2009 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> In 2016, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Fulwood at no. 39 in its 100 greatest drummers of all time,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/|title=100 Greatest Drummers of All Time|author1=Christopher R. Weingarten |author2=Jon Dolan |author3=Matt Diehl |author4=Ken Micallef |author5=David Ma |author6=Gareth Dylan Smith |author7=Oliver Wang |author8=Jason Heller |author9=Jordan Runtagh |author10=Hank Shteamer |author11=Steve Smith |author12=Brittany Spanos|author13=Kory Grow |author14=Rob Kemp |author15=Keith Harris |author16=Richard Gehr |author17=Jon Wiederhorn |author18=Maura Johnston |author18-link=Maura Johnston |author19=Andy Greene|date=2016-03-31|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> and in 2013 [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] named ranked him at no. 76 in its 100 greatest drummers of alternative music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/05/best-drummers-list-alternative-music/130520-tiki-fulwood/|title=Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (Parliament/Funkadelic) SPIN|website=www.spin.com|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

==References==
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{{1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:20th-century American drummers]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]


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