Save Blowfly's Rapp For Blowfly's Family

Blowfly aka Clarence Reid is an R&B / Funk / Hip Hop  music icon who never had  a checking account.  Clarence did not leave behind a will when he passed in 2016. Clarence's family and I ( long time manager/ band leaderTom Bowker) have been frustrated in our attempts to get  both his  album masters and the rights to his massive, hit filled, multi-platinum, continually sampled  publishing catalog returned to the family. After nearly three years we finally have a Miami legal team in place to properly establish the estate . Just in time to take advantage of a tiny window that the estate may use to reclaim the master of "Blowfly's Party" - the first ever banned record in the United States -  with minimal legal fees. Blowfly's Party is by far, the most influential of Blowfly's 30 albums.  Most notably, it  featured the third recorded version of "Blowfly's Rapp" aka "Rapp Dirty"  Simultaneously, we can also use that winddow to reclaim the 12" of "Rapp Dirty" / "Blowfly's Rapp"  "Rap Dirty" is the first recorded rap song, and I have the proof. His name is Arthur Colden. He lives in Detroit, and played on that session in 1973, a year before he moved out of South Florida, permanently. As Clarence Reid's longtime champion, I cannot let the master of his most enduring song  be the permanent property of the vanity label that belongs to the descendants of the man who exploited Clarence had his hand in Clarence's pocket between 1968 - 1982. That is our first  and second goal, and it needs to happen before the end of 2018 -- which is 8 days away from the launch of this campaign. Our third, and most important goal - is to restore the rights of Clarence's extensive publishing  catalog. Over 300 artists have sampled Clarence Reid compositions. These include:  Beyonce, Kanye West,  Wu Tang Clan, Ice Cube,  The Jurassic 5,  Neneh Cherry,  KRS-1, Eazy E, DJ Quik and Atmosphere, to name but a few. ALL US DONATIONS OVER $25 (USA) or $40 (world) get a  "I Saved Blowfly's Rapp & All I Got Was This Funky T Shirt. " T Shirt. Please include size with your donation. Donations over $50 us/$75 world get a copy of Blowfly's amazing final lp "77 Rusty Trombones" on purple vinyl and poster insert $75 us /$100 world gets you the shirt, the lp and a blu ray or DVD of "The Weird World of Blowfly" the physical copy contains live music and featurette extras that are more enjoyable than the movie