Joe Quarterman
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Joe Quarterman, aka Sir Joe Quarterman and sometimes misspelled as Joe Quatermain is an American
funk
and soul
singer. Quarterman earned the title "Sir" in high school. His single, "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind," was also his biggest, reaching the R&B Top 30 in 1973, and was featured on the radio station Master Sounds 98.3 in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
. After leaving the music industry, Quarterman earned a degree in architecture
. His song "I'm Gonna Get You" was later featured on the breakbeat
compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats
".
Sir Joe is from Washington D.C., then known as funk land before later being renamed Go-Go land, where the hit maker Chuck Brown
and the Soul Searcher were amongst the rival bands that played alongside Sir Joe Quarterman and the free soul. During the 1970s there were countless bands in the D.C. metro area.
Joe's then five year old son who played drums for Sir Joe's band when the regular drummer would not show up for a show. His son once during about 1971 or 1972 play during at a concert on the mall outer grounds in D.C. where the monument stands in front of thousands of people. Sir Joe now resides in the D.C. metro area of Prince Georges co. Maryland.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer. Quarterman earned the title "Sir" in high school. His single, "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind," was also his biggest, reaching the R&B Top 30 in 1973, and was featured on the radio station Master Sounds 98.3 in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
. After leaving the music industry, Quarterman earned a degree in architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
. His song "I'm Gonna Get You" was later featured on the breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats
Ultimate Breaks and Beats
Ultimate Breaks and Beats was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records...
".
Sir Joe is from Washington D.C., then known as funk land before later being renamed Go-Go land, where the hit maker Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown is a guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid- and late 1970s...
and the Soul Searcher were amongst the rival bands that played alongside Sir Joe Quarterman and the free soul. During the 1970s there were countless bands in the D.C. metro area.
Joe's then five year old son who played drums for Sir Joe's band when the regular drummer would not show up for a show. His son once during about 1971 or 1972 play during at a concert on the mall outer grounds in D.C. where the monument stands in front of thousands of people. Sir Joe now resides in the D.C. metro area of Prince Georges co. Maryland.