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Homer Steinweiss (born March 25, 1982) is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York scene. He is a founding member and drummer of groups including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Hardly Knew Ya, El Michels Affair, and 's , among many others. He leads the Brooklyn folk soul band Holy Hive with Paul Spring. A popular as part of The Dap-Kings and in his own right, he is perhaps best known for his work with and , with whom he recorded the 2006 album Back to Black.


Early life
Steinweiss was born into a musical family in New York City. His parents worked in the jewelry business and were supportive of his interest in music. He began playing music in the early 1990s after watching a player in the jazz band at his sister's high school. When his conga teacher became unavailable he switched to drums. Steinweiss was initially interested in but an early drum teacher, Matt Patuto, guided him to the music of and .

In 2001, Steinweiss entered college at to study philosophy, though he already had an active musical career.


Career
Steinweiss' career took off when he was only 16 after The Mighty Imperials released their first record, Thunder Chicken. The Mighty Imperials included Steinweiss on drums, bassist , multi-instrumentalist (later founder of Truth and Soul Records), and singer Joseph Henry.

The Mighty Imperials' raw funk and soul sounds morphed into many collaborations including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, Fabulous Three, Menahan Street Band and and others. In 2006, British producer heard Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and asked the band to play a session with the then-unknown . These sessions became her album Back to Black.

Steinweiss has recorded and toured with artists such as Amy Winehouse, The Arcs, St. Vincent, Foreigner, , , , and others.


Personal life
Steinweiss is an illustrator and dog lover, a and occasionally blogs about the food he finds.


Discography
Adapted from Allmusic.


As band member
With The Mighty Imperials
  • Thunder Chicken (2001)

With Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

  • Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2002)
  • Naturally (2005)
  • 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007)
  • I Learned the Hard Way (2010)
  • Give the People What They Want (2014)
  • It's a Holiday Soul Party (2015)
  • Soul of a Woman (2017)

With

  • Problems (2002)
  • My World (2009)
  • Faithful Man (2012)
  • Emma Jean (2014)
  • Special Night (2016)
  • It Rains Love (2019)
  • Big Crown Vaults Vol. 1 (2020)

With El Michels Affair

  • Sounding Out The City (2005)
  • The PJs... From Afar (with ) (2006)
  • Walk On By (A Tribute To Isaac Hayes) EP (2009)
  • Enter The 37th Chamber (2010)
  • Loose Change EP (2014)
  • Return To The 37th Chamber (2016)
  • Adult Themes (2020)
  • Clover (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (as The Diamond Mine)
  • Yeti Season (2021)

With Menahan Street Band

  • Make the Road by Walking (2008)
  • The Crossing (2012)
  • No Time For Dreaming (2011) (with Charles Bradley)
  • Victim of Love (2013) (with Charles Bradley)
  • Changes (2016) (with Charles Bradley)
  • Black Velvet (2018) (with Charles Bradley)
  • The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (2021)

With The Fabulous Three

  • The Best Of The Fabulous Three (2014)

With

  • Yours, Dreamily, (2015)
  • The Arcs vs. The Inventors Vol. I EP (2015)

With

  • The Olympians (2016)

With Holy Hive

  • Day Break (2017)
  • Harping EP (2017)
  • Float Back To You (2019)


As producer
  • Release Me (2010) (additional producer, 3 tracks) (produced by Mark Ronson)
  • Speak a Little Louder (2013)
  • Paul Spring – Towards a Center (2015)
  • Monika – Secret in the Dark (2015)
  • Mail The Horse -– Planet Gates (2015)
  • Max Shrager – Thoughts Of You (2016)
  • Erika Spring – Scars (2018)
  • Doug Shorts – Casual Encounter EP (2019) (produced with )


As sideman
  • Back to Black (2006) (produced by Mark Ronson)
  • Version (2007) (produced by Mark Ronson)
  • Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens – What Have You Done, My Brother? (2009)
  • Daniel Merriweather – Love & War (2009)
  • Good Things (2010)
  • Mark Ronson – Record Collection (2010) (produced by Mark Ronson)
  • & the Avramina 7 – Seahorse and the Storyteller (2010)
  • Out of the Game (2012) (produced by Mark Ronson)
  • Saun & StarrLook Closer (2015)
  • Texas – Texas 25 (2015)
  • & Mortdecai (Music From The Motion Picture) (2015)
  • The Frightnrs – "Gonna Make Time" from Nothing More to Say (2016)
  • (2016)
  • Como Mamas – Move Upstairs (2017)
  • The Sha La Das – Love In The Wind (2018) (as the Menahan Street Band)
  • Grace Lightman – Silver Eater (2019)
  • Hanni El Khatib – Flight (2020)
  • & JSWISS – Bona Fide (2022)


Credits

Drumming credits
Credits as a session musician.
+ List of tracks credited as the drummer, with details ! scope="col"Title ! scope="col"Year ! scope="col"Artist ! scope="col"Album !Primary producer
"Rehab"2006Back to BlackMark Ronson
"You Know I'm No Good"
"Back to Black"
"Love Is a Losing Game"
"Wake Up Alone"
"He Can Only Hold Her"
"You Know I'm No Good" (Remix featuring )
"Do You Feel Me"2007Anthony HamiltonAmerican Gangster OSTHank Shocklee
"Smile (Version Revisited)"Alright, StillMark Ronson
"Valerie" (feat. )Version
"Apply Some Pressure" (feat. Paul Smith)
"The Only One I Know" (feat. )
"Fried Chicken" (feat. )2008Nas
"6 O'Clock Blues"Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
"Patches"The Saturday KnightsMingleDaptone
"Standing in the Rain"Lay It DownQuestlove
"The Real Thing"2009All in OneDaptone
"The Slitter"Stone Cash PlayersThe Slitter / Necking
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)Michael BubléCrazy LoveBob Rock/Daptone
"Some Kind of Wonderful" (bonus track)
"Hollywood" (bonus track)
"Fool For You Anyway"2010ForeignerCan't Slow Down
"Our Love Is Fading"100 Miles from Memphis
"Eye to Eye" (feat. )
""
"Peaceful Feeling"
"Georgia"The Lady Killer
"It's My Party"Q Soul Bossa Nostra
"Rave On"2011Julian CasablancasRave on Buddy HollyMatt Sweeny
"Well All Right"
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2011)"Mark Ronson
"Valerie ('68 Version)"
"Locked Out of Heaven"Unorthodox Jukebox
Specific tracks TBD2013Michael BubléTo Be LovedBob Rock
"Ghost"To Be LovedRyan Tedder
"Bohemio"2014PeliriojaInjusticia
"Se Equivoco"
"Te Wa' Tumbar"
"Ciudad de Nadie"
"Ingrata Conclusion"
"Rattlesnake"St. VincentSt. Vincent
"Prince Johnny"
"Huey Newton"
""
"I Prefer Your Love"
"Every Tear Disappears"
"Pieta" (bonus track)2015
"Sparrow" (bonus track)
"Heart Of Stone"Beyond SpecialDap-Kings
"Who To Blame"
"Feel Right" (featuring )Mark Ronson
"I Can't Lose" (featuring Keyone Starr)
"In Case of Fire" (featuring )
"Lay Me Down" (bonus track)25
"Trust In Me"2016Scarlett JohanssonThe Jungle Book Original Soundtrack
"Perm"24k Magic
"Only Love"Cheers to the Fall
""IIIAndrew Wyatt, et al.
"Genghis Khan"
"Lonely Life"
"Longshot (7 Nights)"
"Doing It To Death"Ash & Ice
"Heart Of A Dog"
"Bitter Fruit"
"Siberian Nights"
"Black Tar"
"Whirling Eye"
"Telepathy" (feat. )Christina AguileraThe Get Down (Original Soundtrack)
"This Ain't No Fairy Tale"
"Set Me Free" (feat. Nile Rodgers)Herizen Guardiola
"Up The Ladder"Herizen Guardiola & Justice Smith
"Zeke's Poem (I Am The One)"Justice Smith
"Sinner's Prayer"JoanneMark Ronson
"Hey Girl"
"Just Another Day"
"Standing In The Rain", & Suicide Squad (The Album)
"Price Of Fame" (also producer)2017The ArchitectHomer Steinweiss
"What's The Word"Joe FoxWhat's The Word / Night WalkingLeon Michels
"Στάλα"MonikaΣτάλα
"Flight 22"2018Isolation
"Killer"Wayne Gordon
"Facing East"79.5PredictionsLeon Michels
"Predictions"
"Fantasy"
"Summer"Everything is LoveLeon Michels, et al.
"The Arctic Circle"The Painted Lady Suite
"The Internet" (also producer)Glory Sound Prep
"Mah's Joint" (featuring )
"Glimmer"2019Why Me? Why Not.Andrew Wyatt
"Late Night Prelude"Late Night FeelingsMark Ronson
"Late Night Feelings" (featuring )
"Find U Again" (featuring )
"Pieces of Us" (featuring )
"Knock Knock Knock" (featuring )
"When U Went Away" (featuring Yebba)
"Why Hide" (featuring Diana Gordon)
"Cipralex"Jack PeñateAfter You
"The Way That You Feel"New Ways
"Wait A While"
"Someone To Someone" (feat. The Sha La Das)Paul & The Tall TreesSo LongLeon Michels, Thomas Brenneck
"Ask Me"
"These Walls"The Brand New HeaviesTBNHMark Ronson
"Sucker"
"First"
"Treat People With Kindness"Fine LineJeff Bhasker
"Runaway" (feat. Homer Steinweiss)2020Free Love
"Bad Karma" (feat. )Mark Ronson
"Never Be Me"
"Paper Thin" (also producer)Lianne La HavasLianne La Havas
"Future Nostalgia"Jeff Bhasker
"Sunblind"Shore
"Jara"
"Maestranza"
"Young Man's Game"
"Smokin Out the Window"2021An Evening with Silk Sonic


As sampled artist
The earthy, retro grooves of the Menahan Street Band have been sampled by many artists including and . El Michels Affair grooves have been sampled by many artists as well including , , and many others. Credits include,


Film Soundtrack
"Grandma Calls the Boy Bad News"2025F1 the Album, , Christopher Braun, Homer Steinweiss, ,

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