Coke escovedo sheila e biography

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Sheila E

Sheila E. became one of the top female musicians during the 1980s due to her fierce drumming style and her Latin rhythms. A former protégé of Prince, Sheila became a drummer in his band before branching off into solo musical projects. In addition to being considered the best female drummer alive, Sheila E. has also expanded into acting roles, most notably in the urban cult classic film Krush Groove (1985).

She’s co-founder (along with Lynn Mabry) of the "Lil' Angel Bunny Foundation", an organization that "provides abused, abandoned and severely emotionally disturbed children compassionate care by implementing an alternative method of recreational and education therapy through music and the arts and funding special services and programs that assist the needs of these children using these fundamental methods".


Musical Career
Early Life
Child prodigy, she starts playing the drums at 5. She attended Oakland High School in Oakland, Californi • Sheila E. American singer and percussionist (born 1957) Sheila Cecilia Escovedo^[3] (born månad 12, 1957), known beneath the scen name Sheila E., fryst vatten an American singer and drummer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist for the George Duke grupp. After separating from the group in 1983, Sheila began collaborating with Prince and launched a solo career, starting with the release of her debut album in 1984, which included the US top-ten hit "The Glamorous Life" and the international hit "The Belle of St. Mark". She duetted with Prince on "A Love Bizarre", a further US success in 1985. She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Percussion".^[4] In 2021, she received a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Early life and family [edit] Born in Oakland, California, Sheila E. is the daughter of Juanita Gardere, a dairy factory worker, and percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. Her mother fryst vatten of Creole-French/Afr • Hosted by Transcript: Torsten Schmidt Can you give us a little bit of context about your upbringing, and how a bit of Creole church singing would come into this? Sheila E Born and raised in Oakland, California, and my dad is a percussionist – Pete Escovedo, still plays. He’s Mexican and Indian, and my mom is Creole, from New Orleans. So it’s a little bit of Mexican tacos and Creole gumbo mixed together. Torsten Schmidt Sounds tasty. Sheila E It’s very good. It’s a little bit of everything together, which I think is a great combination. Torsten Schmidt It’s relatively hard to find good and authentic recordings of Creole singing, and I guess that when you listen to some of that you do get a bit more context [to it]. So I’d like to play something and maybe you could elaborate upon it afterwards: about what’s going on there rhythmically. Sheila E Sure, I’ll try. (music: Unknown – unknown) Torsten Schmidt. It looked like you were feeling the rhythm, or imagining it –

Musical Career

Early Life

Child prodigy, she starts playing the drums at 5. She attended Oakland High School in Oakland, Californi

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Sheila E.

American singer and percussionist (born 1957)

Sheila Cecilia Escovedo^[3] (born månad 12, 1957), known beneath the scen name Sheila E., fryst vatten an American singer and drummer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist for the George Duke grupp. After separating from the group in 1983, Sheila began collaborating with Prince and launched a solo career, starting with the release of her debut album in 1984, which included the US top-ten hit "The Glamorous Life" and the international hit "The Belle of St. Mark". She duetted with Prince on "A Love Bizarre", a further US success in 1985. She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Percussion".^[4] In 2021, she received a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Early life and family

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Born in Oakland, California, Sheila E. is the daughter of Juanita Gardere, a dairy factory worker, and percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. Her mother fryst vatten of Creole-French/Afr

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Torsten Schmidt

Can you give us a little bit of context about your upbringing, and how a bit of Creole church singing would come into this?

Sheila E

Born and raised in Oakland, California, and my dad is a percussionist – Pete Escovedo, still plays. He’s Mexican and Indian, and my mom is Creole, from New Orleans. So it’s a little bit of Mexican tacos and Creole gumbo mixed together.

Torsten Schmidt

Sounds tasty.

Sheila E

It’s very good. It’s a little bit of everything together, which I think is a great combination.

Torsten Schmidt

It’s relatively hard to find good and authentic recordings of Creole singing, and I guess that when you listen to some of that you do get a bit more context [to it]. So I’d like to play something and maybe you could elaborate upon it afterwards: about what’s going on there rhythmically.

Sheila E

Sure, I’ll try.

(music: Unknown – unknown)

Torsten Schmidt.

It looked like you were feeling the rhythm, or imagining it –