Homer Steinweiss

Homer Steinweiss
Born	(1982-03-25) March 25, 1982 New York, New York, United States
Genres	Funk, soul, R&B
Occupation(s)	Drummer, songwriter, producer
Instrument	Drums
Years active	1998-present
Labels	Big Crown Records, Daptone, Truth and Soul Records
Website	www.homersteinweiss.com

Homer Steinweiss is an American drummer, songwriter, chef, and composer and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York soul revival scene. He is a founding member and drummer of groups including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, El Michels Affair, and Dan Auerbach's The Arcs, among many others. A popular session musician as part of The Dap-Kings and in his own right, he is perhaps best known for his work with Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse, 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 very supportive of his interest in music. He began playing music in the early 1990s after watching a conga player in the jazz band at his sister's Manhattan high school. When his conga teacher became unavailable he switched to drums. Steinweiss was initially interested in grunge but an early drum teacher, Matt Patuto, guided him to the music of James Brown and The Meters.

In 2001, Steinweiss entered college at SUNY Purchase 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 Nick Movshon, multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels (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 The Arcs and others. In 2006, British producer Mark Ronson heard Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and asked the band to play a session with the then-unknown Amy Winehouse. These sessions became her album Back to Black.

Steinweiss has recorded and toured with artists such as Amy Winehouse, The Arcs, St. Vincent, Foreigner, The Kills, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Sheryl Crow and others.

Personal life

Steinweiss is an illustrator and dog lover, a foodie 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 Lee Field & The Expressions

• 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 Raekwon) (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 The Arcs

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

With The Olympians

• The Olympians (2016)

With Holy Hive

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

As producer

• The Like – Release Me (2010) (additional producer, 3 tracks) (produced by Mark Ronson)
• Diane Birch – 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 Frank Dukes)

As sideman

• Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006) (produced by Mark Ronson)
• 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)
• Aloe Blacc – Good Things (2010)
• Mark Ronson – Record Collection (2010) (produced by Mark Ronson)
• Michael Leonhart & the Avramina 7 – Seahorse and the Storyteller (2010)
• Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game (2012) (produced by Mark Ronson)
• Saun & Starr – Look Closer (2015)
• Texas – Texas 25 (2015)
• Geoff Zanelli & Mark Ronson – Mortdecai (Music From The Motion Picture) (2015)
• The Frightnrs – "Gonna Make Time" from Nothing More to Say (2016)
• Lady Wray – Queen Alone (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)
• Silk Sonic – Smokin' Out The Window (2021)
• Michael Leonhart & JSWISS – Bona Fide (2022)

Credits

Drumming credits

Credits as a session musician.

List of tracks credited as the drummer, with details

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Primary producer
"Rehab"	2006	Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	Mark 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 Ghostface Killah)
"Do You Feel Me"	2007	Anthony Hamilton	American Gangster OST	Hank Shocklee
"Smile (Version Revisited)"		Lily Allen	Alright, Still	Mark Ronson
"Valerie" (feat. Amy Winehouse)		Mark Ronson	Version
"Apply Some Pressure" (feat. Paul Smith)
"The Only One I Know" (feat. Robbie Williams)
"Fried Chicken" (feat. Busta Rhymes)	2008	Nas	Nas
"6 O'Clock Blues"		Solange	Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
"Patches"		The Saturday Knights	Mingle	Daptone
"Standing in the Rain"		Al Green	Lay It Down	Questlove
"The Real Thing"	2009	Bebel Gilberto	All in One	Daptone
"The Slitter"		Stone Cash Players	The Slitter / Necking
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)		Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	Bob Rock/Daptone
"Some Kind of Wonderful" (bonus track)
"Hollywood" (bonus track)
"Fool For You Anyway"	2010	Foreigner	Can't Slow Down
"Our Love Is Fading"		Sheryl Crow	100 Miles from Memphis
"Eye to Eye" (feat. Keith Richards)
"Summer Day"
"Peaceful Feeling"
"Georgia"		CeeLo Green	The Lady Killer
"It's My Party"		Quincy Jones	Q Soul Bossa Nostra
"Rave On"	2011	Julian Casablancas	Rave on Buddy Holly	Matt Sweeny
"Well All Right"		Kid Rock
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2011)"		Amy Winehouse	Lioness: Hidden Treasures	Mark Ronson
"Valerie ('68 Version)"
"Locked Out of Heaven"		Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox
Specific tracks TBD	2013	Michael Bublé	To Be Loved	Bob Rock
"Ghost"		Ella Henderson	To Be Loved	Ryan Tedder
"Bohemio"	2014	Pelirioja	Injusticia
"Se Equivoco"
"Te Wa' Tumbar"
"Ciudad de Nadie"
"Ingrata Conclusion"
"Rattlesnake"		St. Vincent	St. Vincent
"Prince Johnny"
"Huey Newton"
"Digital Witness"
"I Prefer Your Love"
"Every Tear Disappears"
"Pieta" (bonus track)	2015
"Sparrow" (bonus track)
"Heart Of Stone"		Mario Biondi	Beyond Special	Dap-Kings
"Who To Blame"		Emile Haynie	We Fall
"Feel Right" (featuring Mystikal)		Mark Ronson	Uptown Special	Mark Ronson
"I Can't Lose" (featuring Keyone Starr)
"In Case of Fire" (featuring Jeff Bhasker)
"Lay Me Down" (bonus track)		Adele	25
"Trust In Me"	2016	Scarlett Johansson	The Jungle Book Original Soundtrack
"Perm"		Bruno Mars	24k Magic
"Only Love"		Andra Day	Cheers to the Fall
"My Trigger"		Miike Snow	III	Andrew Wyatt, et al.
"Genghis Khan"
"Lonely Life"
"Longshot (7 Nights)"
"Doing It To Death"		The Kills	Ash & Ice
"Heart Of A Dog"
"Bitter Fruit"
"Siberian Nights"
"Black Tar"
"Whirling Eye"
"Telepathy" (feat. Nile Rodgers)		Christina Aguilera	The Get Down (Original Soundtrack)
"This Ain't No Fairy Tale"		Justice Smith
"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"		Lady Gaga	Joanne	Mark Ronson
"Hey Girl"
"Just Another Day"
"Standing In The Rain"		Action Bronson, Mark Ronson & Dan Auerbach	Suicide Squad (The Album)
"Price Of Fame" (also producer)	2017	Paloma Faith	The Architect	Homer Steinweiss
"What's The Word"		Joe Fox	What's The Word / Night Walking	Leon Michels
"Στάλα"		Monika	Στάλα
"Flight 22"	2018	Kali Uchis	Isolation
"Killer"				Wayne Gordon
"Facing East"		79.5	Predictions	Leon Michels
"Predictions"
"Fantasy"
"Summer"		The Carters	Everything is Love	Leon Michels, et al.
"The Arctic Circle"		Michael Leonhart Orchestra	The Painted Lady Suite
"The Internet" (also producer)		Jon Bellion	Glory Sound Prep
"Mah's Joint" (featuring Quincy Jones)
"Glimmer"	2019	Liam Gallagher	Why Me? Why Not.	Andrew Wyatt
"Late Night Prelude"		Mark Ronson	Late Night Feelings	Mark Ronson
"Late Night Feelings" (featuring Lykke Li)
"Find U Again" (featuring Camila Cabello)
"Pieces of Us" (featuring King Princess)
"Knock Knock Knock" (featuring Yebba)
"When U Went Away" (featuring Yebba)
"Why Hide" (featuring Diana Gordon)
"Cipralex"		Jack Peñate	After You
"The Way That You Feel"		Leif Vollebekk	New Ways
"Wait A While"
"Someone To Someone" (feat. The Sha La Das)		Paul & The Tall Trees	So Long	Leon Michels, Thomas Brenneck
"Ask Me"
"These Walls"		The Brand New Heavies	TBNH	Mark Ronson
"Sucker"		Jonas Brothers	Happiness Begins
"First"
"Treat People With Kindness"		Harry Styles	Fine Line	Jeff Bhasker
"Runaway" (feat. Homer Steinweiss)	2020	Sylvan Esso	Free Love
"Bad Karma" (feat. Joan Jett)		Miley Cyrus	Plastic Hearts	Mark Ronson
"Never Be Me"
"Paper Thin" (also producer)		Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas
"Future Nostalgia"		Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	Jeff Bhasker
"Sunblind"		Fleet Foxes	Shore
"Jara"
"Maestranza"
"Young Man's Game"
"Smokin Out the Window"	2021	Silk Sonic	An Evening with Silk Sonic

As sampled artist

The earthy, retro grooves of the Menahan Street Band have been sampled by many artists including Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar. El Michels Affair grooves have been sampled by many artists as well including Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon, Isaac Hayes and many others. Credits include,

• Eminem – "Groundhog Day" from The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
• Ludacris – "Not Long" from Ludaversal (2015)
• Travis Scott – "Antidote" from Rodeo (2015)