RIP. Way too young.
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/new-orleans-funk-drummer-russell-batiste-jr-dies-at-57/article_18919cc0-607b-11ee-a976-0f3efe1702e9.html
Russell Batiste Jr., the multi-talented New Orleans drummer who powered the Funky Meters and scores of other bands, died Saturday at his home in LaPlace. He was 57.
Bobby Fucking Weaver