REMEMBERING JELLYBEAN JOHNSON - Morris Day and The Time (Drummer) - Prologue by LESTER TROUTMAN, SR. (Zapp Band drummer) and RICK FLYNN -- Ep. 261

REMEMBERING JELLYBEAN JOHNSON (Morris Day and The Time drummer)

1956 - 2025

with Prologue by Zapp Band drummer LESTER TROUTMAN, SR. and RICK FLYNN

This is a very special edition of the podcast RICK FLYNN PRESENTS as we celebrate the homegoing of one of the "Good Guys in Show Business," to say the very least,

JELLYBEAN JOHNSON.

As the drummer for THE TIME, Johnson worked alongside famed producers ⁠ Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis⁠ and recorded with and/or produced many notable artists including ⁠ Alexander O'Neal⁠, ⁠Cherrelle⁠, ⁠New Edition⁠, and ⁠Janet Jackson⁠, with whom he had the 1990 No. 1 single, "Black Cat".

Jellybean appeared in the PRINCE movies “Purple Rain” and Graffiti Bridge"

Quote From Cincinnati DJ/Emcee RICK FLYNN on 11/25/2025:

“I first met Jellybean Johnson in Cincinnati, Ohio during the PRINCE “Controversy Tour” in which I was an emcee. This tour featured the headliner PRINCE and, in the middle slot, was a Greater Cincinnati area band called “ZAPP FEATURING ROGER” and the then, largely unknown local Minneapolis band, known as MORRIS DAY and THE TIME which featured Jellybean Johnson on the drums. I was instantly impressed by the raw talent and showmanship of, not only Jellybean, but of the whole organization. This man was someone I was fortunate to have met and I have never forgotten the experience ever! The resulting popularity and huge success of THE TIME band to follow did not surprise me at all. They deserved it and I will forever miss “Bean” but I will never, ever forget the times I spent with him.”

Thank-you MARTY for all you have done and my God bless you both!

Thank-you to my brother and ZAPP BAND drummer LESTER TROUTMAN, SR. for your gracious contribution to this memorial show. i hope you all enjoy it as we proudly remember and pay tribute to what I call "One of the Good Guys in Show Business"

JELLYBEAN JOHNSON!