I've been playing with a "garage band" recently and having fun, but trying to get the beginning drummer pushed in the right direction. (12 bar timing, chord changes, turnarounds etc.)
I heard a song the other day where the drum line had very distinct patterns at the beginning of every 4th bar and at the V and V IV. I thought this would be a perfect example for our drummer. The problem? haha, I can't remember the song!
So hence, I am looking for suggestions from anyone of a song that would be a good example to help the new drummer understand.
Thanks!
---------- Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy. -Dan Castellaneta
Best medicine is the truth. Hand him any recordings of Muddy's band through the 60's and tell him to learn Willie "Big Eyes" Smith style and he'd be good to go forever. Good Luck with it. ---------- "Keep it in your mouth" - XHarp
There are tons of blues drummers I can recommend listening to and here's a short list:
Fred Below Francis Clay Oscar Lee Bradley Sam Lay June Cor Jimi Bott Richard Innes Ray Allison Earl Palmer Eugene Lyons (aka Eugene Lounge) Clifton James Wille Big Eyes Smith Herbert Henderson
And the above is a short list and I can think of many more, but the very first guy to listen for blues drumming is always Fred Below, who is still the standard that ALL blues drummers are judged against. Just make sure that you tell them that the soloing is the LEAST important thing to learn and the single MOST IMPORTANT thing to learn is the groove and all of the above drummers play BEHIND the beat, and never on top or ahead of it. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Blues Drums, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, contains over 250 examples of blues drum patterns and technique-building exercises!Subjects covered in this book are:The History of Blues Drumming; Choosing Your Instrument and Getting Your Sound; Exercises for Development of Technique (Sticking and foot patterns specific to playing blues); Blues Shuffles & Swing Beats, Slow Blues, Ballads and the Triplet Groove (12/8 Time); Blues Rhumba, Calypso Beats and Samba Feel; Two-Beat/Cut Time; Early Rock n Roll and Surf Beats; New Orleans, Soul and Funk Influences; and Build-ups & Fills. This book is accompanied by a CD recording of all examples played on the drums with the backing of the School of the Blues All-Star Band. It is recommended that you also purchase Blues Drums Play-Along Trax (MB21067BCD) to have full-length play-along trax for you to apply what you learn in this book.
And here are Blues Jam Tracks minus the drums...
http://www.amazon.com/Bays-Blues-Drums-Play-Along-Trax/dp/0786673885/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
Last Edited by on Oct 27, 2012 8:23 AM
If you get Lawrence Fritts' FREE backing tracks from somewhere on the net there are a few with just drums, to copy. ---------- Pistolkatt - Pistolkatts youtube
