Mel Bay Publications

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
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 to have full-length play-along trax for you to apply what you learn in this book.