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Thanks to my co-worker Steve Mayer for sharing this wonderfully geeky breakdown of the drum intro to Led Zeppelin's "Rock 'n' Roll."
It's part of a quirky series of "Drum History Minute" podcasts by drummer Daniel Glass. Glass, who will be doing a clinic in Bakersfield later this month, excels at dissecting a very complex rhythm in ways that novices can understand.
What's really fun is he ties Bonham's groove to Little Richard's "I Keep a Knockin' from 1957, itself a cover of a 1938 Louis Jordan song.
Other podcasts tackle "Rock Around the Clock," country drummer Buddy Harman, "the "Bo Diddley Beat" and "The Amen Break," which Glass links to breakbeats.
Good stuff.
Logan Molen