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Saturday
Oct022010

Breaking down Bonham's killer intro to "Rock 'n' Roll"

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.