Great Blues Drummers
Rabrrrrrr over at DemocraticUnderground.com asks: "How come we never hear about great Blues drummers?....We hear about great jazz drummers, and great rock drummers. But never blues drummers.
Is it because the blues tends to have such a simple kind of background groove that there's no room for a brilliant drummer?"
While I agree that there is little discourse on great blues drummers, and I believe that generally the "less is more" model works best for blues drummers, I strongly disagree the groove is so "simple...[as to leave].. no room for a brilliant drummer" - one need only observe Lee Thompson perform a tune or two, or listen closely to Ginger Baker's "Stormy Monday" groove on the Royal Albert Hall-London CD to know there is nothing simple about laying down a good blues groove.
But what are YOUR thoughts? Who ARE the great blues drummers?
Is it because the blues tends to have such a simple kind of background groove that there's no room for a brilliant drummer?"
While I agree that there is little discourse on great blues drummers, and I believe that generally the "less is more" model works best for blues drummers, I strongly disagree the groove is so "simple...[as to leave].. no room for a brilliant drummer" - one need only observe Lee Thompson perform a tune or two, or listen closely to Ginger Baker's "Stormy Monday" groove on the Royal Albert Hall-London CD to know there is nothing simple about laying down a good blues groove.
But what are YOUR thoughts? Who ARE the great blues drummers?
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