Another video covering Chris Layton’s playing. This time it’s Stevie Ray Vaughan’s – Couldn’t Stand The Weather. The groove is heavy and funky with a syncopated snare pattern and some tasty hihat 16ths. Here’s a PDF with the exercises written out. Enjoy.
Here’s my instructional video on how to play Chris Layton’s energetic groove on Stevie Ray’s Testify. It’s a brilliant groove to learn and to play and gives us a chance to focus on doing the dynamic strokes (Full, Down, Tap and Up strokes) on the snare. Here’s a PDF with a breakdown of the individual beats as explained in the video.
Sad news to hear of Ronald Shannon Jackson’s recent demise. Although he was well known for his avant garde jazz playing, I am familiar mostly with his work with James “Blood” Ulmer. Jackson’s drumming is very gritty to my ears, and he plays with a wonderful touch. Here is a great clip – Jazz is the Teacher.