Ever since I first started playing drums along to Steely Dan records back in middle school, Bernard Purdie has been my favorite drummer. His work on The Royal Scam and Aja is some of the most fun to play in the history of recorded music.
Watching these two clips, it’s not not hard to see why he’s my favorite:
Here he “splanes” what “The Purdie Shuffle” is all about…
“Don’t worry ’bout those ghost notes. They ain’t nothin’ but rebound…to make it sound and feel good.“
Good stuff.
August 30, 2008 at 7:38 pm |
“Yeah! I like that.”
November 3, 2008 at 11:54 pm |
Mr. Colrus,
I find your piece about Bernard Purdie very interesting! I have a blog where I document the history of school integration in Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s Counties in Maryland. Bernard Purdie was the first African-American to attend a white school in Cecil County. I put a post about him on my blog a few days ago. Check it out!
http://roadtocompromise.wordpress.com/
-Kyle Dixon
November 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm |
It was great to trip across your blog entry about Bernard Puride. He’s from Elkton, MD. and he’s performed here a few times. Also on Monday evening’s I often catch his tunes on a community radio station out of Blue Hill Maine, WERU. They have alate evening show called Momma Popcorn. I enjoyed the post and the video clips. We’ll make a note of it on Window to Cecil County’s Past.
November 4, 2008 at 12:02 am |
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