Thank you very much!
Any comments Vinnies funs?? LOL
Yeah, I had to back up and start with the 4 Gary Chaffee books, the "Patterns" series. They're all great, but there's one that deals with odd groupings like 5s and 7s in a way that's manageable, and it's helped alot.
These odd groupings are where Vinnie kills all other drummers! He'll sneak them in so that you think you still have the pulse, but you don't. He's the most challenging drummer to listen to, for me.