Lefty38-55
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... or you could just watch YouTubes of Shania Twain and fhuggedabout the drumming ...
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find anything resembling Progressive Country? If you want to join a jam to play something like that, you might as well go out with a bang!This song might be a lot of things, but Country isn’t one of them.
I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big,
An' ride him all along the border line
With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
This may be a silly analogy, but here's how I compare playing country music with rock and roll:
Playing rock and roll on drums is sort of like a nice sports car or a race car. It can be flashy, fun, fast, and loud. Even slow rock songs and rock ballads can still flashy and loud. Point A to point B can be an adventure in a sports car, especially on a curvy road.
Playing country on drums like diesel pickup truck. Nothing too flashy, but it has a remarkable amount of torque and pulling power. It's a reliable, smooth, steady ride from start to finish. Yes, it can go fast, but when a diesel goes fast, it really means business! Travels from point A to point B are routes which are familiar and any curves are well-memorized and it just cruises through them. There's comfort in the predictability.
Nice analogies.This may be a silly analogy, but here's how I compare playing country music with rock and roll:
Playing rock and roll on drums is sort of like a nice sports car or a race car. It can be flashy, fun, fast, and loud. Even slow rock songs and rock ballads can still flashy and loud. Point A to point B can be an adventure in a sports car, especially on a curvy road.
Playing country on drums like diesel pickup truck. Nothing too flashy, but it has a remarkable amount of torque and pulling power. It's a reliable, smooth, steady ride from start to finish. Yes, it can go fast, but when a diesel goes fast, it really means business! Travels from point A to point B are routes which are familiar and any curves are well-memorized and it just cruises through them. There's comfort in the predictability.
You'd be singing the bad back blues from that hardtail. Probably the need more parts woes as well, although that looks like an S&S built motor so actually quasi-reliable.
That's fine... if you find players who know those songs. Most jams revolve around well-known songs (as opposed to deep cuts) or just noodling over common progressions. Unless your friends and you manage to be up at the same time, you may find that the other players don't know those songs.I’ve sat in on country bands many times, I was just looking for something creative to play. For example, Rodeo from Garth Brooks breaks from the norm and has some really inventive drumming but ultimately doesn’t feel over played. I’ve also recently come across Brother Osbourne. The band as a whole keeps you on your toes while still keeping the country roots true.
No drums, right. It was like when Dylan went electric, introducing drums into Country music. It was a hard sell to the purists. I think the Grand Old Opry had a no drums policy. Had.Didn't country originally not have drums? I think drums were introduced so singers could stop tapping their guitars.
A worthy docu-series:Didn't country originally not have drums? I think drums were introduced so singers could stop tapping their guitars.