# blues drumming

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371 "2002-11-23T19:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![A1C\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@A1C\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A1C_Joe)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371/1 "2002-11-23T19:20:39Z")

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any advice on how to become a really good blues drummer. besides lots of practice. are there any techniques out there that work really good. any drummers worth listening to for inspiration?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371/2 "2002-11-23T21:16:01Z")

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First, you gotta get yourself a nice Oriental rug …

🙂

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371/3 "2002-11-23T21:21:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \*  
> \*\*First, you gotta get yourself a nice Oriental rug …
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> 🙂 \*\*

\< snort \>

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371/4 "2002-11-24T02:05:18Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by A1C Joe \*  
> \*\*any advice on how to become a really good blues drummer. \*\*

Don’t they have machines for that now?

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-drumming/138371/5 "2002-11-24T03:12:48Z")

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Time, basically.

Know your shuffles, 12/8 and 6/8 meters, and basic 4/4 like the back of your hand, and then some.

I never heard of many Blues drummers per se, but the name Tony Braunagel keeps popping up in my drum mags.

Listening to a bit of jazz may help as well; oddly enough, the two genres go together.

May I suggest using [www.allmusic.com](http://www.allmusic.com) to find some blues drummers by, or trying [www.drummercafe.com](http://www.drummercafe.com)? More stuff there than I know or can remember.

Oriental rugs rock! Oh, and play barefoot if you don’t already; My personal opinion is, you don’t wear shoes on your hands, why on your feet when you play? Though I digress when styles like metal or such are brought up…

Drum machines are the devil. 😉