{"id":1894,"date":"2019-02-01T16:14:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harrybumtschak.com\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2019-02-01T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:14:34","slug":"groove-workshop-bernard-purdie-der-oldschool-studio-king-aretha-franklins-rock-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harrybumtschak.com\/en\/groove-workshop-bernard-purdie-der-oldschool-studio-king-aretha-franklins-rock-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"Groove Workshop: Bernard Purdie, the Oldschool Studio King – Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to “Legendary Drummers – Legendary Grooves, edition #7!
\nToday’s protagonist is a truly legendary player, but also a highly controversial personality: Mr. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt, that his drumming has left a strong mark in the history of popular music, especially in Soul and Funk, but the creator of the “Purdie Shuffle” has also drawn a lot of negative attention over the years by his egocentric behaviour, exaggerated story telling and most of all by his clearly unproven claims about having recorded for the Beatles.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Purdie is correctly considered one of the greats of all time, and his many influential recordings speak a clear musical language. In this bonedo exclusive workshop<\/a> we are taking a close look at his drumming on Aretha Franklins iconic Track “Rock Steady” (1971), which features an irresistible Funk-Groove, that couldn’t be more typical for “Pretty’s” infectious playing, consisting of rolling ghosted snare drum notes and subtle hihat-openings, as well as a break beat section with a groove that turned out to be one of the most sampled grooves of all times.<\/p>\n

As usual with this workshop series, you will find transcriptions, detailed groove-analyzes and re-recordings of the beats by your’s truly !<\/p>\n

Have fun studying and playing the Funk of the legendary Mr. Bernard Purdie!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Welcome to “Legendary Drummers – Legendary Grooves, edition #7! Today’s protagonist is a truly legendary player, but also a highly controversial personality: Mr. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie. There is no doubt, that his drumming has left a strong mark in the history of popular music, especially in Soul and Funk, but the creator of the<\/p>\n