The Purdie Shuffle

[emphyrean]

Dude you murdered this! And I mean that in a good way!

[drummermikemccraw]

Yes, the ghost notes give a sense of continuity and motion.....makes it flow.

[vdopower66]

i dont think the bass pattern is what is definitive of the purdie shuffle. correct me if i am wrong but i think it is the ghost notes that make this beat groove the way it does.

[PlatinumG]

awesome!

[jptravers]

Crisp!

[MGM007BOND]

All

Why do you think it's called ???

"The Purdie Shuffle" !!!!!!

Nothing aginst Jeff or John

[fit2fly]

This is the toto-tune 'Rosanna' by the great jeff Porcaro

[drummermikemccraw]

Yes,

This is the same groove that Jeff said he borrowed from Bernard Purdie, the "Purdie" shuffle.

[drummermikemccraw]

Listen to the verses - very important! This was a groove back in the day that had many young drummers (myself included) really scratching their heads. Thre will never be another tme and drummer like Jeff!

[betsycoates]

fair enough - i guess the shuffle is less particular/specific than i thought (just listened to babylon sisters)

[betsycoates]

is this the purdie shuffle though? the one he demonstrates when talking about 'home at last' has a very different bass drum pattern which plays a huge role in the overall effect

[drummermikemccraw]

The stick pattern is what Jeff described as the Purdie shuffle, regardless of the bass drum pattern. If you listen to Babylon Sisters, the intro is different pattern.

[smirnofangel]

i love playing that groove

[drummermikemccraw]

No,

Jeff said this at a drum clinic as well. When asked about it, he said something about the, "You know the Steely Dan album , 'Aja' - the one with the title track Gadd was voted in the Hall of Fame for. Listen to two songs after it - Home at Last - played by Bernard Purdie" And if I recall correctly, he DID say something about listening to an entire album instead of just the one song you like.

[drummermikemccraw]

No,

What I actually said and probably isn't in the edit is that Jeff Porcarro once said that this was the most un-original thing he ever played. This was because he took part of the Rosanna Groove from the Purdie Shuffle and part of the groove from Led Zep's "Fool in the Rain". I thank you for the opportunity to clear up any misconception. Bernard Purdie was the originator of this groove and I never meant to imply that he didn't!