Billy Canty Cissy Strut Drum Solo

This is a great Meters song. One of my favorites.

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[jimmy6118]

nice!! can i ask how did you get this drumless track?? can i have it?... thanks!

[billycanty]

@jimmy6118 This video is actually live footage of my band and I playing at a bar in Cape Coral Florida. Sorry, no tracks. It's all real.

[greg9ball]

Hi Billy,

I simply love your playing. The criticisms absolutely crack me up. What idiots! lifaproenca was my favorite post! Hysterical. Nice of him to try to help you out! LOL

My band just started playing this tune, so I jumped on youtube to learn the song and stumbled on this video. Man, I WISH I could make it sound and feel like you do! Steller! Keep up your posts! I'm becoming a big fan!

[billycanty]

I must say, lifaproencas comment made my brain hurt. I take all comments seriously. But dammit it's hard to help people who are that lost. Anyway... As for the song. My advice is to learn the originial. Then make it your own. Ziggaboo breaks up the hi hat part with two hands. I emulate what he did with the hats but add ghosts notes on snare. Chambers plays a straight 8th hat. Etc..get it?

[WJ777]

This guy tears it up! Fantastic!

[billycanty]

Thanks! I love this band . The bass player is August Zona. He is a session player that I have worked with for 12 + years. The guitarist is Justin "the kid" Richie. He is one of Floridas top slide players. The cool thing is that we didn't rehearse this song. Seriously! The bassist just called it and we just played. I'm glad the camera was rolling.

[biggt96]

Do you know the or anyone know the sticking motion for the drum lick at like 1:02 03 time. Sounds pretty clean

[skortenmov]

Damn. Absolutely great!

[TallmanMike]

Consistently my favourite of all your videos, Billy.

[pinstripejohnny]

that was fantastic.NIce playin.

[almightymarshmellow]

just out of curiosity, did you ever go to post secondary for drums?

[biffDipstick]

@billycanty I think it should be noted that the mix is /very/ drum heavy. If you heard this drum track in its proper place in the mix, it would not appear to be as busy as it is. Great feel. Aside from Ziggaboo, the best interpretation I have heard. A lot of drummers don't get the parametric patterns on the hi-hat and snare. When it is played linearly, it loses the funk pocket that you so capture here. Great job.