On the Beaten Path
The Drummer's Guide to Musical Styles and the Legends Who Defined Them
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The Drummer's Guide to Musical Styles and the Legends Who Defined Them. Composed by Rich Lackowski. Artist/Personality; DRUMMIES! Gear Award Winner; Method/Instruction; Modern Drummer Readers Poll; Percussion - Drumset Method or Collection. On the Beaten Path. Book and Digital Download. 248 pages. Alfred Music #00-28006. Published by Alfred Music (AP.28006).ISBN 9780739047392. UPC: 038081306926. English.
Voted No. 1 Educational Book in the 2008 Modern Drummer Reader's Poll!
Voted No. 1 Book in the 2008 DRUM! Reader's Poll!
This must-have guide for drummers provides insight into the history and development of a wide selection of genres, including funk, alternative/punk rock, metal, progressive rock, classic rock, jam band, fusion, jazz, and reggae, and explores the legendary drummers that affected each style. This book will lead you through the styles, licks, and grooves that made each artist famous, with insight into their approaches, the gear they used, the bands they played in, and the drummers who influenced them. The easy-to-follow lessons delve into authentic transcriptions of 85 infamous beats and solos from songs by Led Zeppelin, The Who, Rush, Metallica, The Police, Dream Theater, and others. Dozens of amazing photos are featured as well as a listing of essential recordings. All the beats and solos that are presented in the book are performed on the accompanying CD.
Book includes:
* Insight into the history and development of Funk, Alternative/Punk Rock, Metal, Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, Jam Band, Fusion, Jazz, and Reggae---plus a listing of essential recordings for each genre
* An audio recording containing all the beats and solos presented in the book
* Dozens of amazing photos
* 250 pages!
*****Drummers include:
* Travis Barker
* Carlton Barrett
* Carter Beauford
* Jason Bittner
* John Bonham
* Danny Carey
* Billy Cobham
* Tré Cool
* Stewart Copeland
* Lowell Sly Dunbar
* Jon Fishman
* Mickey Hart
* Topper Headon
* Bill Kreutzmann
* Gene Krupa
* Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste
* Keith Moon
* Vinnie Paul
* Neil Peart
* Mike Portnoy
* Buddy Rich
* Max Roach
* Chad Smith
* John Jabo Starks
* Ringo Starr
* Clyde Stubblefield
* Lars Ulrich
* Dave Weckl
* Tony Williams <.
Song List (127)
- Acknowledgements
- The Path
- Music Notation
- FUNK/R&B -
- Give it Away (from "Blood Sugar Sex Magik")
- Around the World (from "Californication")
- Funky Moods (from "Blood Sugar Sex Magik")
- Hey Pocky A-Way (from "Rejuvenation")
- Cissy Strut (from "The Meters")
- Live Wire (from "The Meters")
- The Payback (from "The Payback")
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (from "Sex Machine")
- Funky Drummer (from "In the Jungle Groove")
- Funkography: Other Funk/R&B Drummers You Should Know
- David Gribaldi (Tower of Power)
- Tiki Fulwood, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey, and Dennis Chambers (George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic)
- Greg Errico and Andy Newmark (Sly & the Family Stone)
- ALTERNATIVE/PUNK ROCK -
- Are We the Waiting (from "American Idiot")
- Basket Case (from "Dookie")
- Jesus of Suburbia (from "American Idiot")
- I Miss You (from "blink-182")
- Adam's Song (from "Enema of the State")
- Feeling This (from "blink-182")
- Train in Vain (Stand by Me) (from "London Calling")
- Should I Stay of Should I Go? (from "Combat Rock")
- Let's Go Crazy (from "Sandinista")
- Punkography: Other Alternative/Punk Rock Drummers You Should Know
- Dave Grohl (Nirvana)
- Paul Crook (Sex Pistols)
- METAL -
- This Is My Own (from "Fallout from the War")
- Inspiration on Demand (from "The War Within")
- The Light That Blinds (from "The War Within")
- Revolution is My Name (from "Reinventing the Steel")
- Walk (from "Vulgar Display of Power")
- Becoming (from "Far Beyond Driven")
- Enter Sandman (from "Metallica, a.k.a. the Black Album")
- One (from "...And Justice For All")
- Motorbreath (from "Kill 'Em All")
- Metalography: Other Metal Drummers You Should Know
- Chris Adler (Lamb Of God)
- Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
- Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
- Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
- PROGRESSIVE ROCK -
- Vicarious (from "10,000 Days")
- Ticks & Leeches (from "Lateralus")
- Eulogy (from "Aenima")
- Pull Me Under (from "Images and Words")
- Home (from "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory")
- Caught in a Web (from "Awake")
- The Spirit of Radio (from "Permanent Waves")
- La Villa Strangiato (from "Hemispheres")
- Tom Sawyer (from "Moving Pictures")
- Progography: Other Progressive Rock Drummers You Should Know
- Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa)
- Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)
- Bill Bruford & Alan White (Yes)
- Michael Giles, Bill Bruford, and Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson)
- CLASSIC ROCK -
- I Can't Quit You Baby (from "Led Zeppelin I")
- Dazed and Confused (from "Led Zeppelin I")
- Rock & Roll (from "Led Zeppelin IV")
- Baba O'Reilly (from "Who's Next")
- The Real Me (from "Quadrophenia")
- Won't Get Fooled Again (from "Who's Next")
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (from "The White Album")
- Let It Be (from "Let It Be")
- Come Together (from "Abbey Road")
- Classicrockography: Other Classic Rock Drummers You Should Know
- Ginger Baker (Cream)
- Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
- Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
- Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
- JAM BAND -
- Ants Marching (from "Under the Table and Dreaming")
- Say Goodbye (from "Crash")
- Drive In Drive Out
- Down With Disease (from "Hoist")
- Stash (from "A Picture of Nectar")
- Limb by Limb (from "The Story of the Ghost")
- Truckin' (from "American Beauty")
- Loose Lucy (from "Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel")
- Samson & Delilah (from "Terrapin Station")
- Jamography: Other Jam Band Drummers You Should Know
- Matt Abts (Gov't Mule)
- Claude "Butch" Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band)
- FUSION -
- Slide Walk (from Chick Corea's Elektric Band's "Chick Corea's Elektric Band")
- Spur of the Moment (from "Contemporary Drummer + One")
- Festival de Ritmo (from Dave Weckl's "Master Plan")
- The Noonward Race (from "The Inner Mounting Flame")
- One Word (from "Birds of Fire")
- Quadrant 4 (from "Spectrum")
- Red Alert (from The Tony Williams Lifetime's "Believe It")
- Red Mask (from Tony Williams' "Angel Street")
- Spectrum (from The Tony Williams Lifetime's "Emergency")
- Fusionography: Other Fusion Drummers You Should Know
- Steve Gadd (Chick Corea, Brecker Brothers, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Steps Ahead, others)
- Lenny White (Return to Forever, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, others)
- TRADITIONAL JAZZ -
- The Drum Also Waltzes (from Max Roach's "Drums Unlimited")
- Blues Waltz (from Max Roach's "Jazz in 3/4 Time")
- Ko-Ko (from Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers' "The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes")
- Channel One Suite (from The Buddy Rich Big Band's "Mercy, Mercy")
- Jumpin' at the Woodside (from "Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich: Compact Jazz")
- Sing, Sing, Sing (from Benny Goodman and his Orchestra's "Sing, Sing, Sing")
- King Porter Stomp (from "Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich: Compact Jazz")
- Bernie's Tune (from "Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich: Compact Jazz")
- Jazzography: Other Jazz Drummers You Should Know
- Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington, Count Basie, others)
- "Papa" Jo Jones
- Chick Webb
- REGGAE -
- Walking on the Moon (from "Reggatta de Blanc")
- Roxanne (from "Outlandos d'Amour")
- Don't Stand So Close to Me (from "Zenyatta Mondatta")
- I Am That I Am (from Peter Tosh's "Equal Rights")
- Puff She Puff (from Black Uhuru's "Red")
- Murder She Wrote (from Chaka Demus & Pliers' "Ultimate Collection")
- Stir It Up (from "Catch A Fire" and "Legend")
- Get Up, Stand Up (from "Burnin'" and "Legend")
- Three Little Birds (from "Exodus" and "Legend")
- Raggaeography: Other Reggae Drummers You Should Know
- Winston Grennan (Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, others)
- Lloyd Knibb (The Skatalites)