One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
George Thorogood & the Destroyers · 1977
A slow 12/8 blues groove for practicing triplet-based feel and dynamics.
- Artist
- George Thorogood & the Destroyers
- Year
- 1977
- Genre
- blues-rock
- Drummer
- Jeff Simon
- Tempo
- 84 bpm
- Time
- 12/8
- Feel
- slow blues 12/8
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
50bpm
Building
68bpm
Target
84bpm
The feel
A slow blues 12/8 in 12/8 around 84 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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