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Boom Boom

John Lee Hooker · 1962

A driving straight-eighth blues groove with signature stop accents.

Artist
John Lee Hooker
Year
1962
Genre
blues
Drummer
session
Tempo
116 bpm
Time
4/4
Feel
straight blues groove
Difficulty
beginner

Drummer's Quick-Start

Practice tempos

Woodshed
70bpm
Building
92bpm
Target
116bpm

The feel

A straight blues groove in 4/4 around 116 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.

What to watch

  • •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.

How to learn it

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