9 Bonham Grooves Every Drummer Should Know

Was John Bonham the best drummer in the world or at least the best in your books In this 9 minute video, Brandon Toews breaks down 9 of John Bonhams top grooves on a Ludwig memorial kit modeled by Ronn Dunnett after Bonzos stainless drums (Psst: click here for some free Led Zeppelin drum transcriptions: 0:00 Introduction 0:19 Good Times Bad Times This song was really the first time the world heard Bonham on a record. Keep your right hand on the cowbell while you play through this four bar phrase from verse 1. Focus on the bass drum doubles played as triplets and keep the 8th notes going on the hihat with your left foot. 1:19 Immigrant Song One of Bonhams most famous grooves, youll get a kick (ha) out of the syncopated 16th note bass drum pattern. Click here for a full drum tutorial: 1:50 Achilles Last Stand The energet