What is a shuffle?
Don’t know how this whole thing started but I woke up thinking I really wanted to learn the “shuffle” beat from Rosanna performed by TOTO and played by the late Jeff Porcaro. So I youtubed it and found Jeff Porcaro breaking it down. You can see the video here:
Jeff Porcaro breaking down the Rosanna shuffle.
Jeff talked about his influences being John Bonham and Bernard Purdie. So I did a little more digging and found this video. Purdie Shuffle. Man would I love to spend time with this guy. I love his feel for the instrument and his touch. I know it’s a little dorky but I got choked up by watching this video. It touched me.
So hopefully tonight when I get home I’ll work on the Purdie shuffle and the Rosanna Shuffle.
Finally got around to reading this, and watching the Bernard Purdie and Jeff Porcaro videos. What great stuff. And if it’s inspirational to me, I can’t imagine what it must do for a drummer. Bernard’s passion for what he does is so contagious! So have you nailed his shuffle yet?