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John Bonham didn't invent "his most famous lick".
He would have been honest if you'd asked him. The boogada, that tom sweep that became near-ubiquitous, from Steve Gadd, to Neil Peart, to Thomas Pridgen, to Eric Moore, was not a Bonham invention.
"But hang on," you're saying...
"I hear Bonzo play that before anybody else in rock. There were rock drummers before, then there was Bonham."
Fair enough. Operative word "rock".
Because Bonham was an avid jazz fan.
That "slow shuffle" in the chorus of Dazed and Confused? Legend has it, that's from Max Roach's The Drum Also Waltzes.
And the most famous lick in all of rock drumming?
From jazz drummers in general, Max Roach in particular.
In today's video, I'll trace the origins of the Boogada, show you how to play some of the most popular Bonham and Gadd interpretations, and demonstrate some modern "twists" that I've developed.
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