A much needed Black Music thread.

ogibowt · Feb 15, 2026

K Douglas said:
Bernard Purdie. Great drummer. He would have been in his early 20's on this track. Purdie created a drum sequence that became known as the "Purdie shuffle". Influenced a tremendous amount of drummers including Jeff Porcaro of Toto who implemented it on several songs. For me most notably on Boz Scaggs "Lowdown" which is some of the finest groove drumming I've heard.
Purdie himself was the drummer on James Brown "Get on the Good Foot" (my ATF JB song) as well as Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady".

great info sharing there Dougie

ogibowt · Feb 15, 2026

countd said:

keep them coming Countd

eddie kerr · Feb 16, 2026

countd said:

Wow, saw them live in Toronto way back in the day. So many great groups back then, The Temptations, The ChiLites , The Platters, The 4 Lads, the 4 Aces.

ogibowt · Feb 16, 2026

Albert Collins popped into my brain this morning
so i needed to listen to some great guitar work
and of course the obligatory."yes I still have this album in my collection"

xmontrealer · Feb 16, 2026

ogibowt said:
Albert Collins popped into my brain this morning
so i needed to listen to some great guitar work
and of course the obligatory."yes I still have this album in my collection"

I saw Albert live in a small club in Montreal in 1990, a few years befor he passed.

His tone, bends, and phrasing were amazing.

He also did his signature long guitar cable walk though the audience while his guitar was screaming!

He used a very unusual open tuning: