How to Play the Drum Intro to Led Zeppelin’s “Rock & Roll”

Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 12:12 AM
I have always been confused by the drum intro on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock & Roll”.  I loved the song anyway, so it never bothered me too much.  I would like to throw it into some cover sets, so I finally brought it into ProTools to hear it in context.  Here are my results.

As you see, the first drum hit is actually on a pickup eighth not (the 3 AND beat).  I mixed it down too.

Here’s the MP3: “Rock & Roll” by Led Zeppelin with 2 Bar Click.

Let me know if it helps.

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