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50 ways to leave your lover

So, decades ago a bunch of drummer friends and me — well before the interweb — struggled to figure out this classic drum riff and none of us got close.  Years later I saw a local band play it and I knew right away the drummer had no idea what he was doing and was just mailing it in and it pissed me off because it’s such an integral part of the song.  Right after the “performance” I went home determined to learn how to do it right.  After consulting the Google machine I learned how to do it — it’s not all that hard but it ain’t easy, and the amazing thing is that Gadd even came up with this and how it ultimately ended up defining the song.  The drummers out there will especially appreciate this I think, and I challenge you to learn it because it’s pretty rewarding to be able to play.

https://youtu.be/Ou70vvjE8k4?si=2yfPiHB4Oems22-C

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tunefuldude: I am a big fan of Paul Simon (also Garfunkel).  I have always been an avid concert goer having attended hundreds of concerts and mentioned in one of my posts (maybe on a different site) that if someone could grant me a wish to go back in time and attend a concert of my choice it would be Simon & Garfunkel-The Concert in Central Park!
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@clydeactor Thanks for the clarification regarding Steve Gadd. Especially this holiday season, bless the men and women who serve and served in our arm forces. No idea how anything you mentioned belittled anyone as mentioned above.

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@jetter Mele Kalikimaka

jetter
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Among my many Simon & Garfunkel favorites was the ditty "At the Zoo".

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I am a big fan of Paul Simon (also Garfunkel).  I have always been an avid concert goer having attended hundreds of concerts and mentioned in one of my posts (maybe on a different site) that if someone could grant me a wish to go back in time and attend a concert of my choice it would be Simon & Garfunkel-The Concert in Central Park!

@ellajeanelle Big +1!!!

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