I love 70’s studio drumming. I was just re-listening to some old Serge Gainsbourg stuff- I made a record of his music in 2009 and did a couple of little Europe tours with it- and this groove jumped out at me. We played this on the tour in 2010, but I guess I never listened to the groove that closely, even though I transcribed arranged the tune for the band. The drummer is an English session player named Dougie Wright
The hihat part is played with both hands, natural sticking, I guess (RH on the 8th notes, LH on the e’s and a’s); it’s a little bit reminiscent of Cissy Strut, which uses the hihat the same way. The rhythm of the accents makes a little partido alto rhythm- I don’t know if that’s intentional; I suspect not. I think it’s just a universal rhythm. The bass drum notes in parenthesis are optional.
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