Really appreciate the shout out! Thank you, Nate. Very cool video! 👍🏻😁 Something I should mention.... you are playing the beat a bit differently than I play it. I don't often do two strokes with my right hand. I believe that Bonzo was pretty much doing consistent singles, with some flams, so sometimes you can hear a left hand double which creates a flam between the tom and the floor tom. Also when he crashes the cymbal, he always does it in tandem with a left hand note on the Tom. I don't believe he played the snare drum really on this song at all because I don't hear that high pitched tone.

Part of the greatness of Bonham was that many times he and John Paul seemed like one guy playing two instruments at the same time. They had musical telepathy.

wasn't just the chops, it was the REBELIOUS ENERGY of it., oh my god so many drummers just forget what rock is all about.

I mostly play jazz now, but Bonham is the reason why I still play drums today. It was him that made me love drums in the first place. Has a huge influence on me and a very special place in my heart

40 years after the dude died, people are still talking about his drumming.

It's unfortunate there are labels on musicians but in retrospect Bonham was a jazz drummer, rock drummer, Brazilian drummer, etc., playing whatever style the music called for. One only has to hear him reference Max Roach often in his drum solos as an example of his wide virtuosity.

Bonham was a mixture of soul drumming ,jazz and being a brick layer

Jazz drumming and rock drumming are perceived as having a hard, defined separation between double-bass stomping brutes and mealy-mouthed cymbal ticklers. But a cursory look at history will show that jazz invented the drum set, invented how we approach it, and invented drummers like Ringo and Mitch Mitchell. Even death-metal chops can be traced directly back to tom rolls and double-bass patterns in big-band. But, of course, most drummers born in the last 50 years saw Neil Pert years before they saw Art Blakey, so even the most avid jazz nerds are inexorably linked to the 600 piece kits and break-neck beats of rock. So, yeah: Take off the leather jacket, and there's a turtle neck underneath......but the turtle-necks also have a leather jacket in the closet.

This is great - I originally learnt drumming in the 70s with a Jazz / Blues drummer Dad and a Led Zep inspired teacher - life got in the way and i stopped playing for 38 years - then picked it up again - and WOW = what a time warp - I can see the jazz / bonham influence in so much of modern music - it really is amazing. I also love how the internet has enabled us to get so much information - so well done! I am subscribed!

Bonham LOVED jazz. In the early years you can hear him using Max Roach’s “The Drum Also Waltzes” as the beginning of his solo (check the Royal Albert Hall performance from How The West Was Won). The thing that most “rock” drummers miss when they try to play “Bonham” is the inherent swing in his playing. Also, the reason he got the drum sound he did, was because he tuned his drums tighter than a “rock” drummer, more like a bop drummer, just on bigger drums. Also, if you’re going to mention “Rock & Roll”, you need to mention the Little Richard tune “You Keep a Knockin’” which is where he stole that intro from. Almost note for note exact. Lastly, if you’re going to make the jazz reference, you really should mention Zep’s BBC sessions, because you can hear multiple versions of the same songs and see how much Zep and Bonzo loved to improvise. They were basically a jazz band, just playing electric instruments. Also worth mentioning is the live version of Kashmir from How The West Was One. Those big fusion esc fills at the end were basically “Gospel Chops” 25 years before anyone coined that term. There’s SO many connections with Bonzo and jazz. Honestly kinda disappointed that you missed some of these.

I think the best summation of Bonhams style was by Steve Taylor on his channel when he said something along the lines of "Bonham doesn't swing, he swaggers". Great video, always good to hear a self professed jazz nerd talk about the technicalities behind rock 😁

So glad you included the great Bonhamology for this one!

Two other rock drummers with strong jazz influence: Michael Shrieve, Mitch Mitchell Would love to see videos on those two!

Bonham was a jazz drummer playing rock. Morello was his hero. Also, everytime I watch your videos, I end up putting my drumset on Craigslist.

I always get nervous when the phone is on the tom.. especially when Bonzo is in the mix! Ps - your outros are top shelf

Bonzo was the best. His drum sound, his ferosiousness, his speed and power - no drummer before or since has all of those qualities mixed into one person. I've listened to around 300+ Led Zeppelin bootlegs and some of the stuff he does live would floor many people. He was getting better and better as the years rolled on. John Bonham some times mimics the guitar riff and some times he mimicked the vocal lines. He played behind the beat, on top of the beat and ahead of the beat -- it was just about feel to him. He was a master. There is a really quick fill he does in Over the Top (the Out on the Tiles intro groove for his drum solo on their 1977 tour) at The Summit in Houston on May 21, 1977 - he does this insane fill that lasts about 2 seconds and I took the recording to a local drummer who knows how to translate drums, write it on the clef lines, etc --- he's phenomenal indeed. He heard the fill and couldn't believe it. It took him 15 to 20 mins to figure out what Bonzo did in that one fill and it took him another 5 to 7 mins to play it properly on the drums. He was impressed and confessed that he only knew LZ's/Bonham's studio albums and TSRTS album. He came away from it saying - "Bonham did the unexpected and there's no one who really plays like him that he's heard." The music teacher/drummer is in a great cover band and is a great guy. He was thoroughly impressed with what he heard.

There's also the Steve Smith Boogada in Separate Ways.

So was he! Bonzo started with Jazz, hence his "swing" feel

The story about Rock and Roll is that it's based on the intro of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. You can sing along the guitar part to get through insted of counting.

Thanx for this vid! Bonham was deeper than he got credit for..even tho he's so widely renowned

The shout out to George Fludas!! His and Terry's Bonzoleum channels are go to references to anything Bonham related!! Thanks George for everything you do... I've seen the new content you put up recently with the new cymbal analysis.. awesome as always!! Hope you forgive the brain fart I had in the misspelling of your name!!

The rock n roll intro i heard was just following the accenting of the guitar into for Johny b good. It actually seems to be true, can’t remember where I heard it though

He was a self-taught drummer that no one on earth in the history of the world could've done except for him, he was the chosen one.🙏 He was to the drums what Jimi Hendrix was to guitar. His technique, speed, his feel, and 10 more things he did was incomparable and unfathomable really. He had his own "sound" for crying out loud! 🤔No drummer before or since has had their own sound. A hard hitting rock drummer that could play like Buddy Rich and other great jazz drummers and self-taught??? And his feel was immeasurable. It doesn't even make sense. He was THE GREATEST end of story.

Considering that Bonham didn’t start playing drums when he was 16 and no lessons according to his son Jason . So 4 years on the drums he was in Zep . WOW . I play guitar but I like these drum videos . Cool video thanks

I don't play the drums, but I always love your videos.

Best rock drummer of all time - no question. One of the most influential of all time.

Jimmy Page says that Bonham started playing "Keep A Knocking (But You Can't Come In)" by Little Richard and he instinctively figured it out and he came up with the guitar part. Eventually, they figured out how it would be orchestrated.

I’ve found that most of the rock groups I really liked have drummers that had a strong jazz influence.

This video really brought me back. I started drumming around 2001-2002 after watching a zeppelin dvd in middle school and many of the first songs I learned were Zeppelin songs. I would play dazed and confused, stairway, ramble on, good times, the ocean, etc over and over. I would even drum to the free form guitar solo in heartbreaker. I dont listen to zeppelin often anymore but its always fun hearing those songs

OK so I'm learning something new, the "Boogada." Heard it all my life but never knew what it was called. But then again, I play bass. LOL!!! Thanks again.

Go watch Bonzology, Bonzoleum and watch how they break down, play and talk about bonham’s playing and you will realise why bonzo is one of the greatest of all time

lOVED THIS VIDEO ! Thanks for the no nonsense approach and the easy to understand lesson. SUBBED.

I started drumming in 1976, and Bonham was a huge influence. He was doing what only most drummers could dream of. Unless they practiced, a lot. He's still the King of Rock drummers, and always will be. R.I.P. J.B. Great video!

When I was growing up, we had the opportunity to see all legends from every genre play live. Most of the people that I went to music school with were also out gigging. Some of us are just crazy, stoner musicians. Thanks, your videos are great 👍

"Skinny stick brush jockey?!?!" What in the world??😂😂😂

The Rock and Roll intro was taken from Little Richard’s “Keep-a-Knockin”

Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" is a remarkable tribute to the early days of rock and roll. The lyrics are a collage of famous early rock and roll songs. Page's solo is a classic E blue progression. And the drum intro is a tribute to the drum intro on a Little Richard song. I forget the title of that song at this moment, you can google it yourself.

omg I was today years old when I learned "Four Sticks" is played with four sticks

Nate! This is great. I spent my preteen & teenage years trying to learn/understand Bonham’s vocabulary. Wish we had you then. Anyways, if you’re considering doing a Jazz Drummer Considers series (I hope you are), may I suggest the self-proclaimed jazz drumming great of Cream, Ginger Baker?

My fave booga-da ... is basically to have two floor toms and a single rack ... my preferred booga-da is right hand rack -then - left hand snare - kick ... then alternate right hand between rack and the two floor toms - my rig 26x16 Kick - 13x9 Rack Tom - 16x14 Floor Tom - 16x18 Floor Tom - 14x6.5 Snare.

Nate you rock dude!! Not even just for a jazz drummer. You Rock!!!🥁❤

Great show. I think bonham was a big inspiration to me when i started drums, well the whole band were. He just seemed to have a groove that others didn't have. Always great hearing your perspective Nafe so thanks.

Thank you for breaking down that Stairway fill!

There were so many great 1960s and 1970s drummers-Mitch Mitchell (loved Elvin Jones), Ian Paice, Neal Peart, Bill Ward, Ginger Baker, Bonham, etc. So many great jazz drummers during those decades too.

I just saw your video loved it. I'm a big drum fan. And Bonham fan I don't play any instruments but always wanted to learn but life always got in the way. But I am a big music lover. And always respected those who have the talent to play. Looking forward to watching more of your videos

Rod Morgenstein said it perfectly: Bonham had a touch on the drums we all strive for. Just like Buddy had command over the drums witch is still unmatched. So it’s not about technique etc. , it’s the unique character of these guys which you can’t really copy.

The intro to Rock N Roll still sets my pulse racing even after all these years. I was 15 and in my first band when that album came out, and knew instantly the first time I heard, that my band was going to play it. After we had it down decently enough to try it live I lobbied to have it be our opener. It was a kick ass way to open our first set, and we were lucky enough to have a drummer who had the cojones to do the opening justice. Both he and I have managed to earn our livings as musicians, thanks in no small part to our early influences by Bonham and Page.

Hope Phil Collins can be looked at next. Lots of jazz and fusion in his catalogue, as well as his jazz only work as a member of Brand X. Arguably just as influential.

The most will known "bugada" (sic?) in rock is the serial burst of them in the intro to Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band"

Hi nate. The Stairway Fill is more like Snare/tom/floor tom/kick + kick x 4 (the snare & 2 kicks x4 are on 16th & the Snare/tom/floor tom/kick is 32th triplets) followed by Snare/tom/kick x2 as 16th triplets.

i love jazz, considering myself mainly as a jazz/funk drummer but hell i do love John Bonham !!!!

Would love to see a jazzer’s perspective on Keith Moon The Loon

Great lesson. Thanks.

Mr Bonham, the best ever used to listen to soul music before going on stage

How nice to have such a positive prospective of rock drumming from a jazz drummer .

Love your show. very understandable. Thanks.

"Audios!" lol. Thanks, Nate. Your videos always cheer me up and chill me out.

Terrific. Simplified with ease!

The first pattern of the stairway fill is actually a herta

I used to have nearly that same satin flame Round Badge kit but mine was sunset. Good video as usual, thanks.

I found this purely by KZfaq recommending it and really enjoyed it (I’m not a drummer). I was amazed to find you haven’t done a video of Danny Carey yet - namely the Pneuma video that every one else has… I’ll come back when you do ☺️

Rock n Roll intro is lifted straight from Little Richard's Keep A Knockin. Bonhan was a big fan of Earl Palmer, but the drummer on the record is actually Charles Connor. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNCle5Bl3b26lI0.html

The opening of Rock n Roll always reminds me of Charles Connor's drumming on Little Richard's 'Keep a Knockin'.

Regarding the intro to Rock And Roll: Think the guitar intro to Johnny B Goode, or Run Rudolph Run. That's what Bonham was mimicking.

At the start of rock ‘n’ roll Bonham played ghost note to start, if you have an original vinyl recording you can just hear it but on later pressings it has been cut

The Rock and Roll intro drum groove is from Little Richard song "Keep a Knocking" as originated by Charles Connor. It's a fantastic groove, and Bonham nails it, but it's basically a note-for-note copy.

The famous Moby Dick drum solo from Albert Hall bites a lot of Max Roach lines as well as others. Bonham always sounded huge but unlike 90% of other rock drummers he had insane dynamics and finesse. Gad damn I love John Henry Bonham and spent the first 5 years of my drumming trying to be him, Jon Theodore and Tim Alexander from Primus.

Intro is based on Chuck Berry's "Jonnie B Good" or Run Rudulf Run lick !!

Boogada....its in the first half of Buddys kit book,60 years plus old.

Nice to see you reference George Fludas.

The Rock n' Roll into is an almost exact copy of the 1957 version of KEEP A KNOCKIN' by Little Richard. Bonzo jamming it at a rehearsal and the guys latching onto it apparently. They'd have all known the song from their youth and just used that into to create a whole new song, maybe in homage to the old fifties rocker's. Play them back to back!! Thay both sound amazing to this day and stand up to just about anything to this day.

Four sticks is one of favorites!

Awesome video Nate. You be crushing it lately.

Enjoyable, but a couple points I'll throw in. Carmine Appice, not John Bonham, was the archetype for (hard) rock drumming as we know it today. His style was essentially Gene Krupa and Bernard Purdie on steroids. He influenced Bonham - also a Krupa and Purdie fan - and famously set the Zep drummer up with his big blonde Ludwig kit, which matched Carmine's, though the second bass drum was quickly abandoned, apparently on orders from Jimmy Page. And it is worth noting that Bonham, as with so many other British drummers was into jazz (Krupa, Rich, Morello...), so he had a grasp of swing. (So did his groove influencer, Purdie.) Jeff Beck's earliest drummers including Aynsley Dunbar, Micky Waller and Tony Newman, particularly the latter two, were early examples of jazz-rooted drummers with funky swagger (listen to Waller on Beck's 'Shapes of Things', and Newman on 'Plynth (Water Down the Drain)'. Other 60s/70s Brit pop and rock drummers with jazz roots included Bobby Elliott (Hollies), Ginger Baker (Cream, though more notably with the Graham Bond Organisation), Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix, Georgie Fame's Blue Flames), Jon Hiseman (Georgie Fames, Ian MacDonald (King Crimson), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Colosseum....), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bluesbreakers Hughie Flint, Keef Hartley and Colin Allen, Carl Palmer, Bill Bruford, Ian Wallace, Brian 'Blinky'' Davidson (the Nice), Ian McCulloch (Greenslade) etc. It is somewhat ironic that so many rock drummers have no interest in learning even the fundamentals of jazz, yet their favourite rock drummers are who they are because of their exposure to jazz. Maybe that could be a topic for you. Swing and swagger are missing from the playing of so many drummers that it should be made a priority for learning. Technique, groove, speed, power...swing and swagger. This is Micky Waller with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood on bass, and Jeff Beck. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h76fldOjyNK3kZ8.html

I really thought the four sticks beat was a direct influence from the Krautrock band Can’s album Tago Mago , specifically the track paper house, that came out the same year 1971. The beats are nearly identical - anyway just a theory

Bonham loved Jethro Tull’s drummer,Barriemore Barlow.

I am late to the party - but as how the band knew when to come in when playing Rock and Roll? It was the intro beat to Keep A Knockin' by Little Richard, so having all been familiar with that song, the downbeat was not in question for any of them. Charles Connor, early trap kit rock drummer played a very similar figure. He was also a left handed drum kit player, so he rules right along with Earl Palmer as far as the early innovators go.

I've played everything from Symphonic to Pipe Band and all genres in between. I've been influenced by people in all categories along the way. I've applied my learning from all to improve. i'm not sure if I made sense, but.... Thanks for the vid, you are well schooled. Cheers, Rod

Great! job mate' only Bonham would lead with his left like most Brits on groove ghost fills, triplets and coming out of herta's and also the intro and first fill of Black Dog to name a few; this is why a lot of times Drummers may miss the plot when trying to emulate his playing :)

Drum intro is basically the guitar intro to Chuck Berry's Johnny be Good ...if you play guitar in your head as u play,it matches up..this is where Bonham got it from I believe

My pal Ron LaPierre of the BC band Moxy (Canada had two) called bo-gada ""fron-tal lo-bo-tomy"

For rock and roll Jimmy comes in on the and of the 1. I don’t know how they got that synched up but yeah they did.

+1 like not just for Bonham, but also the Chris Cornell shout-out.

All genres of music can be heard in Bonham's playing. That's why he is still No.1 rock drummer.

Honestly I love the drums on the Rain song. Honestly I love all the drums from zeppelin!

A great, great underrated drummer is Dino Danelli - The Young Rascals. Watch them live on the Ed Sullivan Show and you’ll see what I mean.

J.B. was a jàzz drummer who played in a rock n roll/blues band that is just happened to to hit drums SO hard! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Well done. It’s midnight and I might have to get up and go to the basement to try some of this.

Beautifully made video! Rock on!

Loved this video, as your others.

i've always loved that Rollins Band cover of four sticks

Listen to the drumming at just 0:41-0:51. So casual and nailed all of it. That is a combination of school and experience. Some can get there on natural talent. Some can do both. I think 80/20 was a cheeky example of the 80 of technique and the 20 of talent. It goes the other way. Is that because Jazz, Rock? No, it is learning and working at mastering a craft.

Play the triplet with your left hand only. The right hand doesn't come away from the ride cymbal.

The outro always keeps me guessing. Sometimes it's the one tone whistle, sometimes the two. There's "and that's how you get the gig.." or the meta shattering combi-outro.

Rock n roll intro came from Little Richard . Love four sticks . Do you know the ending drum fill at the very end of the live Dazed and confused fro TSRS where it looks like he’s playing on 78 is it sped up or it just looks that way . I’ve wondered this for many years thanks

Nicely done!

I hear the intro to Rock and Roll completely differently now. Cool

Well said , influence and feel , contributed to the richness of the performance

Yes Nate, I knew you were the NPR finger in the air tea drinker, but so am I. Hope you're doing well my friend!! ❤️

Great video thanks! I’d love to hear your thoughts on Collins; Battle, Apocalypse, Cinema?!