fbpx
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
    • Get Home Delivery
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Submit Your Event
    • Customer Support
    • Submit A News Tip
    • Send Letter to the Editor
    • Where’s My Paper?
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial
Hudson Valley One
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
Hudson Valley One
No Result
View All Result

Fabled drummer Bernard Purdie plays the Falcon this Saturday

by John Burdick
April 1, 2016
in Art & Music, Entertainment
0
Bernard Purdie (James Rice Photography)
Bernard Purdie (James Rice Photography)

Master drummer Bernard Purdie has become almost as famous for his legendarily high-spirited instructional videos as for his 3,000 album credits, which may or may not have included some ghost drumming for the Beatles. (According to Purdie’s own oft-disputed claim, he played on “Yeah Yeah Yeah” and 20 other early tracks). There is no such controversy surrounding his contributions to records by Aretha Franklin, B. B. King, Steely Dan, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Isaac Hayes, Tom Jones and countless other names that make you go “Whoa!”

Further, Purdie is one of a very select group of drummers or musicians of any kind who can claim to have a staple rock groove named after them: the Purdie shuffle, a half-time feel of such internal action and complexity that the instructional video devoted to it amounts to little more than a laughing Purdie saying, “Don’t worry; you can’t really play this.” The Purdie shuffle has driven a number of big hits, including John Bonham’s memorable pass at it on the Led Zeppelin hit “Fool in the Rain,” Jeff Porcaro’s adaptation on Toto’s “Rosanna” and Purdie himself elevating the late Steely Dan hit “Babylon Sisters.”

Big score for the Falcon: One of the most significant and delightful drummers in history, Bernard Purdie (and Friends) visits Marlboro on Saturday, February 8. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7. Per usual in Tony Falco’s hallowed hall of jazz, blues, funk and soul, there is no cover – just the owner’s inspired call to “support living artists” with generous donation.

The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

Join the family! Grab a free month of HV1 from the folks who have brought you substantive local news since 1972. We made it 50 years thanks to support from readers like you. Help us keep real journalism alive.
- Geddy Sveikauskas, Publisher

John Burdick

Related Posts

Party with Congolese dance music in Kingston this Saturday
Community

Party with Congolese dance music in Kingston this Saturday

July 4, 2025
Rupco marks 35 years of providing shelter
Art & Music

Summertide celebrates Lace Mill’s 10-year anniversary with art and music

July 4, 2025
Todd Rundgren returns to Bearsville celebrating enduring music career
Art & Music

Todd Rundgren returns to Bearsville celebrating enduring music career

July 3, 2025
Dual exhibits open at Wired Gallery this Saturday
Art & Music

Dual exhibits open at Wired Gallery this Saturday

July 3, 2025
’Tis the season for outdoor art
Art & Music

’Tis the season for outdoor art

June 28, 2025
Baroque minimalism on display at Kinderhook reception this Saturday
Art & Music

Baroque minimalism on display at Kinderhook reception this Saturday

June 27, 2025
Next Post

Letters (Feb. 6-13)

Weather

Kingston, NY
81°
Partly Cloudy
5:27 am8:34 pm EDT
Feels like: 84°F
Wind: 3mph NE
Humidity: 80%
Pressure: 29.96"Hg
UV index: 0
WedThuFri
86°F / 70°F
82°F / 68°F
86°F / 68°F
Kingston, NY weather forecast ▸

Subscribe

Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.

  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Art
    • Books
    • Kids
    • Lifestyle & Wellness
    • Food & Drink
    • Music
    • Nature
    • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Contact Us
    • Customer Support
    • Advertise
    • Submit A News Tip
  • Print Edition
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
    • Where’s My Paper
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Log In
  • Free HV1 Trial
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
    • Hey Kingston
    • New Paltz Times
    • Woodstock Times
    • Week in Review

© 2022 Ulster Publishing