Hold Back the River – James Bay

Hold Back the River – James Bay

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Hold Back the River – James Bay

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This tribal groove appears in the second chorus of Hold Back the River (1:30). The right-hand rides in eighth notes on the floor tom – the left-hand plays the snare on beat 2, the 'and-of-3' and the high tom on the 'and-of-4'. Drummer, Gerry Morgan plays plenty of variations of this core rhythm throughout the song.

Hold Back the River – James Bay
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Steve Ley

Steve Ley is a professional drummer, teacher, writer and Sheet Music Team Director for Online Drummer. He studied at the Australian National University, graduating with a Diploma of Music specializing in jazz performance.

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