I’m not 100% sure, but I think credit there belongs to session drummer Hal Blaine who as part of the legendary studio group “The Wrecking Crew” was certainly no stranger to Beach Boys recordings.Ģ. Carl Wilson’s vocal is fantastic, for starters, and the harmonies are infectious, but I’ve always loved the drumming on this one as well, especially those little flourishes before the start of each verse. The Beach Boys – Darlin’ (drummer: Hal Blaine): This effervescent blue-eyed soul number from 1967’s Wild Honey album is far from the typical Beach Boys song, but it’s one of my absolute favorites from them. So, without further ado, here are 20 songs I hope you’ll check out, listed in alphabetical order by artist.ġ. Also, if you like this article you might want to check out my other article/list on the 100 greatest underrated guitar songs, which is a spiritual cousin of this one, located on my blog here). Thanks to Graham for letting me guest contribute to his fine site. So, this article attempts to call attention to 20 mostly underrated cool songs that in particular are propelled (at least in part) by dynamic drumming. In some cases they may be well-known, highly regarded songs, but in these cases the songs aren’t typically known or singled out for how awesome their drumming is. These aren’t the greatest drum fills, though in some cases I feel they’re in the running, but are more 20 non-obvious songs that feature great rock drumming. Eventually I decided to simplify it to a much less ambitious article about 20 rock songs featuring great rock drumming.

One of them was about Graham’s favorite drummers, and, inspired by his article, I tried to come up with an article about the 100 Greatest Drum Fills in Rock History, or something along those lines. Our host Graham also loves lists, in fact he’s written a bunch of them lately which I’ve greatly enjoyed. I love lists, in fact it’s right there in the title of the book I’ve written (and continue to periodically update) about music: The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists.

Great drum fills