This one-bar groove begins as an inadvertent copy of the one I called Herman Matthews’ Grimace, filtered through a couple years’ faulty memories and the undeserved sense of new invention. The second half of the pattern goes linear, and ends up somewhere altogether different.
The quarter-note bell ride is still here. The offbeat high-hat is still here. The ghost notes are still here. Yes, there is a strong family resemblance, right down to the monobrow and the dull stare.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (1/4 = 110 bpm) RB x x x x SD oo O o o O KD o o o o HH x x x x