The above is a great tune and one my current band is working up a loose "cover" version of. I'd describe the basic feel as a "New Orleans Two-beat". The drummer, Ritchie Hayward, does some interesting things between the snare and BD around the 2 and 4 beats which he seems to vary from one verse to another. I'm talking about the last sixteenth note of the first and third beat leading to the down beat of the second and fourth beats. Or to say it another way... the bolded beats in this one measure counting... 1 e an ah 2 e an ah 3 e an ah 4 e an ah.

Focusing on just those two bolded notes and using S for snare and B for bass... in the intro he uses SB, in a couple of verses he uses BS and in the "outro" he alternates SB and BS on two and four.

The question is...am I hearing this right? Also, he's doing a related but different pattern in the chorus that I have not figured out yet.

Any thoughts on what's being played or pointing me to a transcript would be very helpful.

Sorry, can't locate a decent audio file on this.  
BigBill

Thanks MudLark  

One of my all-time favorite drum grooves was played by Richie Hayward on Little Feat's "Hate To Lose Your Love".

Man, he built a 3-story house on that tune!  I won't even attempt to re-creat the drum pattern he used on this thread, but trust me, it was nothing shy of incredible.

Agree, Mudlark?

Regards,
drumz1

P.S.  Check out his webpage at www.richiehayward.com/

Absolutely!  I still remember buying that CD, it was the first one they had released in YEARS.  Hearing Little Feat again after having gone about 8 years without them was a truly wonderful musical experience.