No, I don't think that playing the blues is out of your reach at this point. It's never too early to get an understanding of the one of the most important harmonic structures in Western music.

I see you feel the blues as 6/8 so you get that blues grooves are often based on dividing the primary pulse into three. You can also think of it as triplets in 4/4, or as as 12/8.

Let me explain. If you're used to playing 4/4 beats, you've probably played 1,2,3,4 on the ride or hihats, 2 and 4 on the snare and 1 and 3 on the bass drum.

Now play that slowly with a metronome (60BPM or slower) but for every beat in a bar of 4/4 imagine splitting it into three. Start by counting on every quarter note - "1, 2, 3, 4." Without changing what you're playing, count:  1-and-ah, 2-and-ah, 3-and-ah, 4-and-ah. The 4 counts will still fall in the same place, just the space in between will be divided in to three. Once you can do that, you should be able to hear the 6/8 feel in your head. Once you've got that down, then try playing all the notes you count on the hihat or ride while keeping the bass drum on 1 and 3 and the snare on 2 and 4.

Bingo: you're playing blues....

thanks guys, I shall have a go later on!

The triplet feel is your friend in most blues playing... a 'swung' triplet feel is even better and something you'll probably fall into naturally with more exposure and playing time in a blues context...  This goes not only for the various shuffle beats you'll run into - but also for fills, pick-ups etc...   

Good luck with your foray into blues -- it's relatively 'easy' to learn the basics, but can take a lifetime to master...

It looks like the respondents have established what the feel should be.  Now, here is a neat little trick to enhance that feeling on the hat.

Use the butt/shoulder of your stick to accent the last beat of your triplet on the hat as follows...

bead, bead, shoulder/butt ( open the hat just a tad to create and leave it open to drag the last beat ).  This creates a wonderful draggy wash that carries the 6/8 feel well.

1, 2 333333( shoulder/butt and hat slightly open), 4, 5, 666666 ( shoulder/butt and hat slightly open ) |  1, 2, 33333( "" )  4, 5, 666666 ( "" )

Forgive any reduncancy please.  I hope this was clear.

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I also see it in a few country songs.

This is more of a question not a statement.

Thoughts/confirmation?

At the risk of seeming pedantic, isn't blues 12/8? I was taught in music lessons it is, and is counted 123-223-323-423, which is how it can be played in slow numbers, and not playing the 2 in all four groups to get the shuffle feel? An exercise I use is to play the full twelve notes on my thigh while tapping 1-32-33-34-31-32 etc with a foot (dah-dedah-dedah). This reinforces the correct placement of the notes in the triplet feel, and when you've got that right with your hands on the hats, learn to swing it! This swing, a slight deviation from the '3' note placement, is quite individual, and gives you your signature. My signature is a bit wavery, by the way, it takes time! The bass drum is basically on the 1 & 2  with the snare and hats on 2 & 4. Once you've got it, use the bass drum to propel the song by doing a few doubles and being a bit busier, and variations on opening and closing the hats, but not to excess, of course!  That's how I learned it, anyway.
Hope this helps.