Yes, I agree concerning the cow bell groove. It adds that certain something.GREAT COW BELL SOUND.

I thought that cowbell sounded great. Which one was it mr cowbell grand master?

Quite frankly I could have done without the whooping and hollerin'.
Reminded me of a round of golf with Tiger. 

And is that china a Purdie signature item? He showcased it enough! 

Seriously though, despite myself I have to admit the cowbell groove was pretty killer. Not exactly 'latin' as the caption suggested.
Throughout the clip the groove was 100% committed.
The man can play......end then some. 

He's playing a cowbell, it must be a Latin groove!

He's does bury it, but its also cool how low the stick is after that and how quiet his ghosts strokes are to make that groovy beat.

Seems funny after all that heavy china playing to hear shave and a haricut.

No wonder I liked it. I love the Black Beauty, though I haven't heard mine in a while. Maybe that's why I didn't recognize it right off. Isn't there more the one model of LP Salsa? Which one are you referring to?

Got to say, Purdie's snare sound sure is fat. He is fun to watch play. I have watched the video several times now, though every time I do wish for less china.

Oh purleese.
Isn't this discussion more suited to the percussion forum? 
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It's true, Felix - you can even see him singing his parts at times. It's not just his hands flailing away at some technical exercise, it's the voice inside singing.

Yes, subdividing while one plays/vocalizing... playing musically, lyrically, communicatively- it's the core of drumming.

*felix's journal entry for his personal edification*

So many ways to play a backbeat.  And effectively to make it sit in your mix, style and or band.  It's  full circle thing once one learns a few chops; for me personally to go back and practice groove.

I have a friend whom tries so hard to make these huge statements when he plays and so many things suffer.  Yet the less and more kicked back I play the more compliments I seem to garner.  It's weird.  I really approach drumming with humility these days and I have been getting some great compliments from some awesome players.  I'm really not blowing my horn but it surprised me how I used to think what was good drumming and what other people think is good drumming.

I suppose it has been my dedication to groove playing the past 3 or 4 years.  I mean really just sitting down and playing groove for 2 hours or so at a time.  I still don't think I'm very good at it the more I play it!  But I'm no worse, so that's cool.

Ever notice and I've read about this before, how much better everything "sounds" when the groove is happening?

The two books that really took my playing up a notch:
Fred Dinkin's "It's about Time"
Kenny Werner's "Effortless Mastery"

Maybe, but really any good musician should be able to count.

Sorry it took me so long to answer.  I had to make a run to Nashville to pick up my son who had problems with his motorcycle.  1400 miles in 20 hours nonstop.  Anyway. you can hear the cowbell Here