{"id":44110,"date":"2023-03-14T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=44110"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:57:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:57:50","slug":"heavy-metal-grooves-fills-tommy-aldridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/heavy-metal-grooves-fills-tommy-aldridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Heavy Metal Grooves &#038; Fills With Tommy Aldridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSV4I_ah94o\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Its not about the click. It&#8217;s about music.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Tommy Aldridge<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tommy Aldridge is larger than life &#8211; and it&#8217;s not just because of his insane showmanship or epic mop of curls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His huge stage presence and punishing drumming have supported Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Pat Travers, Black Oak Arkansas and more. 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