Lynyrd Skynyrd

Play drums likeBob Burns

American drummer (1950–2015)

The songs with Bob Burns on drums, to play on your own kit: Free Bird and Simple Man. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Simple Man

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Bob Burns playing drums — Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Easyeasiest — Simple Man
57average BPM
60fastest — Simple Man

Songs with Bob Burns on drums

Free BirdLynyrd Skynyrd

Simple ManLynyrd Skynyrd More Lynyrd Skynyrd songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Bob Burns

Start with Simple Man — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 60 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to Free Bird: 3,970 notes in 9:59. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Bob Burns's drum parts: questions

What songs does Bob Burns play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Bob Burns on drums: Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd).

What is the easiest Bob Burns song to play on drums?

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd — rated easy, at 60 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Bob Burns's hardest drum part here?

Free Bird: 3,970 notes in 9:59, rated medium. The fastest is Simple Man at 60 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Bob Burns?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.