Every Wednesday, Rhythm and Drum Guru will be bringing you exclusive weekly drum lessons with drumming greats, and this week it's the turn of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' funky monk, Chad Smith. Here he ...

Among other things, Big Sam's Funky Nation is a walking, talking, funking class in the history and myriad styles of funk. Classic funk—that most grooving and gritty stepchild of blues, soul and ...

For the audio examples of the funk grooves click here With funk guitar, rhythmic grooves and chords are king. It plays an integral rhythmic role alongside the bass guitar and drums in a band, and ...