From the recording Every Groove A Bluesman Needs To Know
Flat Tire in D
This is yet another way to shuffle. This time it really accents the up beat and the snare drum hits them all sounding like: a-one...a- two...a-three...a-four... or what might remind you of a flat tire. The guitar is strumming the up beats compounding the flat tire effect. This guitar strum is common with a shuffle, but doesn't stand out as much as it does here. The drummer shuffles on the ride symbol just like a Texas shuffle. A good example is the studio version of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Empty Arms”. Martin Scorsese Presents the blues will have it. The live version does not do this. Bobby Blue Band “Don’t Believe” is another.