Bass Drum Control by Colin Bailey has been out there since 1964. It has been a such a successful book that it was reissued with a new cover to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Voted one of the "25 greatest drum books of all time" in Modern Drummer, it is—as has been said many times—"the Bible on the subject." It was originally written for the jazz concept using a single pedal, but for several years now it has been adapted by drummers world wide for the double pedal, and is endorsed by Steve Smith in his clinics and videos as a product that he used for getting his double pedal chops together. It is also endorsed by Joe Morello on his video Drum Method 2 - Around the Kit. Colin says "Most of the drummers that I have met over the last 30 years or so have been through that book." Colin is known for the speed and accuracy of his unique bass drum technique, and you have only to hear him play some of the exercises on the book's audio tracks to make you want to have that kind of ability.
