Blues Drum Loops
Authentic blues drum loops with the swing, shuffle, and soul real blues demands.
100% live blues drums recorded by session players in Nashville, LA, and New York studios. You get 12/8 shuffles, swing grooves, triplet feels, and slow blues ballads. From the roots of Delta blues to high-energy Chicago and Texas shuffles, we covered the essential feels that make blues drumming what it is. No MIDI. No quantization. Just real drummers who understand the pocket.
Royalty-free, instant download. All libraries include 16-bit, 24-bit WAV, Apple Loops, and REX2 formats and include multi-velocity one shot samples of all drums used in recording.
The Blues Lineup
The Blues Lineup
An extensive resource for 12/8 blues drum loops. With a mix of earthy drum sounds as well as fat and greasy drum grooves, this a very versatile collection for classic blues-rock and blues drum tracks. 100% Live, authentic 12/8 and shuffles.
Live, acoustic, and swinging shuffle drum loops to create blues, folk, and country-rock drum tracks with 12/8, shuffles, and swing feels. An earthy roots sound and vibe will inspire folk and bluegrass styles as well.
650+ live blues drum loops recorded at a premier Nashville studio. Authentic shuffle beats, 12/8 grooves, and blues-rock rhythms from 60-180 BPM. 100% live performance with unprocessed drums. No MIDI, no triggers. Includes matching multi-velocity drum samples.
Featuring traditional 12/8 blues, Charleston shuffles, and other shuffle drum beats, Drum Werks XXIII brings 100% live and authentic shuffle drum loops to your songwriting sessions and sample library.
About Beta Monkey Blues Drum Loops
Authentic 12/8 Grooves, Shuffles, and Swing Feels
Blues drumming is all about the pocket. The way a shuffle pushes and pulls, the swing in the hi-hat, the ghost notes on the snare that complement the backbeat. The stuff that gives a groove its soul. Our loops capture exactly that: the human feel and natural dynamics that make authentic blues drumming come alive. You won't find any rigid, quantized MIDI patterns in our lineup. These are 100% live acoustic drums recorded by top session drummers who understand that a 12/8 groove is all about a feel, a pocket, and a conversation between the kick and the snare.
Our blues sample libraries cover the essential feels: traditional 12/8 shuffles that lock with your guitar riffs, swing grooves with hi-hat articulation and ghost notes, triplet-based patterns for Texas shuffle and Louisiana swamp blues, slow-burning ballads with brushes and mallets, and uptempo Chicago electric blues with driving energy.
From Delta Acoustic to Chicago Electric Blues
Blues drumming evolved across different regions and styles, and Beta Monkey's libraries reflect that diversity. From the sparse, earthy feel of Delta country blues (John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins) to the fat, greasy shuffle of Chicago electric blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy), from the swampy groove of Louisiana blues (Slim Harpo, Tony Joe White) to the driving energy of Texas shuffle (Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top)—our libraries give you the regional feels that define blues drumming.
Tempos range from slow blues crawls (50-70 BPM) to mid-tempo shuffles (80-110 BPM) to uptempo rockers (120+ BPM). Whether you're writing fingerpicking acoustic blues or electric guitar-driven Chicago blues, you'll find the grooves that fit.
Recorded by Session Players in Legendary Studios
These drums were tracked in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York studios where blues and roots music records are made. Vintage kits, classic microphone placement, and players who've studied the masters—Sam Lay, Fred Below, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. The result: drums that sound like they belong on a classic blues record, not a laptop.
Complete Drummer Packages for Songwriters
Every library includes everything you need: verse grooves, turnarounds, fills, endings, intros, and transitions. Plus matching multi-velocity drum samples for custom accents. Learn more about the drumming styles that inspired these blues sample packs.
Royalty-Free, All Formats, Instant Download
Download instantly in 16-bit and 24-bit WAV, AIFF, Apple Loops, and REX2. Use in any DAW—Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, GarageBand, FL Studio, Reaper. 100% royalty-free for unlimited commercial use.
For thousands of blues guitarists and songwriters worldwide, Beta Monkey has delivered the drum tracks that understand the blues isn't just a genre—it's a feel. Often imitated. Never duplicated.