The Winstons – Amen Brother

The Infamous Amen Break

The “Amen break” (usually pronounced /ɑːˈmɛn/[citation needed]) was a brief drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Sylvester “G. C.” Coleman in The Winstons”s song “Amen, Brother”. The “Amen Break”, “Amen”, or imitations thereof, are frequently used as sampled drum loops in hip hop, jungle, breakcore and drum and bass music. It is 5.20 seconds long and consists of four bars of the drum-solo [...]