Punk In Clave
I'm not claiming these tracks are heavily Afro-Cuban. But they do use one of the clave rhythms:
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . .
(You might want to ignore the visuals on that one; it was the best sounding rip on YouTube. [EDIT: And now it's no longer on YouTube so I substituted a video of an lp cover.])
I presume this rhythm enters hard rock by way of Bo Diddley; a precursor to "1969" is the instrumental break to the Byrds' "Tribal Gathering" (at 0:50 and 1:30):
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . .
Click to view(You might want to ignore the visuals on that one; it was the best sounding rip on YouTube. [EDIT: And now it's no longer on YouTube so I substituted a video of an lp cover.])
I presume this rhythm enters hard rock by way of Bo Diddley; a precursor to "1969" is the instrumental break to the Byrds' "Tribal Gathering" (at 0:50 and 1:30):