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Like this - (Not me in pic).
Taylor Hawkins and Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon) use(d) this setup.
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The biggest problem with drummers is keeping the drums out of the vocal mic. It's very difficult with any drummer and impossible with a hard hitting drummer. But some mics are better than others in terms of pickup pattern. If he can get right on the mic and still play fine then a hypercardioid is a good bet. If he can't then a super cardioid like an Senn E845 is a good budget bet and will get as good results as anything else .
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
As others have suggested, a gooseneck extension on a tall microphone stand is good for positioning a mic so that it's not in the way of their arm movement.
I'd avoid headset mics - a drummer can move away from their vocal mic/swing the stand aside when not singing in to hit, but a headset gets all the heavy breathing, grunting, shouting at the bassist etc that happens between the actual moments of singing.
The drummer in my old band had a great high voice and could do harmonies. He used to dampen up his kit a lot in order to avoid the vocal mic picking up unwanted noise.