Les Claypool of Primus performs on the opening night of their "Tour De Fromage". Photo by J. Shearer/WireImage) Les Claypool’s use of chords on bass guitar, his technically brilliant right-hand ...
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“It’s all just devil music,” he quipped. Then the bassist who founded the rock band whose eclectic music mixes funk, progressive rock and some punk leanings took the question more seriously. “It's ...
Renaissance Man. Those probably aren't the first words that come to mind when people see a man wearing a pig mask on-stage.[split] But this is Les Claypool, a bass playing god from his days with the ...
Geddy Lee is a master of the melodic bassline, but there's one modern player who he believes has taken things even further ...
SEBASTOPOL (CBS SF) -- Ever prolific Bay Area bass hero Les Claypool had another busy year in 2016, introducing a collaboration with Sean Lennon and a new beverage with Sea Pop as well as playing ...
The 60-year-old musician and performer Les Claypool is considered to be one of the greatest bass players ever. Off-kilter and quirky, the frontman for bands like Primus and Colonel Les Claypool’s ...
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Metallica and Primus wouldn’t exactly make great bedfellows, the aggressive, angular riffs of one in stark opposition to the psychedelic experimentation of the other. But Claypool, then a bright-eyed ...
Who: Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang. Where: WinterWonderGrass Festival, Nottingham Park, Avon. When: 6:45 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Cost: A three-day pass is $159 at the gate. Single day tickets are $79 for ...
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According to Claypool, the Aquaman actor visited his Claypool Cellars winery, where they shared a boat ride, hung out and then Claypool provided some tips to Momoa on how to play "My Name Is Mud." The ...