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Les Claypool
Leslie Edward Claypool is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the funk metal band Primus. Frequently considered one of the best bass players of all time,[2] his playing style is well known for mixing tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping.
Outside of Primus, Claypool has also been involved in a number of side projects, including the supergroups Oysterhead alongside Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Stewart Copeland (The Police), and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (C2B3), alongside Buckethead, Bryan Mantia (Primus) and Bernie Worrell (P-Funk). He also fronted the experimental rock projects Frog Brigade and Fancy Band. He has also self-produced and engineered several solo releases from his own studio, Rancho Relaxo. In 2006, a full-length feature film, Electric Apricot, written and directed by Claypool, was released, as well as his debut novel South of the Pumphouse. Most recently, he has been involved in several duos, including Duo de Twang with Brian Kehoe (M.I.R.V.), and The Claypool Lennon Delirium with Sean Lennon (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger).
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Les Claypool | 03.25 | Tel Aviv
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Les Claypool :: 03.25.10 :: The Barby :: Tel Aviv, Israel
Les Claypool :: 03.25 :: Israel The threshold has been broken. Finally, Israel has received its first exposure to the American jam music scene. It's not that Israelis don't get their fair share of improvisational acts, they just don't get any of the acts that make up the jam band scene that has flourished in the States. As is, ...
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Les Claypool: Tour, Wine Info
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LES CLAYPOOL ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES AND CLAYPOOL CELLARS NEWS
Les Claypool Les Claypool will hit the road once again this February on a tour that continues through April. The international trek finds the bassist in London, Italy, Germany, Israel, and includes stops at Amsterdam's Jam In The Dam and California's Coachella Music and Arts Festival.
Additionally, Les' wine venture, Claypool Cellars, has a new website and is currently running some excellent promos. For every case you purchase you will receive ...
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Les Claypool's Oddity Faire | 3.27 | Pa
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Les Claypool's Oddity Faire :: 03.27.09 :: Electric Factory :: Philadelphia, PA
Les Claypool :: 03.27 :: Philly Les Claypool pushes odd like a stripper pushes skin. Claypool's Oddity Faire Tour was just a creeping extension of his mutated mind. It was his own sideshow freak-out that complimented his style of performance. There's no point anymore in stressing the fact that Les ...
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Les Claypool Tour with Saul, O'Death, Devotchka
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LES CLAYPOOL - The Oddity Faire - A Mutated Mini FestLes Claypool
Les Claypool will head out on the road for The Oddity Faire - A Mutated Mini FestLes Claypool with tour support from O'Death, Saul Williams, Devotchka, Yard Dogs Road Show, The Mutaytor and Secret Chiefs 3.
This tour will be in support of Claypool's Of Fungi and Foe. Set for release on March 17, this is the follow-up to 2006's Of Whales and Woe.
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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey to Open Dates for Les Claypool
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All About Jazz
Tulsa / Cincinnati-based Trio At Work On New Album With Veteran Producer Joel Dorn New York, NY -- The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has been moving at a dizzying pace since the release of their critically-acclaimed recording, Walking With Giants, on HYENA Records in August 2004. Tour dates have led them from California to New York and back again multiple times over, while individually, pianist Brian Haas has just released his first ever solo album, The Truth About Hollywood, bassist ...
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