Les Claypool's Duo De Twang - full set Aspen Snowmass Mammoth Fest 6-15-14 HD tripod 

He’s amazing, I’m sure he’s using the double thumping technique and I’m sure that bass must feel super percussive. Les is one of my biggest influences.

@@jahazielramirezbass no double thumb. When it sounds like he's playing multiple notes that's because he's hammering on notes with his left hand. I cannot recall a single time les has ever played double thumb. If he wants to get more notes he simply slaps faster.

Idk man he is very good but have you heard cliff burton play?

@@clinkerboot1606 cliffs playing wasn't some kind of magic. He was compared to some other great bass players during that time pretty average. What made him unique was his improvisation and writing skills.

Les owns the bass. Bass is king and Les is the king of bass. This guy can take any song from any genre and make it better. Thank your lucky stars that you have the privilege to witness music at its finest.

doing gods’ work, thank you.

Legend

lintdrummer fuzq49o5

special place in heaven for ppl like you

whos the dobro man?

Thenumberonekunoichi Absolutely and so is Brian , these guys are masters

AWESOME MUSICIAN

Primus sucks

@rob bouchard UGH OH LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE DOESNT GET IT

rob bouchard You don’t get it, do you?

Your right!..what he does is totally mind blowing!!

Dude is a freak, it's just unreal.

Imagine my surprise when he started banging out Amos Moses !! Lol him and Buckethead together you had the two best out their With their respective instruments!!!

I love his bass, but don’t learn it bc I respect it too much/it is very distant from my approach. Why mimic, when you can simply enjoy

@@wastedshores8635 well said and I agree 100% it’s so easy to go out and mimic what you hear but to go out and make your own sound!!! My top three bassist Claypool, flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, lastly with the slap bass style feildy froM corn!!!

Underrated? I don't think so..unless you mean this particular "incarnation," in which case you are right.

More experienced guitarist I'm pretty sure

Pretty sure that’s his boy

Brian *Key-hoesington!*

Constructive Critique Tone is less than 1% in the fingers Expression and feel is in the hands and fingers

I've been saying this for like the last 15 years, from experience and observation, but everyone wants to attribute "tone" to whatever equipment you have. Simply is not the case. You can have every piece of equipment as Hendrix or whoever and that's not going to make you sound like them.

i bet you can drive F1 and still would not win the race. Yes you can have whatever equipment, but you have to be good to make the difference, like Les,

@@VegasCyclingFreak As a good modern example, take a look at Jimmy James (True Loves / Delvon Lemar's organ trio). That guy has one of the most simple setups. Silvertone guitar into a fender twin reverb, sometimes he uses a white Fender stratocaster. For me personally absolutely THE example currently of a guitar player that has incredible tone range from a very simple setup.

Constructive Critique tone has more to do with equipment, but tone is not as important as the way you play, if you play in the right way you can work with anything, there is a different tone, what’s the same is les’ flare as a bassist

JayElStuf futSlEyaJ not me

JayElStuf futSlEyaJ 3 minutes tops for me.

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Les should get on with it with Primus and start kicking ass like in the 90's. Not do cover songs from a kids movie, although he can do what he wants to do.

the lastest primus has its moments but nothing close to the early stuff. i guess aging cuts into the creative magic. very few bands can recapture their spark. but i don't expect them to. too many fans expect a band to still sound the same even though their lives are totally different. like Trent Rezner is not the same mad angry dude. but he somehow still makes good tunes....as well as bad ones. and i'm blabbing too much now JayElStuf futSlEyaJ

Both are very special. Musical geniuses.

Bryan Kehoe. I love his brillliant bluegrass/cajun style... he's a master.

Young Curt yes

Bad Orange Man got that locked, sorry Les

president of a fishing club

Les and his "vacation band" lol he has said many times that he does gig this with Kehoe purely for good times with good people. Would be amazing if they toured together again

I've been a Stompin Tom fan ever since the 90's( in my 20's then) Saw the legendary Stompin Tom many a time and a true ' Proud Canadian ' he was. Respect to Les for honouring and covering a Stompin Tom song

Les is a fan of Rush And Gordon Lightfoot .

AAAAMEN!!!

Even his pick ups.

I've no definitive evidence to refute.

Johnny Winter had legs like the lead in a mechanical pencil, so there’s that...

@@davidc1961utube But could he BBQ?

AlwaysQuinning location location location

Yeahhhhhhh. Rude unappreciative audience. Every time I've seen him I was completely mesmerized the entire time. But, I Am a drummer. Or at least try to be.

I know what you're saying, but also I can almost guarantee the band was and generally always is having more fun than the audience at EVERY show, and would be even if there wasn't any audience there at all. I think this is true for any good musician, the music is its own reward. The money definitely doesn't hurt either and I'm sure they got a decent amount of that too, if they got a full month of my rent per person I would be very surprised (meaning they probably got paid twice that at the very least)

Umm.... I'm actually glad there wasn't annoying mother f****** screaming and whistling.... hollering hell yeah like a bunch of douche nuggets. We get to hear the music, so that's what's up.

There all the exact same rhythms for every song. Look at where he stays on the fret board. The only differences in the songs are the bass hooks, lyrics, guitar work, and tempo

@@brandonrichardson8681 Why does it matter he has similar rhythm and similar finger placement along the board? People aren't enamored with his skill because of the hooks, lyrics or tempo (though they do play a part), it's because he can play the bass guitar as pretty much as a solo instrument at his best, and a rhythm guitar or percussion at his worst. He is the only bassist in a major band I've seen transform the bass like he has. The majority of the time the bass is either non existent or barely heard in the mix, or is a great backer piece. It's not about the extent of the board or the elaborate rhythm he uses, it's the skill in which he plays with.

You skipped Stomp, after Moses, b4 Bridge

Number 2 was Damn Blue Collar Tweekers, with Beaver lyrics. :)

@@warrengdrum1 o ok thanks u so much

It's a bit of an understatement that the crowd is such coczandweanie breaths that no one can say primus sucks higher than above the decibel level that les and his rawBilly brother are able to get 30 seconds of any one of those songs that I don't care if les and him kicked my tent over and kicked me in the nuts and then I got told to come front row because I would 100% earn those 2 bad ass muthrz time because all you tirdboners at that show like don't give a shit about the fact your blessed to have such A twisted warped brilliant pair of noggins.come to Wv...please I promise you would not regret your decision to where youd have to check your watch or try to get in meditation ritual mode just to enjoy the mountains and trees and birds.marvins mountain top aside from all wv loves ya always will love you.green naughdahyde took me to the depths of hell and strait down further to salvation.west is the Best.wild and wonderful for a damn reason.primus suks

Merence Tckenna Come to watch this and find I've commented on it 5 months earlier.

watch it again a year later!!!

What's funny is that wasn't even staying alive that they played. He just played a traditional easy country riff, and spiced it up. All the songs had that same rhythm.lol every song he does. Primus plays the same seven songs on every album. He just changed the hook. I'm not downing him. Just saying. I'm a musician, and have studied his style, and cliff burtons style my hole life

@@brandonrichardson8681 Well yea for duo de twang its similar rhythm because for country music the instruments make the rhythm. But saying primus makes the same seven songs is very incorrect. Obviously you haven't studied his style that long or something to say something like that.

Victor Wooten is better, but Les is more.

Chris must be kin

this is rubbish, when does the real music start?

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When you cease to be tone deaf.

Brian Hancock flea V les for the title of bass god

Les wins in pure technically ability. Flea wins at stage presence and personally tone

Apples and oranges..

Victor Wooten

Marc Brownstein

+John Coleman Vidrine i saw them play on the same the day. that almost counts.

WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!that would b epic

Les and Dweezl Zappa would be fun too.

bad*

@@QuartQ3 No

@@-Bishop- thats the joke. you see when people say "primus sucks!" "primus is terrible!" ect ect... they actually mean that they're good!

@@QuartQ3 Primus sucks!

I was thinking the same but I'm a cello player, so it's a bit too close for comfort.