Les Claypool

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First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Primus Innovator Todd Huth Returns With Porch

It took years of hard work and gigging in the Bay Area before freak-metal outfit—and unlikely rock stars—Primus blew up in the ’90s. Spazzy, weirdo bass player/frontman Les Claypool started the band in the early ’80s with guitarist Todd Huth. In 1988, ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Metroactive ]
First Reported May 12 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Review: New York: The Peripherals

and Kamala Sankaram in The Peripherals(© Darien Bates)Words like "quirky" and offbeat" only scratch the surface in describing the antics of the veteran theater troupe the Talking Band, who has been creating shows for 30 years. Their latest invention, ... [ Published May 12 2012 by TheaterMania ]
First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

The B List: 10 Rock Autobiographies We’d Love To Read

Now more than ever aging rockstars are signing on with publishing houses to pen memoirs about their sex, drugs and rock and roll-soaked lives. Last week Gregg Allman’s My Cross To Bear came out and yesterday we found out that Grateful Dead drummer ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Hidden Track ]
First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Bonnaroo 2012 to feature 3 generations of mandolin greats

Last year, we proclaimed Bonnaroo 2011 to be the year of the bassist. With all-time legends like Bootsy Collins, Les Claypool, and George Porter, Jr. on hand, it was a great year to be a fan of the... ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Examiner.com ]
First Reported Apr 16 2012 - Updated Apr 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Primus @ Royal Albert Hall, London,

After many, many years of waiting in frustration, I finally got to see Les Claypool play a solo show (with one or two Primus numbers, of course) a couple of years ago in Camden. Perhaps his shows are like London buses, in that you wait ages and then three ... [ Published Apr 16 2012 by Subba Cultcha ]
First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Primus - Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London

Billed rather formally as ‘An Evening With Primus’ this two-night residency at the poshest of venues is a rather strange move for these cult rock oddities. Then again, Les, Lar and Jay are strange people thus it makes perfect sense in a round about ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by ClashMusic.com ]
First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Daniel Knox to play 123 Pleasant Street

Singer-song writer Daniel Know will play 123 Pleasant Street at 9 p.m. April 12.Need a break from the constant over-saturation of Morgantown’s music scene with cacophonous rock, metal, rap and electronic acts whose only goal is to destroy your ear drums ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Daily Athenaeum ]
First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Local Music: West Palm Beach phenom earns respect on bass

Bass players are the Rodney Dangerfields of music. While singers dominate the spotlight; guitarists, keyboardists and horn players wait for their chance to solo; and drummers provide an animated pulse; bassists can get no respect by comparison.Twenty-five-year-old ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by PB Pulse ]
First Reported Apr 03 2012 - Updated Apr 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 1 — Michael Angelo Batio Vs. Buckethead

Welcome to our first-ever Greatest Guitarist poll, where 128 guitarists go head to head, round by round, in a bracketed format, all to crown your choice for the Greatest Guitarist of All Time.We filled 124 of 128 slots with the names of a host of incredible ... [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Guitar World ]
First Reported Feb 09 2012 - Updated Feb 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Jane’s Addiction Added As Summer Camp Festival Headliner

Jane’s Addiction has been added as a headliner to this May’s Summer Camp Music Festival , which is scheduled to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois on May 25 – 27. Other headliners include Umphrey’s McGee and moe., who are each ... [ Published Feb 09 2012 by Hidden Track ]
First Reported Feb 08 2012 - Updated Feb 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Summer Camp Late Nights: Pretty Lights / Claypool + More

Earlier this afternoon organizers of the Summer Camp Music Festival  announced the late night acts for this year’s event. Les Claypool and the Dead Kenny G’s will perform in the barn on the Friday night of the festival. Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, ... [ Published Feb 08 2012 by Hidden Track ]
First Reported Dec 29 2011 - Updated Dec 29 2011 - 1 Documents

Les Claypool Looks Back on Primus ‘Breakup,’ Influence of Coen Brothers

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Getty Images Although Primus got their start in the Bay Area music scene, circa 1984, bassist and band leader Les Claypool is, by now, firmly entrenched in Sonom, two counties north of San Francisco. Wine country. ... [ Published Dec 29 2011 by Showbiz at their Best ]

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Primus Innovator Todd Huth Returns With Porch [ Published May 23 2012 by Metroactive ]
Backbeat: Rolfe Kent Receives Career Achievemen... [ Published May 17 2012 by Billboard ]
Review: New York: The Peripherals [ Published May 12 2012 by TheaterMania ]
The B List: 10 Rock Autobiographies We’d Love T... [ Published May 10 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Williams III blazes own trail [ Published May 10 2012 by Toledoblade.com ]
Bonnaroo 2012 to feature 3 generations of mando... [ Published May 09 2012 by Examiner.com ]
Primus @ Royal Albert Hall, London, [ Published Apr 16 2012 by Subba Cultcha ]
Concert Pick of the Week 4/11 - Rasputina w/Dan... [ Published Apr 11 2012 by Cauldron ]
Primus - Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London [ Published Apr 08 2012 by ClashMusic.com ]
Daniel Knox to play 123 Pleasant Street [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Daily Athenaeum ]
Local Music: West Palm Beach phenom earns respe... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by PB Pulse ]
Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round... [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Guitar World ]
Jane’s Addiction Added As Summer Camp Festival ... [ Published Feb 09 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Summer Camp Late Nights: Pretty Lights / Claypo... [ Published Feb 08 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Hank3's March Adventure [ Published Feb 07 2012 by POLLSTAR ]
Les Claypool Looks Back on Primus ‘Breakup,’ In... [ Published Dec 29 2011 by Showbiz at their Best ]
HT Staff’s 25 Best Albums Of 2011: #25 – #21 [ Published Dec 26 2011 by Hidden Track ]
Summer Camp 2012: Umphrey’s, moe., Primus, Weir... [ Published Dec 09 2011 by Hidden Track ]
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The B List: 10 Rock Autobiographies We’d Love T... [ Published May 10 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Now more than ever aging rockstars are signing on with publishing houses to pen memoirs about their sex, drugs and rock and roll-soaked lives. Last week Gregg Allman’s My Cross To Bear came out and yesterday we found out that Grateful Dead drummer ...
Jane’s Addiction Added As Summer Camp Festival ... [ Published Feb 09 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Jane’s Addiction has been added as a headliner to this May’s Summer Camp Music Festival , which is scheduled to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois on May 25 – 27. Other headliners include Umphrey’s McGee and moe., who are each ...
Summer Camp Late Nights: Pretty Lights / Claypo... [ Published Feb 08 2012 by Hidden Track ]
Earlier this afternoon organizers of the Summer Camp Music Festival  announced the late night acts for this year’s event. Les Claypool and the Dead Kenny G’s will perform in the barn on the Friday night of the festival. Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, ...
Les Claypool Looks Back on Primus ‘Breakup,’ In... [ Published Dec 29 2011 by Showbiz at their Best ]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Getty Images Although Primus got their start in the Bay Area music scene, circa 1984, bassist and band leader Les Claypool is, by now, firmly entrenched in Sonom, two counties north of San Francisco. Wine country. ...
HT Staff’s 25 Best Albums Of 2011: #25 – #21 [ Published Dec 26 2011 by Hidden Track ]
Here at Hidden Track, compiling our end of the year list of the 25 best albums has been eerily similar to the process of devising another top 25 list – the college football top 25. When we started four years ago, we attempted to devise a quantitative ...
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