Les Claypool: NYE Silver Anniversary Extravaganza in Oakland

Bass player extraordinaire Les Claypool will be a buys guy on New Year's Eve at The Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA. To celebrate his 25th NYE show he will be playing with his three bands Primus, Duo De Twang and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Except lavish stage props, an off-kilter light show and the unexpected in general:

Join Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and The Duo de Twang in celebrating the 25th Bay Area New Years Eve Show in a row with Les Claypool at The Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA on Dec 31st, 2016.

Some special guests will be sure to join throughout the night as well. This New Years Eve promises to bring back some fond memories of New Years past, present and future. This show is not too be missed.

Les Claypool interview in Bass Player Magazine

Bass Player Magazine has an interview with Les Claypool:

I’ve always said that bass is the crayon I picked out the box. I’d still be drawing the same picture if I picked up guitar or whatever, but it’d look a little different because it’d be another crayon. For me, it’s how I express myself sonically—that and my voice— in the easiest manner: 4-string bass. It’s a little more of a wrassle with 6-string, but 4-string, I can just pick it up and shit comes out. I don’t even have to think about it.

Claypool will be on the road with his Duo De Twang and Primus:

Duo De Twang dates:

• 02/18 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
• 02/19 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
• 02/20 Grand Junction, CO @ Avalon Theater
• 02/21 Avon, CO @ Winter Wondergrass

Primus dates:

• 04/08 Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
• 04/10 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
• 04/11 Kalamazoo, MI @ Kalamazoo State Theatre
• 04/12 Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Centre @ Murat Theatre
• 04/14 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE @ Indoor
• 04/15 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
• 04/17 Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
• 04/18 Atlanta, GA @ Sweetwater 420 Fest
• 04/20 Concord, NH @ The Capitol Center For the Arts
• 04/21 Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theatre
• 04/24 Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
• 04/25 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
• 04/27 Cleveland, OH @ Masonic Auditorium
• 04/28 Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center Theatre
• 04/30 Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
• 05/01 New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre
• 05/03 Shreveport, LA @ Strand Theater
• 05/05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Events Center
• 05/06 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
• 05/07 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater

» lesclaypool.com
» primusville.com

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: Winter tour dates

photo: Jeremy Scott

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang have announced the first batch of dates for their Winter tour. Expect deconstrusted Primus songs and choice covers.

Live dates:

• 02/18 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
• 02/19 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up
• 02/20 Grand Junction, CO @ Avalon Theater
• 02/21 Avon, CO @ Winter Wondergrass

» lesclaypool.com

HCTF review of Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: European tour

photo: Jeremy Scott

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang will be playing shows in the UK, Denmark and The Netherlands.

European live dates:

• 07/02 @ London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
• 07/03 @ Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Doornroosje
• 07/04 @ Roskilde, Denmark @ @ Roskilde Festival
• 07/05 @ Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso

USA live dates:

• 06/06 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
• 06/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
• 06/12 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern,
• 06/13 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
• 06/14 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre
• 06/15 Snowmass, CO @ Snowmass Mammoth Fest
• 08/20 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
• 08/22 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
• 08/23 Columbus, OH @ Newport
• 08/24 Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
• 08/26 Wilmington, DE @ World Cafe
• 08/27 Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater
• 08/28 Portland, ME @ Port City
• 08/29 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
• 08/30 Turin, NY @ Moedown Festival

» lesclaypool.com

HCTF review of Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: shows added in Sacramento and San Francisco

photo: Jeremy Scott

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang have added shows in Sacramento and San Francisco to their Summer tour.

Live dates:

• 06/06 Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
• 06/07 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
• 06/12 Belly Up tavern, Solana Beach, CA
• 06/13 Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ
• 06/14 Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ
• 06/15 Snowmass Mammoth Fest, Snowmass, CO

» lesclaypool.com

HCTF review of Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: secret Brooklyn show tonight

photo: Jeremy Scott

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang will a perform a not-so-secret show in Brooklyn tonight at 7 pm at the Brooklyn Rod & Gun Club at 59 Kent Ave. A 21+ show, entry is first come first serve and $10 at the door, cash only.

Live dates:

• 02/27 Brooklyn Rod & Gun Club, Brooklyn, NY (7 pm)
• 02/27 The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel, New York, NY (11pm)
• 02/28 Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY
• 03/01 The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
• 03/03 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA,
• 03/04 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA
• 03/06 The Kent Stage, Kent, OH
• 03/07 Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
• 03/08 The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
• 03/09 Plush, Saint Louis, MO
• 03/11 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
• 03/12 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/13 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/14 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/15 Howlin Wolf, New Orleans, LA

The duo's debut album Four Foot Shack will be released on ATO Records on February 4.

» lesclaypool.com

HCTF review of Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: more tour dates

photo: Jeremy Scott

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang have extended their Spring tour with dates in Saint Louis, Fayetteville and New Orleans. They will also perform at Austin's SXSW Festival.

Live dates:

• 02/26 The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel New York, NY
• 02/27 The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel New York, NY
• 02/28 Bearsville Theater Woodstock, NY
• 03/01 The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
• 03/03 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA,
• 03/04 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA
• 03/06 The Kent Stage, Kent, OH
• 03/07 Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
• 03/08 The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
• 03/09 Plush, Saint Louis, MO
• 03/11 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
• 03/12 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/13 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/14 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 03/15 Howlin Wolf, New Orleans, LA

The duo's debut album Four Foot Shack will be released on ATO Records on February 4.

» lesclaypool.com

HCTF review of Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang: Four Foot Shack

photo: Jeremy Scott

Some albums are made to have some fun and Les Claypool's Duo De Twang must have enjoyed themselves immensely when they put together Four Foot Shack. Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard played some acoustic shows country-fying Claypool's songs as well as a wide variety of covers. By doing so they breathed new life into Primus favorites like Wynona's Big Brown Beaver and Jerry Was a Race Car Driver. Honorable metiton for the reworking of two songs from Claypool 2009 album Of Fungi And Foe, Red State Girl sounding really sleazy and Boonville Stomp coming close to being sinister soundtrack for a David Lynch movie.

In a format like this it makes sense to pay tribute to famous predecessors like Stompin' Tom Connors, The Chantay and Johnny Horton. However, live audiences must have scratched their heads at first when the duo dug into Alice in Chains' Man in the Box and, wait for it, the Bee Gees disco smash Stayin' Alive. Rest assured, there's no sign of the hysterical falsetto vocals, but Uncle Les trademark nasal pitch turns it into a cool folk song.

What will they think of next? Count on it that the duo will have a couple tricks old and new when they hit the road again in February.

Four Foot Shack will be released on ATO Records. Release date February 4.

Tracks:

1. Four Foot Shack (Les Claypool's Duo de Twang)
2. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver (Primus)
3. Amos Moses (Jerry Reed)
4. Red State Girl (Les Claypool)
5. The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down (Stompin' Tom Connors)
6. Boonville Stomp (Les Claypool)
7. Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
8. Rumble of the Diesel (Les Claypool)
9. Pipe Line (The Chantays)
10. Buzzards of Greenhill (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
11. Hendershot (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
12. Man in the Box (Alice in Chains)
13. D's Diner (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
14. Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
15. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver (Primus)

Live dates:

• 02/26 The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel New York, NY
• 02/27 The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel New York, NY
• 02/28 Bearsville Theater Woodstock, NY
• 03/01 The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
• 03/03 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA,
• 03/04 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA
• 03/06 The Kent Stage, Kent, OH
• 03/07 Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
• 03/08 The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN

» lesclaypool.com

Duo De Twang: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

Listen to a stream of Jerry Was A Race Car Driver from the forthcoming Duo de Twang album Four Foot Shack.

Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard will perform three shows in Florida in January.

» lesclaypool.com

Duo de Twang: "Four Foot Shack" 02/04

photo: Jeremy Scott

Duo de Twang, featuring Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard, will release their full-length Four Foot Shack on February 4th on ATO Records. It's a mixed bag of reinvented Claypool tracks and a few covers, including (deep breath) the Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive.

Tracks:

1. Four Foot Shack (Les Claypool's Duo de Twang)
2. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver (Primus)
3. Amos Moses (Jerry Reed)
4. Red State Girl (Les Claypool)
5. The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down (Stompin' Tom Connors)
6. Boonville Stomp (Les Claypool)
7. Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
8. Rumble of the Diesel (Les Claypool)
9. Pipe Line (The Chantays)
10. Buzzards of Greenhill (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
11. Hendershot (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
12. Man in the Box (Alice in Chains)
13. D's Diner (Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
14. Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
15. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver (Primus)

Live dates:

• 01/07 House of Blues Orlando, FL
• 01/08 State Theater St. Petersburg, FL
• 01/09 FL Revolution Ft Lauderdale, FL

» lesclaypool.com

Duo de Twang: three shows in Florida in January

Duo de Twang, featuring Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard, have just announced three shows in Florida.

Live dates:

• 01/07 House of Blues Orlando, FL
• 01/08 State Theater St. Petersburg, FL
• 01/09 FL Revolution Ft Lauderdale, FL

» lesclaypool.com

Duo de Twang: "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" stream, new album "Four Foot Shack"

Duo de Twang, featuring Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard, will release their new album Four Foot Shack in early 2014. A stream of Wynona's Big Brown Beaver is up on Claypool's website.

Live dates:

• 10/11 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
• 10/12 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
• 10/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
• 10/15 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
• 10/17 Ozark, AR @ Harvest Fest
• 10/18 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
• 10/19 Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre
• 10/20 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
• 10/25 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
• 10/26 Placerville, CA @ Hangtown Halloween

» lesclaypool.com

Railroad Earth: Hangtown Halloween Ball

Inventive folkies Railroad Earth are the driving force behind the Hangtown Halloween Ball in Placerville, CA (October 24-27). Among the acts are Galactic, Matisyahu, Les Claypool's Duo de Twang, Lotus, the Mike Dillon Band and Greensky Bluegrass.

» hangtownhalloween.com
» railroadearth.com

Duo de Twang (Claypool/Haggard): West Coast tour dates

Duo de Twang, featuring Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard have announced another string of dates. They will be performing on the US West Coast in August.

Live dates:

• 08/16 Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
• 08/17 Malibu Inn, Malibu, CA
• 08/18 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
• 08/20 Crystal Bay Club Casino Crown Room, Crystal Bay, NV
• 08/21 Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, CA
• 08/23 Neptune, Seattle, WA
• 08/24 Century Courtyard, Bend, OR

» lesclaypool.com

Duo de Twang (Claypool/Haggard): East coast dates added

Duo de Twang, featuring Les Claypool and Marc “MIRV” Haggard goes acoustic again. They will perform four West Coast shows in March, before heading East in April.

Live dates:

• 03/20 San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads
• 03/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubador
• 03/23 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriett's
• 03/24 Phoenix, AZ @ McDowell Mountain Musicfest
• 04/18 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
• 04/19 Live Oak, FL @ Wanee Music Festival
• 04/20 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
• 04/22 Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Balroom
• 04/23 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
• 04/26 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
• 04/27 Washington, DC @ The Hamilton
• 04/28 New York, NY @ The Gramercy

» lesclaypool.com

Les Claypool: Duo de Twang with Marc “MIRV” Haggard in March

Bass ace Les Claypool goes acoustic again with Marc “MIRV” Haggard. They will perform four shows as the Duo de Twang in March.

Live dates:

• 03/20 San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads
• 03/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubador
• 03/23 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriett's
• 03/24 Phoenix, AZ @ McDowell Mountain Musicfest

» lesclaypool.com

Les Claypool: Duo de Twang with Marc “MIRV” Haggard

Bass ace Les Claypool goes acoustic with Marc “MIRV” Haggard. They will perform two shows as the Duo de Twang: at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA and on Oct 6th at the (free) Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

» lesclaypool.com