Les Claypool & the Rat Brigade - Another one bites the dust rant/Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

[@Baz87100]

I've listened to so much Primus in my life that I now assume when Les tells an anecdote it's part of the lyrics lol

[@ralu9457]

zappa would be proud of them

[@KenLieck]

True. Not many people can really swing the jazz beard...

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Damn straight.

[@KenLieck]

@@SuiGenerisAbbie And/or Bizarre...

[@TomRomanofski]

Best Big Brother Frank thank you) ) )

[@sefthereject]

Watching this I was thinking if Zappa was still alive they would’ve been a helluva team

[@yungoyster1742]

I love Primus, don't get me wrong, but it feels like the jam band scene is where Les really let his creativity flow in a way he hadn't before

[@colonel_dingus]

Damm right! The man himself said countless times that the moment he entered the jam scene he felt like there were no boundaries or judgmental people to limit him.

[@Faks.09]

Primus was a jam band in 2004

[@sinane.y]

@@colonel_dingus lol I never would've thought Primus was a band with boundaries, but I guess their success in the 90s created expectations and that puts you in a box

[@jacobgreengas7121]

Primus sucks!

[@blitheringrando1410]

I saw them at a festival in 2008 (in the middle of a long hiatus) it was very much a jam band style set

[@tiopatinhas55]

Les always looks like he equips randon clothes on Fallout games

[@Brandon-fh5by]

I was at this show. gOtV 2001. Was my first festival. This was after hours of heavy storms, they had to postpone the music but ended up having all the bands go on later. It was epic, so long as you didn’t get hit by a lightning strike lol

[@joshrepp5876]

I swam into this show. Remember the water that connected the parking lot to the festival ground? Best free show ever. It was 2000 in Bridgeport , CT. 2001 was in Red Hook,NY. I was there too.

[@Brandon-fh5by]

@@joshrepp5876 wait a min. I’m a big fat liar. This was from 2000, I wasn’t there. I didn’t see claypool until 2001

[@joshrepp5876]

@@Brandon-fh5byYeah I went both years. It was the only two times I went to gotv. You missed a good one. This was billed as Les Claypool and the Rat brigade because it was basically ratdog with Les Claypool instead of Bob Weir. Bob came out to play tomorrow never knows with the band and then it Jammed straight into the Ratdog show. Les stayed for the first couple songs. I can’t remember what songs. I think one was bird song.

[@joshrepp5876]

@@Brandon-fh5byI looked it up Tomorrow Never Knows > Jam > Jack Straw > Bird Song Wish someone would upload the full show. I’ve been looking for it forever. I have an audio file somewhere. Not the best quality. Would love to see video of it all. I was 19 years old having the time of my life

[@jamesbullock9209]

Another One Bites Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver!

[@macleadg]

So, is this song called “Another One Bites the Beaver”? (Asking for a friend).

[@hellboundrubber4448]

Bernie Edwards was the bassist for Chic, aka Good Times/Rapper's Delight. He and Nile Rodgers were theeee session musicians for many acts. Esp when Bites the Dust was made. Bernie was hangin in the U.K. at that time. He directly worked for Duran Duran, all their bass lines are Bernie's, China Girl-Bowie, Power Station, Robert Palmer's Riptide is all Bernie bass, Bernie and Nile are pretty much responsible for Madonna's Like a Virgin. You can hear Rappers Delight in all these songs. Unknown Legends in Music.

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Duran Duran’s basslines were Andy Taylor. I understand the session player scene and how the industry works, especially back then, but you’d be hard pressed to find a session guy who could play some of Andy’s bass parts. So, to say “all their bass parts were Bernie” tells me you’re at least partially talking out of your ass.

[@hellboundrubber4448]

@@Tyrannosaurine Ya right. Check the Credits. They couldn't even play when they first started. Bernie taught Andy how to play period! Hungry Like the Wolf, The Reflex, all Bernie.

[@ZeeTso]

@@hellboundrubber4448 that's disrispectful towards duran's original bassist John :)

[@hellboundrubber4448]

@@ZeeTso Not really, Bernie was pretty much Andy's Mentor. It's only the Pop Public that need to believe it's just Duran and no one else. That's the Pop Biz. Andy loves Bernie Edwards, so did Bernie. That's why he stuck around. They did have Talent. You have to be Bernie to know what Funk Bass is all about. You can't fake it.

[@ZeeTso]

@@hellboundrubber4448 i agree about Bernard's influence, but the bass duties in DD were and are in hands of John, not Andy! and John and the guys were definetly musically mature to make their own decisions, as you can see in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6XGfX53fLNgf6ssi=UM6Z0MdUzvQrhM-F

[@ChickenatorJr]

They call it a 3 on E riff. The best bass lines always seem to start with 3 notes on the open e.

[@arlo12345678910]

Les Calypool as always impressed me as both a base player and front man. Just a super dynamic musician.

[@fredr7217]

One of the great musicians writers bass player. Wow 😮

[@Dinofly4]

Someone have a chat about the songs Elephant Talk by King Crimson and Jerry was a Racecar Driver with Les

[@3three3three3three]

EXACTLY

[@victoonix2802]

It's a dream of mine to see him cover Elephant Talk

[@springhollerfarm8668]

I have noticed that Wynona is similar in structure to another song they did around the same time, Devil went down to Georgia. Maybe it was the inspiration?

[@rabokarabekian409]

Imagine if Claypool and Zappa worked together.

[@michaelchapman2312]

Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane both playing with Les, that’s insane to me

[@bamagrad23]

Jay was in Primus!

[@EnchantedStarlight]

Why is that insane? They're both well known Bay area musicians, if anything it would be surprising if they DIDN'T play with Les.. Jay Lane used to be in Primus anyway....Unless you mean INSANE in a good way!

[@alejandroy.l.4115]

This is a perfect bass sound man!!🙌🙌

[@amatod4]

How could anyone not love Primus, they Suck!!!

[@colonel_dingus]

anyone have more footage from this gig? there is audio recordings on archive.org but nothing in video form...

[@woodsinme]

The drummer is sick, too.

[@PokeABrain]

Les Claypool is the epitome of funk and fusion combined!

[@mzmadmike]

Is he playing through a Mu-Tron? That's funk as fuck. Bootsy Collins would approve.

[@WhiskerWhippers]

Just need some Hollywood Swinging and we have 3 on E

[@JismIsm-en4kz]

HA - Yea - Kool & The Gang !

[@dantoth3199]

Thats not overly impressive Les but thats the glory of the JAMthing man!!

[@ThunderKrak]

what a god damned treat

[@davidturner7363]

Amazing

[@holycrapIambehind]

I was at that show!

[@jimreplicant]

Was this gathering of the vibes? Holy crap I was at this festival!

[@erikolsen1333]

Vibes, Bridgeport CT.

[@erikolsen1333]

Hey fam!

[@joegomez9829]

Long as you play music... we are straight!

[@thomasc6574]

i wanna see what projector dudes were showing. thats some old school pink floyd / grateful dead shitte with the trippy oils n bubbles

[@EnchantedStarlight]

For sure and keyboardist dude played with the Dead and Phil's band....it's all connected ;)

[@EnchantedStarlight]

Fast n Bulbous

[@CriticalofOnions]

...Bulbous!

[@simontromans2748]

Tapered also

[@EnchantedStarlight]

@@simontromans2748 That's right

[@ralphhayward4713]

Bulbous also tapered

[@EnchantedStarlight]

@@ralphhayward4713 Tight Also

[@TheAlphaBette]

Listen, I'm late, sorry traffic was all backed up Here now ... BYOB 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mateocabezas5322]

Who's the one playing drums? I love these videos btw any type of Primus related content I can get from back in the day is a blessing lol

[@mateocabezas5322]

I just googled it and it was Jay Lane! He looked familiar after all.

[@michaelchapman2312]

@@mateocabezas5322Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti on the keys. Jeff has been playing with Dead and Company for 8 years and Jay has been playing with them the past 2 tours

[@AvatarKnownAsNathanielPeters]

It was a rat dog and claypool frog brigade mashup.

[@KenLieck]

@@mateocabezas5322 Just curious -- do you listen to Nomeanso at all? Back in the day whenever somebody was start gushing about Primus I'd ask them what they thought of Nomeansno and nine out of 10 times they would just ask "Who?" Then I'd play them some NMN and they would *shit their pants* out of awe and then fall to their knees and thank me prodigiously for blessing their ears by turning them on to the majestic sounds of "Big Dick", "Two Lips Two Lungs and One Tongue" and so many other classics. Seriously, I could never figure out how anyone who loved Claypool & Co. so much could not have somehow or other already been introduced to Nomeansno, who were so much in the same bag as Primus and weren't (to my knowledge) all that obscure... (Random NMN song to check out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpOxpZt3bLqjosUsi=0Gy4RjgDLSmmu3TZ)

[@mateocabezas5322]

@@KenLieck I actually do love Nomeansno lmao. I listened to sex mad, wrong, 0 + 2 = 1, etc. Great band, one of my faves alongside Primus. If you like these I'd recommend Victims Family.

[@patrickvelazquez3419]

He has a damn point

[@matthewbeard7225]

Any guesses what he was on? I'm saying Shrooms

[@williamcoates85]

cool jam version.

[@WayneTheMSMMaster]

Is there more cuz i think he performed tommy the cat here

[@Leeman69420]

When was this

[@colonel_dingus]

The Gathering of the Vibes festival in 2000! There is even an audio recording of the whole set if you're curious.

[@kevsatboone1]

I'm curious!

[@TomRomanofski]

Tight ) ) )

[@InService77]

Wow jay lane used to have energy

[@paulbfields8284]

The in comparable Lester … I like Lester’s… Lester Paul… originals

[@MikeNevill3]

Is that Larry on the keys?

[@harryayre9050]

And Moe on the drums!

[@KenLieck]

@@harryayre9050 Weren't they in Iggy's old backup band?

[@Sagittarius-81]

Criminals, next door. What are you going, to do ASIO?

[@wrongwayranger4736]

Les with Dead and Co 😄

[@diegomorales8616]

4:30 Atomic Dog by George Clinton!

[@larrydj549]

Good times tho before that

[@lautaro.k6164]

what was the song les is playing on 0:47?

[@FacePomagranate]

Good Times by Chic, although he references Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang which samples the line.

[@herm574]

@@FacePomagranate very palpable irony lol

[@unperson5713]

Nobody is perfect, neither is this performance.

[@biggray2]

Insults primus fans then goes straight into a primus song 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jamill_cz2704]

he wrote it

[@ventilatorblues8716]

Who cares if it’s ripped off or similar? Nothing a musician does is original. They have all been influenced by others. One of the greatest things about music is it’s ability to inspire someone to create music. Music infuses. And when you release your own music, some of those infusions go forth, in similar forms or diverse. It’s inside you. Share it so that the cycle continues.

[@adamwal4591]

He's saying they are similar sounding songs? Weird... kind of like how My Name is Mud is an awful lot like Cult of Personality. ;)