VULFPECK /// El Chepe

VULFPECK /// El Chepe (feat. Rich Hinman & Adam Levy)
buy on bandcamp → vuuulf.com/band...
play on spotify → vuuulf.com/spotify
Rich Hinman - pedal steel
Adam Levy - guitar
Jack Stratton - composer, guitar, mixing, video
Theo Katzman - drums
Woody Goss - piano
Joe Dart - bass
Drew Manne - engineer, camera
John Hanson - camera
Devin Kerr - mastering

[@ethanm7613]

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT FUNK CAN ONLY BE ENJOYED ON PLANES BUT THIS SONG PROVES THAT TRAINS ARE A VIABLE OPTION FOR FUNK LOVERS, TOO. THANKS VULF, FOR HELPING HEAL OUR COUNTRY IN THESE TRYING TIMES.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Everyone knows the train is the funkiest mode of transportation

[@CudderMC]

Flying carpets are so underrated

[@tokalaganja]

idk ive been on some pretty funky boats before!

[@shaisagi5710]

You guys are clearly forgetting about buses...

[@danielscheff7384]

Hello??? Unicycle?? Please...

[@TheNinetySecond]

0:54 Smoothest hands in the world confirmed.

[@coolgamer936132]

i think it's also because they might have used frame blending on that part of the video. it would add to the disembodied kind of effect

[@stephenchampagne4465]

like butter on a biscuit

[@NGH99999]

The restraint on this song is just KILLING.

[@tycho_m]

way to put the train in restraint

[@oinkooink]

Theo looks like he is trying to hold back universes worth of stank. Luckily for us so much of it gets through.

[@wookyoftheyear]

Ugh, as much as I wanted each of them to bust out a face melting solo, they're all just too good and tasteful to interfere with the groove. Frustratingly satisfying...

[@displaychicken]

Carlos Cajilig just one chorus of arpeggios from hell in the middle

[@jaytb5815]

what

[@miguelescalera626]

In the end if you can sit listen and have a smile on you face.. than that’s all that matters. I always hear from other musicians specially the good ones you learn scales (arpeggios) to forget them. I am a beginning musician.. but it’s good to listen great musicians having a good time.

[@oinkooink]

What an outstanding song and performance. These guys are incredible.

[@BivouacBob]

6 years later they gave you what you wanted live

[@highihiggins]

Was watching a news piece on students living with the elderly on Dutch tv, and this was the soundtrack. Somebody at Dutch national tv is a Vulf fan, that's crazy!

[@DoeZeo]

Haha dat is vet

[@zarchocon]

Watching that piano lick at 0:54 is mesmerizing.

[@VincentRubinetti]

Smoothest fingers in the west

[@Aiels]

clearly you sampled a steam train, but the one you show in the video is diesel-electric! literally unwatchable j/k

[@davidwalsky249]

lol

[@ommepul]

best comment EVER!

[@citrucdangles627]

I agree, unsubscribed.

[@Davimre]

This is why I love the internet

[@jonaspaulsson4977]

Lol

[@TylersTrying]

For real tho, Jack is a great mixing engineer. This thing sounded great, and he's taken out a lot of his own playing shown in the video in service of the final production. Hats off.

[@Roebey]

he's definitely a very humble player. in a lot of recordings, he'll put his own playing a lot lower in the mix to highlight the other members more, but it never comes off like he's putting himself down.

[@oinkooink]

@@Roebey I sometimes wonder whether Jack Stratton is an incredibly gifted mixer or if it's the performance and playing...but I think it's both. Phenomenal players and a master mix engineer.

[@BassForever44]

The mix is perfect.... aaaahhh the beauty of the music made by musicians who respect each other's volume, a rarity in many musical genres.

[@adampitcher7075]

I love it so much when Joe plays a P Bass and I will comment about it every time I notice it.

[@joshhernandez2292]

chuck norris chops with the restraint of the dalai lama. so dope.

[@strange2uwaterworld974]

Josh Hernandez - ohhh, that is some word silk there sir. Agreed!

[@wookyoftheyear]

You captured why this video is amazing and frustrating, lol.

[@MrCrazybest123]

I've been watching this every couple of weeks since 2016.

[@jeromes5183]

This song is criminally under rated.

[@enriquejose17]

what's Jack doin on the guitar? IS HE THE TRAIN???

[@TheMrFunktastic2]

04:28 nope

[@pizzarand]

Maybe he has it on looper pedal

[@fuzziemusic]

He's the conductor on the train...

[@georgedanison4312]

@@TheMrFunktastic2 perhaps in the live session he was the train but in post he cut himself out and put in a real train

[@Estebanlomeli13]

That chorus is the happiest thing I’ve ever heard!

[@Jerman9000]

Man I'm digging that tone you got on the lap steel.

[@JPastorius3]

So chill. That P bass is a thing of true beauty

[@sketcheadfilms]

My favorite off the new album. Someone get me a ticket to ride Vulfpeck's funk train!

[@djschny]

I think I've literally looped this for an hour straight already and I'm still drooling over it.

[@rwreckage]

this is such an unstoppable groove

[@bigfootlover23]

2:38 one of Joe's favorite licks, most notably heard in the first crazy fill on Cory Wong

[@mossbogger8366]

I feel like the older guy screwed up that fill in and they stumbled for a bit up until that point

[@jakobelias9783]

It is so crazily overwhelming that every track by vulfpeck is sooo good. I mean, every band has tunes that are so la la, but not vulfpeck! Thank you guys for letting me expercience your music!

[@maelstrom5780]

My god, this is really the epitome of Vulfpeck's original ideal as a studio backing band-- they take second fiddle to Rich and Adam but provide the solid-est of backing drums, bass, and piano for the rhythm and pacing. Really awesome song, stuck with me when I discovered awesomeness that was Vulfpeck. Hopefully it'll always be in my top 5 for them... or hopefully not, as they keep blowing it out of the water! PS one of the songs for sure on my, "hey mom check out this it's awesome I'm in love" chats.

[@andrewbrown9674]

real, honest, authentic, god damn I love Vulf.

[@gregoryruyvaert9265]

You forgot good. These guys are so god damn good.

[@calebfesco2430]

Jack's face. The whole time. I'd be freaking out too

[@zachsmith4160]

you guys should do a 360 video of one of your songs

[@metallsnubben]

Just want to inform you that you might be the reason they did one of the most frustrating things ever... add a fake youtube 3D button in the top left of one of their videos ;)

[@natefuller4258]

Hah. Soft Parade I think is the closest we'll get to this and I'm okay with that

[@Indianadixon]

@@metallsnubben omg which one!?

[@metallsnubben]

@@Indianadixon 2 YEARS LATER I GO ON THE QUEST TO FIND IT AGAIN it was Newsbeat

[@julienz2024]

@@metallsnubben Did you find it??

[@Danny6464]

Adam Levy!!! What a legend! I watch guitar tips every week!

[@cgrigalus]

What's the train sample? You guys didn't play to that when tracking right? I see Jack's guitar is muted here, maybe he was keeping the train feel and it was replaced with the sample.

[@jeffreyvsco]

its as if im on a train casually jamming to this song while the trees pass by

[@Ralph2]

This reminds me I must find my JJ Cale album....love this vibe

[@onesickpuppy84]

Haha that look on Theo's face always makes laugh. What a dude!

[@KristofGuitar]

So much yes! What a song. And Adam is just the coolest guy ever

[@TheKprindiville]

Thank you for temporarily satisfying my unquenchable thirst for more Vulfpeck. Now I must return to watching all your videos again

[@allegra101]

oh that SMOOOOOOTH DSLR action

[@calebfesco2430]

dem woody goss fingahs

[@charliecampbell6851]

This is about 1 upright bass and a swing beat away from being just straight jazz. Love it

[@SpaceCampOfficial]

if i could i'd clone woody's and joe's hands and make a 4 armed bass/keys virtuoso one-man band...with theo on drums of course...so a 2 man one-man band... and jack as a full time dancer/creative director...so a 3 man one-man band...

[@beflyaudio]

Considering their habbit of cropping people in the thumbnails it would be a "2 man one-man half man" band... which is the best kind of band in my opinion Yes you didnt need to know this three years later but you now do

[@footygoodness]

I think you're onto something. Also if you have email notifications turned on, welcome back to this video

[@troyjohnson7154]

New Vulfpeck? Oh dear lord, what a day, what a glorious day. The winds outside are bitter cold and fiercely roaring, but my soul has been brought to warmth and good being. Thanks for this wondrous tune, my dudes.

[@dielaughing73]

The average Vulfpeck video has a like:dislike ratio of about 100:1, which is pretty damn impressive. This one is at 274:1. Just sayin'...

[@jaxweby4343]

now about 119:1 who came in disliking *who needs to **-die-** be converted*

[@barthvader4930]

Regression to the mean sucks

[@undergroundmoe]

A lot of dislikes on youtube are given by accident.

[@pastamanofficial]

Now its 7,300:?

[@F7uxy]

All hail the vulf. Jack's freaking face is priceless. I'd be facegasming too!

[@villegas24]

El chepeeee , the train from my home country :) love you vulfpeck

[@themerchbooth]

my DUDES

[@themerchbooth]

@ john hanson and drew manne, ily

[@themerchbooth]

it just keeps apparating in front of me and i literally cannot escape. the curse of the vulf

[@themerchbooth]

listen man i just keep a lot of tabs open

[@shaneonbass]

preach

[@Brannington]

Am i the only one who sees Theo as the Ringo Starr of this generation? He's so in the pocket and plays to each song so beautifully

[@51gan788]

Within the framework of his broader contributions to vulfpeck, I see him more as the Paul McCartney of the band

[@johnforrester2106]

Dear Vulfpeck, thankyou soooooo much!!!!

[@chioma916]

i dont deserve this treat

[@McChickenJOI]

chio uruakpa yes you do!

[@chioma916]

Emanuel Broman Andersson aww thanks for sharing the vulflove

[@meinerHeld]

me neither. :D thx vulfie!

[@dielaughing73]

It makes me happy to see Jack so happy!!

[@pbunink4089]

Tulsa sound! love it JJ Cale lives!

[@ChrisKoelsch]

been anxiously awaiting my vinyl

[@cappntone]

Chris Koelsch same

[@きむなな-l1g]

この曲大好き✨

[@Jodus_MacGotuss]

for the majority of the song, woody goss is playing only two notes on the piano and it works super well. the restraint is amazing

[@mxcoder]

Just FYI: This train runs through northern Mexico, is very touristy and safe, you get to see some nice canyons and small towns, and I'm so taking this one with me on my next trip to El Chepe

[@ferninaruto]

Omg, you guys have actually been in Chihuahua? You gotta come and say hi next time Love your amazing work, keep it funky

[@asstronuggets]

you guys fucking groove! I'm in love with the bass!

[@metronommie]

the output jack on that strat is hanging on for dear life

[@caffeineadvocate]

Why is Peter Erskine playing guitar?!

[@strange2uwaterworld974]

caffeineadvocate - because... music!

[@danielscheff7384]

He was intimidated by the drum part

[@snipperbesfelixje]

More importantly, what is Niko Bellic doing on the drums? He's about to miss an extremely important bowling appointment.

[@LosframesdeGosp]

Ehhh el chepe pasa siempre por mi ciudad en Chihuahua jajaja, que random verlo en una canción de mi banda favorita

[@JohnnyK2811]

What a band

[@troytolbert2005]

Not to mention throwing in some bluegrass country vibes on this one! Proving the versatility of your musical expression! Magnifique!

[@druidmeats]

Hey so, I really like the sound of Joe’s bass in this song and I’d like to sound like close to it. Is Joe using a fretless with a sponge? It sounds fretless during the his solo. I’m assuming he’s using the always elegant fender but I’d like to know more about that bass.

[@Kevsy71]

I'm pretty sure it's a fretted Squier Classic 60s P bass with flatwounds and a combination of sponge and Carol Kaye's felt mute approach (see 'tip 100' on her site, www.carolkaye.com/www/education/tips51.htm, although for this song, Joe appears to hold the felt against the underside of the strings with sponge/foam rather than tape). I agree he gets a great tone with it!

[@Magumba_State]

If you pause at 0:05 it's 100% a fretless, i have a fretless with fret inlays and it looks exactly like that, quite deceiving to they eye

[@timithomaz]

Theo be a human metronome yo

[@jsnell126]

amazing tone out of that squier strat

[@sebuteo]

Absolutely sublime! What beautiful choo-choo-in groove y'all got on... all aboard, and no mistake!

[@jasonrose10]

Fantastic!

[@daclyde]

I wish I could like this every time I watched it. There would be so many likes.

[@YoutubeFella]

so good. so good.

[@simonboudier4307]

So, I love Vulfpeck and everything they do in general but this one got this little something I can't put words on, but that makes me feel great in my life. So I guess that's defenitely one of my favorite record they did !!

[@dinkelberchs3697]

You're probably familiar with it already, but just in case you're not, you should really check out Rango II

[@julianlamm5771]

I LOVE U VULFPECK!!!

[@MickeyD100]

SO STOKED! You guys always look so happy to be playing. Just got tickets to your SF show in June 2017!

[@arcarioandsons]

waiting on baited breath to find out when you're coming back to the east coast!

[@josieb3238]

Wow. Love this.

[@MrArnoroots]

JJ CALE was here !!!

[@MrGotem-gw2pv]

There was a breeze in the studio that day. Little did they know it was “The Breeze” himself.

[@lassekrnerpetersen728]

This has some strong J.J vibes

[@villegas24]

This gives me so much joy

[@OnuxDLX]

you guys are just enormous universal beasts

[@strange2uwaterworld974]

Am always excited when a new video alert comes from my fellow mitten dwellers. One of the very few channels I allow for oppressive push notifications! Some sexy shots of the keys there btw. And, as a designer/editor I have to give love to whoever does your editing, I always feel like I'm a kid again, watching episodes of The Wonder Years, when I watch some of your videos. Is Paul really Marilyn Manson btw?! ;-) Love you guys!

[@AfferbeckBeats]

The videos are all Jack!

[@barboros24]

other one.. every work has special feelings i love u guys

[@201media9]

The name "chepe" stands for "Chihuahua-pacifico" and i live in Chihuahua, so this song is so wierd for me hahaha. Love it!

[@davidnallred8]

One of my favs

[@GogOtHeCaT15]

Soooo good

[@pizzarand]

By far my favourite song with beastly!

[@madchef898]

This cranks!!!! So smooth

[@zenithrebel]

Holy shit the visuals are so cool. HELP ME anyone if you know how to make photos have this exact vintage style tell me. there is like grain and a filter but when i do it it sucks

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Jack said in an AMA that he just used a standard filter of some kind, but I don't know if that still applies to later vids.

[@zarchocon]

Vulf Compressor now does pictures too

[@Vulf]

this is the 8mm iphone app on "70s"

[@ReivaxDralla]

I died when I read this. I was expecting some high level After Effects stuff, this is even better.

[@timtheenchanter3563]

I was really hoping for this to be filmed on an actual train, would've been cool 😂

[@azimovwatts6425]

mega lolz yea no shit, like they couldn't have done it? of course they could. these lazy funks

[@timtheenchanter3563]

yazu karuku that's not what I meant at all XD even though I can see now that it did come across that way.....

[@dolzzzani]

its SO LOW VOLUME I CANT EVEN

[@dolzzzani]

*came*

[@kkgleed]

Theo channeling his inner Levon

[@mikey180211]

I cannot get the feel on that awesome piano part. like I've got the notes down but it's so hard to play it with that perfect a feel and he does it so effortlessly. Woody, please please make a video explaining that part? I love it so much.

[@cosmiceggs2385]

What are the notes?

[@gyrojomo]

Brilliance

[@brianlitaiyan]

this was lit af

[@milos5244]

Super, ils ont tout compris à la musique; merci ...

[@daytimerocker3808]

my fav vulf song

[@daytimerocker3808]

very cool would love to her more like this

[@watetsugar922]

beautiful

[@MbfLproductions]

I love this

[@dan8ball22]

So I knew a few songs from them and recently I started listening to more and more until this moment when I decided to go through the albums that are on spotify (by looking each song on youtube because of course the talents also ooozes into the videos) and god I'm having a good time. I will be sour whenever I come across this comment and remember how it was listening to every song for the first time.

[@dan8ball22]

Didn't take long.

[@reckoner099]

Please come to mexico!

[@gregoirebertho]

The first notes of the bass riff reminds me « use me up » by Lake Street Dive !

[@andymoose1118]

This real good.

[@fanbladeinstruments]

Note: 24 track tape machine in the corner of the studio. Any chance of going full analogue one time?

[@350FPS]

Pretty neat! Have you ever ride El Chepe?

[@alatorrecontrerasbethzy4076]

Esta canción está basada en el Tren El chepe de Chihuahua México ?

[@derekwong1356]

Putting the song at 0.75 is just something else hot damn How is it that they can make songs that sound good at any speed lol