Les Claypools Duo De Twang: Red State Girl, Live On Soundcheck

Hear the entire session and interview: For more than 25 years, Primus has developed a devoted fanbase thanks to its distinct weirdo sensibility, hilarious lyrics, and highoctane instrumental prowess. At the center is frontman Les Claypool, Primus dexterous, slaphappy bassist and spiritual leader, who has followed every absurdist musical whim and avant prog rock experiment from underground success to pop stardom. But his latest project with Bryan Kehoe may be one of his oddest diversions yet at least based on Les Claypool standards: Duo de Twang plays acoustic music in the style of strippeddown, oldtimey campfire songs and country tunes. What started as a oneoff performance for San Francisco s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival turned into a full record, Four Foot Shack. The album includes a originals, a couple reworked Primus classics ( Wynonna s Big Brown Beaver and Jerry Was A Race Car