Daniel Robert Epstein: Les Claypool

Fsckin' awesome. Les is the shit.

He seems a lot more sane than I would have expected from his music. I'd have a beer with him...

"APII Console", not "API Consul". DRE could use some editing.

I concur. Him and Mike Patton are two of the greatest musicians alive today.

-TM

just imagine....les and mike in the same room together....the posibilties would be endless!!

in les we trust!

Les Claypool is one of my personal heros.

Awesome interview!

Les is a God of mine!

It's a shame I'd NEER be able to rip up a bass as good as him though.

awesome.. Les is genius

the last thing he says is my favorite part

"I’d love to play with someone like Merle Haggard or Neil Young or Willie Nelson. I think that would be great with a duo type thing, but I don’t know if they’d want to work with me."

I'm sure they'd dig your acoustic bass skills Les

Was the knock against Sausage really necessary? I happen to enjoy that album and listen to it from time to time.

Les is best with Herb the ginseng drummer, though, in my humble opinion.

No doubt -- Sausage was great. Todd Huth and Jay Lane are no slouches...

Sausage was indeed a great album.

I really wanna hear that stuff with Dana Carey though.

sounds like you never saw Sausage Live

as wel all know

Primus sucks
&
Sausage is mediocre

Les Claypool is in my top 5 of bassists, song writers, and preformers. I would love to sit down and smoke a bowl with the man.

primus sucks
and merle and willy and the rest would be dumb asses
if they didn't take him up on working together
making music the les way is always a refreshing POV...
way to go on the questions bro.

I'll admit that I struggled with Primus at first. Then, by chance, I saw them live as an opening act for Rush. They absolutely killed. Les brought those songs to life, with a physical delivery that aped his world class chops. When I went home and gave them a spin again, I got it. He's been in in pantheon since.

great interview. it's 'san pablo' by the way, not 'san pueblo'

Les is the man!

Les Claypool is the shit! Yeah seeing them live definately completes the experience. There's something about their live show that just can't be captured on CD. Les has presence.