Despite slapping down the years on a variety of bass guitars, most of which have been custom jobs from Brooklyn luthier Carl Thompson in various string and fretted/fretless configurations, in 2011 ...

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I've been playing the bass guitar for almost a decade at this point, and Les Claypool still melts my brain. The American bassist, singer, and songwriter of Primus fame has been destroying the confines ...

Primus has long been known for creativity in the live environment, doing shows that paid tribute to the many influences that ...

Tim Alexander of Primus was an innovator in the alternative music genre and helped move along the idea of less being more. He ...

Les Claypool is set to perform in Napa as part of the Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions.

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