◇ image via WikipediaLes Claypool
Les Claypool is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mark Sandman, Tony Levin, Danny Carey, Chris Squire and Larry Graham. Those roots explain a lot about how Les Claypool arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel, Oysterhead, Sausage, Infectious Grooves and Fishbone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stewart Copeland, Hank Williams III, Oysterhead, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Sausage, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Les Claypool, reaching back through Mark Sandman and forward to Stewart Copeland. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Leslie Edward Claypool is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of Primus. Ranked as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, his unique playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping and popping.
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Les Claypool connections
Les Claypool grew out of Mark Sandman, Tony Levin, Danny Carey and Chris Squire, shares an orbit with Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel, Oysterhead, Sausage and Infectious Grooves, went on to shape Stewart Copeland, Hank Williams III, Oysterhead and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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