Les Claypool - The Upful Life

lespecial’s Rory Dolan Reflects On The Roller Coaster Of Auditioning For Primus [B.Getz on L4LM]

March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 B.Getz john hoffman, Les Claypool, lespecial, primus, primus drum audition, primus drummer, rory dolan

lespecial beat-keeper Rory Dolan was among the final ten drummers selected to fly to Los Angeles to audition in person with Primus.

Features Reviews

Sweet Dreams Are Hulaween: A 10th Anniversary Celebration At Suwannee [B.Getz & M.B. on L4LM]

November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 B.Getz col. claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, cosmic collective, frick frack blackjack, goose, House of Lost, hula, hulaween, hulaween 2023, jennifer hartswick, Jenth Power, Lab Group, Les Claypool, lespecial, lettuce, lost creations, mzg, SCI, Sneezy, spirit of suwannee music park, String Cheese Incident, suwannee, suwannee hulaween, Tand, The Nth Power, trey anastasio, Trey anastasio band, VEIL

Having just celebrated the 10th anniversary at the incomparable Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL over the last weekend of October, Hulaween proved a remarkable achievement in a crowded, homogenized industry, and a consistent crown jewel of contemporary festival culture.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep. 056: SKERIK [saxophonist: Garage a Trois, Bastard Jazz, Emerald Quintet, Critters Buggin, DRKWAV, Syncopated Taint Septet, Frog Brigade, Lorbo, Ponga, Omaha Diner, Dead Kenny G’s, MORE!]

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, Bandalabra, bobby previte, charlie hunter, chris cornell, col. claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, critters buggin, garage a trois, Grunge, Jazz Fest, John Hassell, JOhn Medeski, keyboards, layne staley, Les Claypool, Lorbo, mad season, Mark Lanegan, mike dillon, Moog, New Orleans, Ponga, saxophone, seattle, Seattle jazz, skerik, Skerik Band, Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, stanton moore, synth, synths

Brilliant on both tenor and baritone saxophone, most often mixing in electronics, effects, and loops, Skerik is nothing short of a pioneer in saxophonics.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.039 : MIKE DILLON [punk-jazz vibes/percussion – Garage a Trois, Critters Buggin’, Rickie Lee Jones, Claypool’s Frog Brigade, Ani DiFranco, Nolatet, Hairy Apes BMX, Band of Outsiders, Punkadelic, more!]

December 2, 2020January 5, 2021 B.Getz addiction, bad brains, beastie boys, garage a trois, heroin, Karl Denson, Les Claypool, mike dillon, mike dillon & punkadelic, mike dillon band, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, nine inch nails, recovery, relapse, rosewood, royal potato family, skerik, sobriety, stanton moore

Welcome the legendary MIKE DILLON to Episode 039 of *The Upful LIFE Podcast* for no-holds barred story-telling and a free exchange of ideas!! Punk Rock Jazz Freak Vibraphonist/Percussionist/Singer-Songwriter/Philosopher extraordinaire!

Archives Reviews

LES CLAYPOOL’S FROG BRIGADE | PHILADELPHIA 2002 (B.Getz on JamBase)

December 1, 2002December 6, 2020 B.Getz Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Les Claypool

The freak show that is Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade barreled into Philadelphia on Friday November 8th, spreading their twisted gospel in support of their long-anticipated release Purple Onion.

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Bonnaroo 2002- The Way it Should Be (B.Getz on JamBase collaboration)

June 27, 2002June 21, 2022 B.Getz Blind Boys of Alabama, bob weir, bonnaroo, Buckethead, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, dj logic, eric krasno, galactic, jam, jamband, Karl Denson, Les Claypool, Phil lesh, Soulive, Superfly Presents, trey anastasio, widespread panic

Bonnaroo…so much speculation was swirling around the largest music festival of the summer in Tennessee. With concerns about the amount of people, the heat and the history of big musical events in general, it surprisingly went off with out a hitch.