First off this was one of the best, if not the best performance of The Awakening that I've ever seen on RUclips (in my opinion). But the main reason I love this video so much is because all of the close up camera shots of just Claypool's hands and bass. If you are attempting to learn how to play this yourself on bass, those close ups are invaluable information since you can see exactly which notes and frets he is playing, plus being able to see his right hand clearly enough to see exactly when and how he is slapping and popping when the song starts cooking. Its physically impossible for me to watch 5:28 through 6:05 without a huge smile on my face... Because of this video, I realized for the first time that Les literally only pops the G string for the majority of the solo and uses his thumb to slap the E, A, and D strings, which is not common at all in the world of playing bass. He has such a good slap though that the sound his D string makes while hitting it with his thumb is almost indistinguishable from the same string being popped conventionally. And at 5:53 in the solo, he actually uses his thumb to slap all 4 strings with no pops whatsoever. Thats incredible to me that he can slap all 4 strings without losing the sound and power you usually get from popping the 2 upper strings. Thanks for posting man! .
Its amazing how Geddy Lee influenced Les Clayton and was a huge inspiration on him... and then later on once Primus was around Geddy was influenced by Les Claypool's playing style. Geddy's current playing style is very similar to Claypool's.
it's a cover of the band The Reddings but it was covered before by Les Claypool and featured on his album Highball With the Devil by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel.
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Please never take this down. This is my favorite live performance of Tommy the Cat. Awesome.
Mine too, sometime i think its gone cos its hard too find.
I think there was a better quality version that was deleted a while ago
Mine too and I’ve never seen it before.
One of the best bands of all fn time!
best live bass solo ever played
First off this was one of the best, if not the best performance of The Awakening that I've ever seen on RUclips (in my opinion). But the main reason I love this video so much is because all of the close up camera shots of just Claypool's hands and bass. If you are attempting to learn how to play this yourself on bass, those close ups are invaluable information since you can see exactly which notes and frets he is playing, plus being able to see his right hand clearly enough to see exactly when and how he is slapping and popping when the song starts cooking. Its physically impossible for me to watch 5:28 through 6:05 without a huge smile on my face...
Because of this video, I realized for the first time that Les literally only pops the G string for the majority of the solo and uses his thumb to slap the E, A, and D strings, which is not common at all in the world of playing bass. He has such a good slap though that the sound his D string makes while hitting it with his thumb is almost indistinguishable from the same string being popped conventionally. And at 5:53 in the solo, he actually uses his thumb to slap all 4 strings with no pops whatsoever. Thats incredible to me that he can slap all 4 strings without losing the sound and power you usually get from popping the 2 upper strings. Thanks for posting man! .
Brings tears to my eyes.
@Alan Brando Going to check him out right now
the best version
Its amazing how Geddy Lee influenced Les Clayton and was a huge inspiration on him... and then later on once Primus was around Geddy was influenced by Les Claypool's playing style. Geddy's current playing style is very similar to Claypool's.
Les played when rush was introduced into the rock n roll hall of fame in fact
Glad to say I was there. Best concert I have ever been to.
Looking forward Europe tours
Tommy The Cat with The Awakening
hecking great indeed
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whats the name of the cover after the bass solo??...
it's a cover of the band The Reddings but it was covered before by Les Claypool and featured on his album Highball With the Devil by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel.
Primus sucks
Go listen to Justin Bieber then...
Javier Osorio You misunderstand. The slogan of Primus is "Primus Sucks!", fans shout this affectionately.
jajajajaajaja totally misunderstood!
2012...not 2002...
ale solo
tommy sounds way better on the six string then the four strings
oh yeah and they suck
+peronchoalpalo Uh you couldn't be more wrong xD
+peronchoalpalo yes it is
***** Don't get mad just cuz i say the truth you four string pleb.
***** youre a string, you string