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How “deconstructed” can a group get? How about just one vocal, one bass, one guitar, and a basic beat supplied by stomping on a mini-tambourine-doohickey?  That’s exactly what everyone’s favorite storyteller/narrator, Les Claypool, is incorporating in his new band, Duo de Twang. While Les is still pulling double duty with the Primus lads, he has also found the time to unite with his old buddy, Bryan Kehoe, who fans will recognize from several past Claypool projects. But unlike Primus, DDT focuses more on the Americana/rootsy side of things – as heard throughout the band’s debut recording, Four Foot Shack.

As evidenced by DDT’s live shows and debut, Les and Bryan mostly mix traditional tunes, popular covers, and readings of Primus classics (all of which are usually barely recognizable when compared to the original versions).  Case in point, the inclusion of “Battle of New Orleans,” “Stayin’ Alive,” “Man in the Box,” “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver,” and “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” on DDT’s debut disc. “A lot of it is just stumbling across it,” explains Les about how a tune is selected to be twang-ified. “There are tons of songs that we’ve stumbled across, and these ones just happened to be the ones that stuck”  Les added, “The Twang project is me exploring a lot of stuff that I personally listen to…When all is said and done, it’s just a hell of a fun project for me right now.”

Four Foot Shack Track List

1. Four Foot Shack  (Les Claypool)
2. Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver  (Primus)
3. Amos Moses (Jerry Reed)
4. Red State Girl  (Les Claypool)
5. The Bridge Came Tumblin’ Down  (Stompin’ Tom Connors)
6. Boonville Stomp (Les Claypool)
7. Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees)
8. Rumble of the Diesel  (Les Claypool)
9. Pipe Line (The Chantays)
10. Buzzards of Greenhill (Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
11. Hendershot (Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
12. Man in the Box (Alice in Chains)
13. D’s Diner (Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade)
14. Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
15. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver  (Primus)

Tour Dates
2/26 – New York, NY – The Heath @ McKittrick
2/27 – New York, NY – The Heath @ McKittrick – SOLD OUT
2/28 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
3/1 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
3/3 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
3/4 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
3/6 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
3/7 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
3/8 – Indianpolis, IN – The Vogue
3/9 – St. Louis, MO – Plush
3/12-3/14 – Austin, TX – SXSW
3/11 – Fayettesville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
3/15 – New Orleans, LA – Howlin Wolf