Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains opening jam

[hooners123]

this is just frickin' badass!!!

[pookievision]

1:52 Les is off ! :p

[Korso213]

@pookievision Les most definitely is not off. It's the same riff he plays at the beginning. He's just the only one with a syncopated rhythm. I think your ears are off.

[pookievision]

@Korso213 LOL no no no....you misunderstand my meaning...what i meant was he's off....off on one....going into Les's mode of brilliance! lol i can see why you misinterpreted my statement! ;p

[Flayertim]

Just imagine Captain Beefheart singing with them

[las10plagas]

i love the combination of bernie and bucket!

[chucku00]

I don't want to talk or write anymore... my wish is to play music like these motherfucking cats !

[TheClayman6969]

Seen these guys in Eugene back in 05! Fuckin EPIC! The opening with Gabby Lala! DAMN... Man Good times and Noodle Soup!!

[pookievision]

Has anybody got a cloth cuz' i've just cum all over my screen....?

[pepsibottleq]

Claypool is a god. Nuff' said.

[FlightofMartyrs]

PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE BASS IS CALLED!!!! PLEASE RESPOND!!!

[tfabien]

@FlightofMartyrs : looks like a RickenBacker 4003 or similar model

[chucku00]

@FlightofMartyrs Rickenbacker... barely played by Les !

[MrGsav75]

17 its need to put the lotion in the basket and swallow their tongue...PRIMUS SUCKS!!!....YEAH

[Hlotar]

Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains remainds me of Zappa and The Mothers

[tabseb3]

Where do you find tix to see something like this??????? ANYONE< ANYONE??

[themunkrikt]

The funkiest most badass jam ever. Just a thought....If you add Mike Patton....

[GrimsReality]

@themunkrikt Mike Patton would just about make this the best collaboration ever. He and Buckethead worked together for a little while, but add Les and Bernie and I would practically jizz my pants.

[themunkrikt]

The funkiest most badass jam ever.

[rettihc]

As a 51yo it's great to see generations and races merging and tearing down beariers. And Buckethead smashes the whole idea of ego.

[dingochicken]

Does anybody have the video that this one leads into?

[1891justin]

i cant wait till these guys play oakfield ny and if you have been there you know they will never come buckethead is awesome i cant believe they got parliaments keys player that is guy is funktastic

[wrp54]

Some of the best slap bass I've heard south of Bootsie Collins! And given that Buckethead was only slightly over driven.Some of the best funk this 57yo man's heard in a long time!

[kristofor12345]

Funkier even than parliament I'd say.

[MegaTondog]

Is it wrong that I get a boner watching this?

[scumdog73]

someone actually thought Bernie Worrell was Bernie Brains lol

[MetalMicah57]

@atz123ify my bad man...thanks for not flaming me...this is actually the first time hearing of him and it sound likes Iike I need to do some studying 

[mheeney19]

Claypool's slapping makes my intestines snap. Unreal.

[steve1490]

where can you download c2b3 shows?

[sockondik12]

yaknow how u ask in ur head "oh what guitarist or what bassist or what drummer fit reallly wwell together"? we have our answer

[MetalMicah57]

@markuscc I heard about buckethead before Gutiar Hero with Guns and Roses and that Paul F'n Gilbert was Bucketheads gutiar Teacher..but the actually first time I listend to Buckethead was with Gutiar Hero but he is slowly becoming one of my favorite musicans because of the talent he surronds himself and that he can keep up with two legends of there instruments Les Claypool and Berine Brains

[atz123ify]

@MetalMicah57 who is Bernie Brains? you mean Bernie Worrell kuz he is the keyboard player.....and Brain is the drummer....keep studying

[majul1031]

fuck, have no words !

[Confleezy]

holy hell

[bucketzakkdimetconn]

such amazing music...these guys blend in so well with each other..i would kill for them to do another tour..they just dont make music like this anymore.

[ASpamSandwich]

This is the best thing ever to listen to while watching porn.

[holymackeral96]

@ASpamSandwich But is watching this the best thing to do while listening to porn? o.O

[ASpamSandwich]

@holymackeral96 Yes.

[chooch027]

@holymackeral96

You're better off doing the real thing to it. Trust me.

[BassistFassist]

Jam is probably the best form of music

[dvt1393]

I think these four guys just won music...

[speaker3600]

what kind of guitar is buckethead playing?

[skizmsucks23]

to bad its not an offical song. i would love to hear this on an album!

[Iluvbuckethead1]

Everyone is playing weird instruments! Les has a Rick, Bucket has that odd guitar he used on Nightrain in Rock am Ring in 2001....... WHAT. This is epic

[poundokush420]

stoner funk

[ToastyCIRCA100]

i like them all but i dont really think buckhead and les really go together

[chucku00]

@ToastyCIRCA100 French people don't think that roast beef and mint sauce can go together... I'm French and I will be happy to give it a try some day... and I think that Les and BH are sort of complementary in a thin range !

[kaylee932]

if any one doesnt like buckethead then ur the idiot..........and im goin to see primus june 3rd .....its gonna rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NotATubeSurfer]

Words cannot express my amazement and love of this arrangement of players in one band since, like, 1981(when 'the Hindenburg crashed')

[nasty1979]

just clap your hans people. it´s too much .........jajaja and buy the D.V.D it´s even better

[nasty1979]

just clap your hans people. it´s too much .........

[felipe3600]

god the whole thing grooves so damn much!!!

[TCFBbob]

I'm a big fan of Buckethead but he just sounds so out of place here. . .

[bobomarinov]

@TCFBbob FUCK YOU

[TCFBbob]

@bobomarinov lol you mad

[TheRoflSaurus]

man that slap on that rick sounds terrible. but the funk persists!

[FollowTheReaper93]

listen around 8:30 sounds like Bernie is quoting Roundabout there on the organ.

[MrMoterhed]

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[aladini12patuljaka]

this is music goddamnit

[JahSolomon]

and they used to say Rickenbackers couldnt be funk basses

[666NeedleZ666]

One of the best bands ever... SUPER COMPILATION OF RAPEFESTAGE

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@666NeedleZ666

seriously, think of who could stand in for any of these guys...Les?(nobody), Buckethead(nobody), Bernie(nobody), Brain(nobody)

This very well could be one of the greatest combinations in music history

[ZMan1209]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA This... and The Dirty Mac.

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@ZMan1209

good call, but the sound Claypool put together is so unique, raw, nasty...i wish they got together again

[DethKubeK]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA Amen brudda...........

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@DethKubeK

right on, i'm not a religious dude, but we are all going to church right here...

[medic2009guy]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA idk les claypool (arif mirabdolbaghi) he can fucking slap tap and jam some freaking bass

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@medic2009guy

wanna see another master on bass? Michael Manring. He played with Michael Hedges, that by itself would have to be damn near impossible...Manring is unbelievable

[Tegu99]

is there anyway to get c2b3 concerts onto a cd where can i buy them?

[AskariNari]

@Tegu99 There used to be free live mp3 downloads in Claypool's online store, but they're no longer available. You could use a website like Zamzar and rip the audio straight from these videos and burn them onto a CD, but they aren't always the best quality. You could also email Les Claypool and ask him.

[SoulIsTheGoal]

Bernie's slamming a huge slice o' funk into my brain with that groove. This is insanely awesome.

[crayhead]

Every single one of these guys is a virtuoso..Although i don't think Buckethead is human..

[WindsOfPla9ue]

I don't think I ever want to listen to another song or watch another video ever again after seeing this! O.O HOLY FUCK ARE THEY INSANE!

[exsp3s]

@bucketheadj If Buckethead played the exact same sequence of notes on guitar i imagine you'd say it was amazing. Bernie is one of the most talented funk keyboardists in the world, never underestimate how fantastic he is and how over your head and mine what he just did is.

[mccoydfm404]

If Every MotherFucker Would Shut UP WHEN LES , BUCKET, BERNIE, BRIAN is Playing the world would ba better!! YES WE'VE SEEN ALL THEIR STIUFF FOR YEARS ! IF U JUST DISCOVERED THIS GREAT Shut up n WATCH! nmore importantly Listen! Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chucku00]

LEGEND

'nuff said.

[recklesslife85]

Awesome!!!

[TheKattes]

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

Y U SO AWESOME?

[idjgava]

i dont understand why fans get mad about 17 peoples click on wrong button by mistake. =D

[buckethead41]

I'm being 100% sincere when I say that this is one of the greatest jams I have ever heard.

[rozkrokokrok]

my hungry soul is fat

[Killzor420]

1,100 people have great taste in music

[skizmsucks23]

i love this band. 

[57goldtoplespaul]

Still gotta be like one of the best videos on youtube of all time.

[lottavernix]

it is almost too much talent for one band to have... almost

[pkmChris]

What's up with no red striped flying V or that plain white guitar we all know him for ??! :'D

[Killzor420]

@pkmChris Its his guitar he was playing for guns n roses a few years earlier. idk why but w/e

[wookietimmy1]

almost sounds like they are going into timmy tucker a few times in there

[topheytophezz]

What a fucking jam! claypool brain buckethead is my favourite trio

[lottavernix]

@topheytophezz they are my favorite together and/or apart they are my musical idols

[17SPIKE17]

GORTON GAARTEN VAAN DEER SCHMOOKING.....

[vicienz14]

les is playin a rickenbacker... where' s his carl thompson?

[Grafkores]

@vicienz14 he wanted a different sound this time, so he used this one

[topheytophezz]

@Grafkores And what a sound!

[coopertheking420]

i want that top hat... les hook it up please

[coolramone]

I see what u mean eatrocksah, @ 2:30 Brain moves the broken snare out of his way (to avoid hitting it accidently). I never noticed till u mentioned. I was just enjoying all the funky music and trying to determine who was playing what.

[coolramone]

@ about 6 mins Claypool & Buckethead are both slappin' their guitars, lol. What kind of guitar is BH playing? It's not his usual. Nice lil jam. :)

[eatrocksah]

2:04 Brain breaks his snare drum head.....ive seen this jam at least 10 times and never noticed/thought it was part of the jam

[eatrocksah]

this is the best jam ever recorded by anyone

[hojima]

Keyboards need to be turned up.

[coopertheking420]

by far one of the sickest songs ive ever heard. Get this band back together and keep funkin that shit

[Emceetem]

C2B3 SUCKS LIKE PRIMUS!!

:D

[GreatMoogly]

Les on a Rick??? first time seeing him play one

[soothsayer1985]

Damn... it ends just when bucket starts to slap :(

[lucidshadows666]

@soothsayer1985 get the DVD :D

[dziebuszadziedym]

That is sooo fuckin awesome!!! A true musical dream team for me - I love all of those players, especially Big B.

And damn, what kinda guitar is Bucket playing in here? Never seen him play this axe - sweet!

[collin292]

Hittin dat basssssss

[wallabumba]

This is pure magic!!

[Tandaro]

I would kill for them making another album or even greater a europe tour :D

[rayrob11]

WHERE'S THE SECOND PART!!!

[spannerfaction]

This is sick ! The best bunch o'muso's eye ever seen & heard !

[HiddenRecord]

Such a catchy tune.

[meatwad61]

Les is slappin a Rick... My life is complete

[chesspiece11]

SLAP THAT GUITAR BUCKETHEAD!!! HAHAH XD



[23house23]

Anybody know where I can find the full concert of this? Torrent or something? It's always painful when this vid ends, would have really like to see where they went from there!

[iloverush123]

Les Claypool slapping a Rickenbacker...doesn't get any better.

[thehong0]

ZARPADOOOO!!!

[kulto1986]

Eargasm !!

[Tdinoulis]

They need to put an album out with these jams on it...

[wookietimmy]

am i nuts or does that almost sound like a Timmy tucker (moe.) tease around like 3:05

[nowhereusavilleplace]

Discography

Studio Albums

2004: The Big Eyeball in the Sky

2004 Fall Tour

Downloads at the official site (MP3 or FLAC format)

Compilations

2003: Bonnaroo, Vol. 2 - Featuring the live track "Number Two"

2004: Concrete Corner: October Sampler 2004 - Featuring the track "Junior"

[ezequieldavid]

The 4 Gods

[monsieurhassan]

Wow . . . that just blew my mind man . .. the bass is just too fucking good

[CyberSlunk]

Love this band man, the album they did is so good. Scott Taylor is one of my fav's from that album, awsome jam. The level of talent on that stage is just beyond imagination! Four god's sitting back an just letting the good stuff flow!

[DigitalChuck47]

@TheSweeJay - I would like to include Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Cash, Lenny Kravitz, and Shemp from the 3 stooges in the list please.

[arnolf]

FUNK YOU!

[JonnyYang123]

looks like buckehead isnt playing his white les paul. it looks black. great jam, as always.

[Cubarted]

the best group of people to form a band together.

[MrGERARDO234]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fathergloom]

the EXIT sign ruins this video.

[Hydrarian]

FUCKING AWEASOME!!!

[TT8073]

Probably best opening jam ive ever heard....

[PwnageGravy]

Turn up Bernie!

[Canaveral305]

Les on a Rickenbacker ! Great !

[teachingfeller]

@Canaveral305 I was totally going to say the same thing!

[takidigits13]

Mr Bucket Head.

[chessmastir]

@2:03 Brain breaks his snare head!

[FollowTheReaper93]

@chessmastir never noticed that but it's impressive that the jam continued without the use of a snare!

[Atedaze8]

claypool's bass is distorting like crazy! WTF?!

[RHCPMV]

They're phenomenal musicians. Why don't they change things up from time to time? I know it's a jam, but still, one riff with no build up gets boring no matter how many solos can be done over it. First 3 minutes-amazing, though.

[Smeage]

4 absolute masters of music. Claypool still owns them all though ;) so jealous that some guy is like half a meter in front of Les while he slaps out a solo!

[strongone5000]

17 people missed the like button

[cjonesufc]

Saw these guys at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. They were incredible. Of course everything Les does is . I'll never forget that show, though.

[TxTonyB]

200,000 veiws and only 1000 likes??? What the fuck is going through the minds of the other 199,000 folks??? Oh nothing because their heads exploded! This is straight EAR CANDY!!

[CageFreeWaffle]

You guys like this mindless noodling?

[Brodaddy1000]

@CageFreeWaffle Mindless noodling? You're a mindless noodle!. Go find yourself a soul!

[Backdrop2772]

@CageFreeWaffle its called a jam for a reason. Listen to some jazz music and its the same thing. These guys have a unique feel. All musicians "jam". Stupid troll.....

[XxGallowsxX]

@CageFreeWaffle if this is noodling, then it must be the god of noodling.

[bucketheadj]

everything is pretty badass, except the keyboardist is kind of garbage...

[otterdude1]

@bucketheadj So if someone put an entire keyboard in front of you and told you to jam, you'd do way better, right? Besides, I thought he was awesome.

[bucketheadj]

@otterdude1 i dont have to do better to know that hes garbage, i dont care if you liked him or not. Hes a bad player, he needs lessons... or talent.

[otterdude1]

@bucketheadj He's a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So you obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about. He kicks ass, and I honestly can't see why the hell anyone would think otherwise.

[UnknownSect333]

@bucketheadj And you need a life.

[markuscc]

@bucketheadj That's why he is considered to be one of the greatest keyboard players in music history by man musicians. That's also why he got picked to play in a band full of some of the greatest musicians on the planet. Just because you are musically retarded doesn't make somebody a bad musician. You sound like a little kid trying to say a Picasso is a terrible picture because you lack the mental capacity to understand it.

[markuscc]

@bucketheadj I guess there are a lot of talentless classically trained musical prodigies that went to Julliard out in the world. You might want to do some research on Worrell before you make yourself look like any more of an idiot. I'm guessing you are probably some dumb kid that is obsessed with Buckethead because you heard his song on Guitar Hero and really have no clue about music at all.

[Iluvbuckethead1]

@markuscc I have to agree. I love Buckethead so much!!!! But Bernie is probably the piano equivalent to Buckethead.

[Blakeypoo3]

@Iluvbuckethead1 but whos better>? bucket or les????????

[Iluvbuckethead1]

@Blakeypoo3 Both!

[deadclown001]

@Blakeypoo3 Les has in my personal opinion a much different playing style and basically created his own genre. But there really is no way to compare them.

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@deadclown001

hey i've been saying that for years!!! right on...

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@Blakeypoo3

say what? this right here is priceless. To me Les is easily the greatest bassist ever, and i think BH is right up there with the greatest guitarists of all time. These two together could possibly be one of the greatest combo's in music history, they compliment each other so friggin well, then you add Worrel(who needs no intro), and the amazing talent of Brain, yeah, i'd vote this as one of the best ever combo's in music history

[brooklynstudio]

@markuscc I love destroying ignorant people in one fell swoop via youtube comments

[las10plagas]

@brooklynstudio

just in case you didn't notice.

neither the ignorant one nor the one bashing him is a person with a life ;-)

[markuscc]

@brooklynstudio Hah, yeah it's pretty easy to do on youtube though. Internet comment sections are full of some of the lowest forms of life on the planet.

[las10plagas]

@markuscc

what the hell did this buckykid say? I can't find it xD

[ZMan1209]

@markuscc Hey, I first learned about BH through GH, but I'm glad I was able to discover Claypool on my own, and just knowing that Bernie is playing with some of my favorite musicians just pretty much makes me KNOW he's good. And just out of curiosity I looked him up and he has some good history so that is another contributing factor as to why I think he would be good, I'll probably be looking at some of his work. Now I just need to learn a little more about this Brain fellow...

[Gunmoku]

@ZMan1209 Brain's a simple history, really. Real name is Bryan Mantia. He started out with bands like M.I.R.V in the early 1990's, then went on to co-found the funk group Praxis (with Buckethead, Boostie Collins, and Bernie Worrell), then went on with Claypool to record several albums with Primus (Brown Album, Rhinoplasty, and Antipop), then worked with Guns N' Roses on Chinese Democracy.  He's also been with BT on a few discs of his, too. I love his work, great drummer.

[POTChavez]

@bucketheadj you are commenting on a man who has done more in his lifetime than you will probably ever do in yours and you are going to hate on his skill because you undoubtedly have no clue how to produce an original piece of music from any instrument known to man. You are the one who needs lessons in this case.

[bucketheadj]

@otterdude1 i dont give a fuck if hes sucking bucketheads dick, hes terrible and sounds like shit and you dont have to agree with me on my opinion so you can suck my cock.

[otterdude1]

@bucketheadj That is such an ignorant, idiotic, and infuriating statement, that I have no reply other than "Wow, what an asshole."

I hope you go die somewhere.

[jpthehp]

@otterdude1 hilarious.

[eddynaco]

@otterdude1 ...I'm a professional bassist, what about you?