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	Tommy Bahamas Watch Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tommy Crank Band - Tommy Crank Band was an RandB/rock cover band from California.
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	Les Claypool
		After graduating high school, Claypool played in a local cover band called the Tommy Crank Band; there, he was able to hone his skills and develop his famous slap technique through listening to Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham.
		Alexander left the band in 1996; he was replaced by Brian Mantia of Praxis and Buckethead.
		Lengthening his jam band streak, in 2003 Claypool put out a manic, frantic record with Buckethead, Bernie Worrel[?], and former Primus drummer Brain under the ominous band name, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains[?], whose concerts pushed the improvisational envelope by preparing no material and not rehearsing beforehand.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Les_Claypool.html (640 words)

	DVD In My Pants - Review: The Who: Tommy Live
		Tommy regains his senses after being thrown through his mirror by his mother, and uses his new perspective and fame to elevate himself to guru/godlike levels.
		On the record, the band performs all the characters; in the film the band and a boatload of actors portray the various characters; in the play it is only actors.
		Tommy was the kind of record where you could put on your headphones, listen to each of the four album sides, and allow your mind to tell the interesting, strange story in your own personal way.
	www.dvdinmypants.com /reviews/W-Z/tommy.php (1806 words)

	Les Claypool - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After picking up the bass at the age of fourteen and developing his chops in the school jazz band, Claypool played in a local cover band called the Tommy Crank Band where he was able to develop his slap technique through listening to Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham.
		The movie is a spoof of the jam band scene centered on the fake band, Electric Apricot, in the mockumentary tradition of Spinal Tap.
		The band was originally rumored to include Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and Ratdog on guitar but those rumors were slowly put to rest after their first low-key show.
	en.wikipedia.2es.com.pl /wiki/Les_Claypool (2767 words)

	Tommy Loy Tribute Page
		Tommy was also prominent in the Dallas commercial music scene as a musician and recording engineer for about 35 years, during which he wrote and produced musical commercials.
		Tommy's stylistic improvisations were a wonder to me. No matter what the tune or the key, if you halfway listened, you could always recognize a thread of the melody chasing through Tommy's improvisations.
		Tommy's memorial service reminded us that he was not just a hero of his classmates, but was highly respected and loved by others representing many age levels and walks of life.
	www.dcjb.com /tommyloy.html (4093 words)

	Grambling State University - Tiger Band
		Band Members captured the hearts and souls of Super Bowl I and IX fans with sensational shows that had Los Angles Coliseum and Tulane Stadium spectators swaying in their seats.
		Tardiness is a deadly sin and band members missing the bus or plane must arrange their own transportation at their own expense.
		A request was made that the band send a drum majors uniform to be used a mold representing the band.
	www.gram.edu /band/history.asp (3147 words)

	Tommy Loy (1930-2002)
		Tommy had such a wonderful little boy smile, and he would beam like a six-year-old when the kids applauded.
		Tommy would always play the solos in the idiom of the specific chart, and the lines would be lyrical and sweet.
		Thane Tolle (a bassist of Tommy’s generation) is the founder and semi-retired leader of that band.
	abel.hive.no /trumpet/tpin/Tommy_Loy.html (970 words)

	Classic Rock Revisited
		Tommy Emmanuel may not have a touring band back him up onstage and he may not strap on a Gibson Les Paul and crank the amps up to 11 but make no
		The real treat at any Tommy Emmanuel concert is the song "Initiation." Tommy hails from Down Under and as a young man went deep into the Outback to perform for the Aborigines.
		Tommy scratches, beats syncopated rhymes, pics above the nut of the guitar and literally transposes the listener to another place and time.
	www.classicrockrevisited.com /concerts/TommyElive.htm (563 words)

	history
		The reason he picked the bass was that the band didnít have drums or sax, and also Les knew of a guy who needed a bass player for his band.
		According to Les, ìPrimate only lasted about a month because there was another band called the Primates.î The lawyer for this band called Les and told them to change the bandís name, or else.
		This version of the band recorded another demo, entitled ìSausageî, which led later to the band of the same name in ë94.
	home.maine.rr.com /luckymammoth/phistory.htm (1696 words)

	Les Claypool - Music Downloads - Online
		Although Hammett asked Claypool to join a band he was in, he opted for another group in his high school, progressive metallists Blind Illusion, while broadening his musical horizons by playing in jazz and swing bands.
		After graduation, Claypool played in a local cover band, the Tommy Crank Band, which specialized in blues, R&B, funk, and mainstream rock hits.
		It was while with Tommy Crank that Claypool bought his first Carl Thompson piccolo bass (after seeing Stanley Clarke play one), an instrument that would become his trademark.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/170/Les-Claypool/30035653.html (523 words)

	The Fargone Beauties
		The band's second album was appropriately titled "It's Hard When You're Ugly" and was released in 1992 on the Emerald City label through Phonogram.
		It seemed that interest in the band had never gone away, and if we were to do it again, this was certainly a fitting occasion.
		All the band members are still committed to their many musical projects, but when the time and occasion are right, you might see The Fargone Beauties turn up (and we mean TURN UP) on a stage near you.
	www.fargonebeauties.com.au /band_bio.htm (1936 words)

	Musical Calendar for April 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1971, Tommy Crank, was the artist and repertoire representative of Jessup Records in Jackson, Michigan, and was still instrumental in recording many Bluegrass artists for the Jessup label.
		During this period, the Foursome were recording for the Decca label, and the drummer in the group that often backed the Foursome was a young "Spike" Jones.
		He was the band's clarinetist, composer, arranger ("Hotcha Cornia," "Der Fuehrer's Face") and their lead vocalist.
	nfo.net /calendar/apr13.htm (1215 words)

	www.myspace.com/tommyleetv
		While his parents provided young Tommy with drum and piano lessons, his father, a mechanic, showed an extra measure of support by giving up the garage and building his son a soundproof room within it to practice.
		Neil left the band in 1992 and it was Scream singer John Corabi that provided vocals for the 1994 album Mötley Crüe, which attempted to match up to the angst and power of newer metal bands.
		By New Tattoo (2000), the band was working at full steam again, though with a notable exception: that of Tommy Lee, who by then was recording and touring with his own band, Methods of Mayhem, and ducking the paparazzi in the wake of his home video high-jinx with his then-wife, Pamela Anderson.
	www.myspace.com /tommyleetv (1581 words)

	Primus through the years
		Eventually I went back to Tommy Crank Band because I needed to make a living and played with them for awhile and then I just realized this is not going to get me anywhere, I need to start a band.
		So he quit and there I was, with this band that was one of the more popular local bands and I didn't have anybody in it.
		Because it went from a band that was a great group of players to another band that was a great group of players that had a totally different approach to music but still had an energy that was tangible to people, I guess.
	mama.indstate.edu /users/primus/html/primus_through_the_years.html (5968 words)

	history of primus
		He played in some Jazz and Funk bands and it was around this time that he first met Todd Huth.
		The lawyer for this band called Les and told them to change the bands name, or else.
		Les has said that they were taking a lot of flak for not being serious about anything, plus the band had been touring almost nonstop for four years.
	primus47.tripod.com /primusthinksjohnisafag/id18.html (1951 words)

	Amazon.com: Come Taste the Band: Music: Deep Purple,Mini Paper Album Sleeve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tommy Bolin was a better guitarist and song writer than Ritchie Blackmore.
		A task most guitar players feared due to being critized in comparison, Bolin wasn't all to familiar with the band's music in the first place, and also it gave him the opportunity to use the band to help launch his solo career.
		Actually, if you think about it, Come Taste The Band could pass as Whitesnake's first album because it's music is such a departure from the band's already signature sound that it doesn't even sound like Deep Purple, since 3 out of 5 members went onto Whitesnake.
	www.amazon.com /Come-Taste-Band-Deep-Purple/dp/B000006EBK (1851 words)

	New Rage: The Funky from Guitar Player, August 1991
		Frontman Les Claypool is a headbanger's Cat In The Hat, a bemused master of ceremonies overseeing the band's ecstatic performances with goofy grin, rubbery body, and stupefying virtuosity.
		'Tommy The Cat' is a good example of that, and so is 'To Defy The Laws Of Tradition,' from Frizzle Fry.
		I used to come to class singing Aerosmith and Rush tunes, so he said, 'Come audition for my band as the singer.' I never did, but I met the guys in Blind Illusion and played with them untill I learned about guys like Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, and Louis Johnson and became a fusion snob.
	www.ram.org /music/primus/articles/funky.html (1815 words)

	New York Dolls: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This Aversion.com Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the other hand, the apologists will wrap their ears in nostalgia, point to the generations of bands influenced by the band and say that any New York Dolls album is, by its very nature, better for rock'n'roll than the new Buckcherry or Aerosmith records could ever be.
		Sylvain, with second guitarist Steve Conte in tow, leads the band through a set that's polished, tight and focused in a way the vintage Dolls could never manage.
		It's a surprisingly rockin' affair, especially with the band's ability to rediscover the same snotty swagger of its glory days.
	www.aversion.com /bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=2703 (586 words)

	Les Claypool Bass Guitars
		It was around this time (early to mid-'80s) that Claypool began demo-ing his own original compositions, which would become the impetus for Primus.
		Originally called Primate, Primus consisted of guitarist Todd Huth and drummer Jay Lane in addition to Claypool, who also contributed vocals (in a strange sing/speak style, almost a kin to a narrator) in addition to bass.
		By 1989, a new Primus lineup was formed -- Claypool, LaLonde, and new drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander, and not long after their first album was issued -- the live set "Suck on This".
	www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com /rock/claypool.htm (591 words)

	Les Claypool Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Claypool has also collaborated with Trey Anastasio and Stewart Copeland in jam-rock project Oysterhead.
		In late 2003 Claypool reunited with original Primus drummer Tim Alexander and guitarist Larry LaLonde to record a DVD/EP called Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, which Claypool described as the first DVD with supplementary music, as opposed to the contrary.
		The band staged a two month tour in which they performed two sets per show, the second consisting of their 1991 release Sailing the Seas of Cheese in its entirety.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/l/le/les_claypool.html (728 words)

	PRIMUS \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Libby played in the band for a very short time and was replaced Tim "Curveball" Wright who then he was replaced by Jay Lane on drums.
		The band returned with a “Reunion Tour” feature Tim Alexander back in the band PRIMUS, which brings us to today 2006 where the band PRIMUS unfortunately seems to be doing nothing new only rumors of a new album have been heard.
		But he was only a drummer for the band for two weeks because of a skateboarding accident.The band PRIMUS was doing a tour with Faith No More and needed a drummer fast and that’s how Tim Alexander came into the picture, but anyway Mantia was PRIMUS’ drummer from 1996- 2000.
	www.freewebs.com /joseph183/primusanditsmembers.htm (1863 words)

	Tommy Castro Band
		This week, I'm as thrilled as a Republican congressman in a terminal-care hospice to report that singer-guitarist extraordinaire Tommy Castro has returned home to Blind Pig Records.
		My fave modern blue-eyed soul man had been bumping around from label to label for the past several years, releasing, well, adequate CDs, but nothing approaching the tuff, old-school scorch evinced on his great Pig platters of yore.
		Pick this sucker up, crank it till the neighbors pelt your house with hambones and dig maestro Castro in concert, tomorrow night at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.
	www.tommycastro.com /reviews/05_sduniontrib.htm (138 words)

	Tommy James and The Shondells Official Website
		"I Think We're Alone Now" was the 4'th smash hit single in a row for Tommy James and The Shondells, and marked a major evolutionary step in both the sound and style of the group.
		Over the next 2 years this team would crank out no fewer than 7 gold singles and 3 gold albums.
		Released in February of '67, it was highly acclaimed by industry vets who, up until then, hadn't paid much attention to the band.
	www.tommyjames.com /albums.php?album=alonenow (230 words)

	THE BULL BOARD - Newbie FAQ
		A: Besides playing in Blind Illusion with Les, he was the guitarist for the seminal Bay-Area Death Metal(?) band Possessed.
		A: Band members have posted quite a bit many years ago, but the only one of recent times was when Tim Alexander came by for 5 minutes about a month ago.
		A: Les: Tommy Crank Band, Blind Illusion, Sausage, MIRV, Frog Brigade, Holy Mackerel, Rat Brigade, Oysterhead, C2B3.
	www.prawnsong.com /bullboard/printthread.php?t=3559 (1213 words)

	Red Ellis and friends sing Gospel Bluegrass Music
		By the later part of 1958, the two had put together a band and recorded several songs for what was to become their first release.
		I have to give credit to all the fellows for their ability to move in and out from the mic at the right time." In fact, Red, first without and later with a mixer, engineered all but a few of the songs Starday ever released under his name and that of the Williams-Ellis team.
		In 1971 Tommy Crank, artist and repertoire representative of Jessup Records in Jackson, Michigan, was instrumental in reuniting Red and Jimmy Williams to record two LPs released in the early and mid 1970s.
	arnet.pair.com /RedEllis (2535 words)

	BASS PLAYER: From the Vault (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It's Les Claypool, and the band is Primus.
		By the time the band recorded the EP Miscellaneous Debris, a playful collection of covers, Les had improved his mastery of the 6--and thrown in a measure of good taste to boot.
		For "Tommy the Cat," I had the bass line kicking around, and for some reason that "Say Baby" thing was stuck in my head, and I thought it would be cool to put the two together, even though they're pretty off from each other.
	members.aol.com /magrips/primus/reviews/bass.html (4776 words)

	Les Claypool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born on September 29, 1963, in Richmond, California, Claypool is famous for bringing the electric bass into the spotlight with his funky, creative playing.
		After picking up the bass at the age of fourteen and developing his chops in the school jazz band, Claypool played in a local cover band called the Tommy Crank Band where he was able to develop his patented slap technique through listening to Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham.
		The year 2000 saw Primus on indefinite hiatus, leaving Claypool to form Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, a jam band much like Phish or String Cheese Incident.
	les-claypool.iqnaut.net (659 words)

	AxeMojo.com - Legends of Rock - Bassist Les Claypool of Primus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Les Claypool was 14, he picked up a bass and started honing his skills in the school jazz band.
		He then played in a local band, the Tommy Crank Band, where he developed his slap technique.
		In 1986, after the death of Cliff Burton of Metallica, Claypool auditioned for the band but didn’t get the part.
	www.watchmojo.com /music/rock/bassists/les_claypool.htm (485 words)

	Les Claypool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Claypool also collaborated with virtuoso guitarist Buckethead, funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and former Primus drummer Brain under the name Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains ("C2B3"), a name encompassing all members of the band.
		He has also performed select shows with her (including the 2005 edition of the Bonnaroo Music Festival and has added her to his new touring band, Les Claypool and His Fancy Band (also featuring Skerik on saxaphonics, Mike Dillon on percussion, and Jay Lane on drums).
		Some have expressed displeasure at Primus' stylistic changes and sought to criticize Claypool for it, perhaps because of his experimentation with the jam band scene during Primus' hiatus, despite the fact that the band plays all of their old material live.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Les_Claypool (2522 words)

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