Yesterday afternoon the latest installment of Kyle Meredith With… premiered. During the podcast, which can also be viewed on YouTube, Primus bassist, Les Claypool, spoke virtually to the program host about, his current venture with Billy Strings and more. 

During the one-on-one, Meredith posed a question to Claypool regarding the potential for a Fearless Flying Frog Brigade LP. The musician offered that he is halfway through a new The Claypool Lennon Delirium LP and  “Billy Strings and I have been working on a record.” Claypool followed up with additional information on the set of music with the bluegrass prodigy, “It’s kind of Duo de Tawng. Nothing against [Bryan] Kehoe because Kehoe is a badass, but Billy is just a whole nother level. It’s pretty amazing playing with that guy.”

Claypool continued his commentary on collaborative work with Strings. He stated: “We’ve just been picking away at it. I’m not sure where it is or where it’s going and if and when it’ll ever come out.” He added, “We have a handful of songs and we’ve been having fun with it. But now I’m getting busy and he’s busy. So it’ll come together whenever the planets align.”

Claypool also stated “He’s become a good friend, a friend of the family and I hear these stories. We have kind of similar upbrings. His was even more colorful in many ways and he’s got more years on him than his actual tenure on the planet–If that makes any sense.”

The musician tacked on the following onto his response: “He’s got an old soul vibe to him. I call it salt. He has salt. He’s salty, he’s the real deal. He can play like he plays because he sat on the porch with his family for many years and just played with his friends and relatives and it’s like breathing for him.” 

On the topic, Meredith commented on his hopes to hear the material, to which Claypool said, “It’s more a matter of getting in there and finishing.” He concluded, “It’s like a bathroom that you’re wallpapering and you haven’t quite gotten it there yet. You’ve still got to paint the trim.” 

Watch Kyle Meredith With… Les Claypool below.