New Book Of Photography Chronicles Les Claypool’s Career

by Kevin Johnson Thursday, January 6th, 2011

A new book chronicling Les Claypool’s career through photos has been published in a limited run through San Francisco based Rock Out Books. To Defy The Laws of Tradition is a collection of over 750 photographs taken by Jay Blakesberg’s 10,000+ image archive of Claypool’s groups including Primus, Holy Mackerel, Sausage, Oysterhead, and the Frog Brigade. Claypool also contributes an essay to the limited edition book.

Each copy of To Defy The Laws of Tradition is signed and numbered by both Claypool and Blakesberg, comes in a special hand-made box, and will be available for $90 plus shipping.

The publisher explains that this will be a one-time-only printing. For more, check out the Rock Out Books website.

In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.