Four Foot Shack Explained

Four Foot Shack
Type:	Album
Artist:	Duo de Twang
Cover:	Four_Foot_Shack_cover.jpg
Released:	February 4, 2014
Length:	56:24
Label:	ATO Records/Prawn Song Records
Producer:	Les Claypool

Four Foot Shack is the debut album of Duo de Twang, a country music duo formed by Primus bassist and vocalist Les Claypool and M.I.R.V. guitarist Bryan Kehoe.^[1] This album contains one original song and fourteen cover songs (although many are covers of Primus or Les Claypool songs). It was released on February 4, 2014 by ATO Records.^[2]

Song origins

Covers featured on Four Foot Shack and their original artists:^[3]

• "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus, originally on the album Tales from the Punchbowl.
• "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed. The song was also covered by Claypool on Primus' Rhinoplasty.
• "Red State Girl" by Les Claypool on Of Fungi and Foe.
• "The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down" by Tom Connors.
• "Booneville Stomp" by Les Claypool, originally on Of Fungi and Foe.
• "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees.
• "Rumble of the Diesel" by Les Claypool, originally on Of Whales and Woe.
• "Pipeline" by The Chantays.
• "Buzzards of Green Hill" by Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, originally appearing on Purple Onion.
• "Hendershot" by Les Claypool, originally on the album Highball with the Devil.
• "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains.
• "D's Diner" by Les Claypool, originally on Purple Onion.
• "Battle of New Orleans" written by Jimmy Driftwood.
• "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" by Primus, from the album Sailing the Seas of Cheese.

Personnel

• Les Claypool - Bass, Vocals, Tambourine
• Bryan Kehoe - Guitars & back-up vocals.
• Wylie Woods - Mandolin & back-up vocals (1, 12, 14).
• Recorded at Rancho Relaxo Studio.
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen for Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
• Design & layout by Reuben Rude.
• Cover painting "Stranded Yellow House" by Dave van Patten.
• Photos by Jeremy Scott.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les Claypool Is Country-Fried With Duo de Twang - Album Premiere. January 29, 2014. March 2, 2014.
2. Web site: Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang to Release "Four Foot Shack" on 2/4/14. November 19, 2013. March 2, 2014.
3. Web site: Les Claypool's Duo De Twang - Four Foot Shack. March 2, 2014.