Back in the early ’00s The Police drummer Stewart Copeland formed a band called Oysterhead with fellow “alpha musicians” Les Claypool of Primus and Trey Anastasio of Phish. Recently, Copeland invited Claypool and the current incarnation of Primus to his Sacred Grove studio for a jam session.
Copeland has just posted a short segment from their jam session to his official YouTube page. Take a look at this incredibly weird vid which includes Copeland on trombone for part of it…
When Snoop Lion, the artist previously known as Snoop Dogg, started putting together tracks for his new reggae album, Reincarnated, he enlisted the help of The Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Copeland told Rolling Stone that in lieu of pay for the sessions, he asked Snoop to come to one of his parties to jam. “The deal is that I’m real cheap – don’t pay me a dime. But it’s a day for a day. I’ll certainly play some tracks for Snoop, but Snoop’s got to come over to one of my parties.”
Snoop took him up on the offer and Copeland recorded the ensuing jam session for his YouTube channel. According to Copeland, “Snoop dropped by late one night. After smacking every instrument in the room he got on the mic and started coming up with all this cool stuff. This is all total improv.” Bassist Armand Sabal Lecco also took part in the jam session.
Let’s take a look at the five-minute clip Copeland just posted…
