Chapman Stick

Back in the van, he checks his phone.

There's a video of Nick Beggs on stage in a leather kilt playing Chapman Stick alongside Howard Jones.

[laughs] Limol watches it twice.

Beggs, what a cunt.

Uh, they do all kinds of progressive stuff.

He plays the Chapman Stick.

Oh, okay.

And, uh, yeah, really cool.

One

of the coolest things about that song is that Tony Levin plays the Chapstick or the Chapman Stick on it.

They had a bunch of

different... yeah not chapstick the chapman stick um super cool they had a bunch of different musicians come in to kind of fill that record out and that was one of the cooler ones because the chapman stick is not something that gets played a bunch unless when tony's playing with peter gabriel

all

right take

Hi, my name is Jerview.

I play bass, guitar, chapman stick for Education Party.

And I'm Cindy, and I play the keyboards and synths for Education Party.

Thank you for having us.

Like, Paul Simon, and he's got Tony Levin playing bass from King Crimson and all this.

It's just like he's not playing the, the Chapman Stick, but his band's really shit hot.

But, like, I like that everyone is kinda sweaty and ugly in it.

But when The B f- when they come off stage to lukewarm applause, and The B-52's are backstage, like, as the new wave, all looking immaculate, getting up and playing, there's an amazing shot of Paul Simon and his band on the left side of the screen just, just kind of, like, being out of step and just waiting for the show to be over so they can get paid.

Uh, we discuss his periods with King Crimson, from Discipline to Thrak, uh, right up to what's happening present day.

Uh, we also discuss his sessions with Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, and others, uh, his continued love of the Chapman Stick.

Uh, we talk about what's happening with Beat, and working with a crew of Zappa alumni.

Uh, Tony's not much of a record collector.

Mm-hmm

... uh, I was very impressed with their playing, to put it mildly.

And it just by happens by co-win- coincidence, I think, that I, I had a bass and I had brought the Chapman Stick, which I played sometime, but not that often.

And when I heard these players, I c- I knew Robert's playing, of course.