Left Hanging

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Left Hanging
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Studio album by Travis Dickerson and Buckethead
Released November 29, 2010
Recorded 2004 - 2008
Genre Experimental rock
Jazz fusion
Progressive rock
Funk metal
Avant garde
Length42:02
Label TDRS Music
Travis Dickerson and Buckethead chronology
Chicken Noodles II
(2007) Chicken Noodles II2007
Left Hanging
(2010)

Left Hanging is a collaborative album by Buckethead and Travis Dickerson, which was released in December 2010. The album consists of unreleased tracks from previous sessions by Dickerson and Buckethead and features other musicians, including Pinchface, Ramy Antoun and Bryan "Brain" Mantia.

Buckethead American musician and songwriter

Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American multi-instrumentalist musician who has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans many genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, though he has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high-profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has released 306 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has also performed on more than 50 other albums by other artists.

Travis Dickerson is an American musician and producer, best known for his work with Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen. He also runs TDRSmusic, a recording studio with its own record label that has recorded and released albums by Bill Laswell, Jethro Tull, Linda Ronstadt, and Vince DiCola. Dickerson can be heard playing keyboards on many albums he recorded and produced.

Pinchface American musician

Michael Andrew Hakopian, better known as Pinchface is the drummer of the Deli Creeps, Giant Robot II, and the Cornbugs. He has also appeared on numerous Buckethead albums, such as Population Override and Giant Robot. He has also appeared on numerous occasions in Buckethead's Binge Clip Videos. In 2006 he toured the United States with Buckethead and Delray Brewer. He also works as a real estate agent according to his Facebook page.

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Background

The first announcement of the album was made by Dickerson at TDRS Music's forum (his label) on October 19, stating:

Besides this album, Dickerson also announced three other albums; the first with his brother Lindy Dickerson, Paul Ill, and DJ Bonebrake, the second one with Vince DiCola, and the third is another project with DJ Bonebrake. The release dates for these albums are still to be disclosed.

Vincent Louis "Vince" DiCola is an American composer, keyboardist and arranger. He has composed scores for films such as The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive and Rocky IV soundtracks. DiCola also pioneered the use of sequencers on his soundtrack recording for Rocky IV, one of the first to exploit the Fairlight CMI and Synclavier II's computer's sequencing capabilities.

On October 25, Dickerson posted an image of the album cover and announced more information to come in the next few days. [2]

On October 29, the album was made available for pre-order, along with the Buckethead album Captain EO's Voyage , with a tentative release date of December 1. The pre-order also features samples from all the tracks from the album. [3] Eventually the CD was released on November 29. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Continental Drift"5:03
2."Game Theory"4:37
3."Archetype"6:15
4."Terra Firma"5:35
5."Cosmogony"4:37
6."What the Hell Was That"9:49
7."Box Beat Boom"6:07

Notes

<i>Population Override</i> 2004 studio album by Buckethead

Population Override is the twelfth studio album by Buckethead and his first full collaboration with keyboardist Travis Dickerson. The album is a tribute to the "great vinyl records of the '60s and '70s", with songs more often than not drifting into long jams.

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