Funk Rock Bass & Drum Grooves with Jack Irons

Front to back take of my song “Lobster for Breakfast” with Jack Irons (RHCP/Pearl Jam) on drums! Jack first recorded his drums on my bass, then I recorded this new take on it. We’re playing on feel without using click track, it’s a fun challenge to nail these in a single take. It’s all about locking in and riding the waves, groove glue! I’m playing my Cortex Bass with Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings and used a Boss OC-2 Octaver, a Seamoon FX Grind Machine overdrive, a Darkglass Hyper Luminal compressor and a Rodenberg 707b clean booster. Recorded with the DI of my Eich T-1000 amp without plugins or post-processing, I’m stepping the pedals real-time. I mixed our takes together in Cubase and mastered it with Ozone. Jack plays his custom Masters of Maple drums, Zildjian cymbals, Evans and Remo drumheads, and Vic Firth sticks. He recorded his drum take in Luna using Apollo interfaces and engineered and mixed it himself. Just in case you’re not fully familiar, Jack is the founding drummer of R