Everyone from iTunes to YouTube labels this as being performed by Primus. However, technically if you look at the end credits, performance credit is given to “Festus Clamrod and The El Sobrante Twangers,” a group which features Les Claypool on vocals/bass, Larry LaLonde on banjo, and Brian Mantia on drums.
This lineup, which is essentially mid/late-90’s-era Primus, also had Violina Misteriosa on violin, Bryan Kehoe as the Devil, and Mark Haggard on slide guitar and the voice of Johnny.
I think this video is pretty cool, and I’m also a big Primus fan. I do have to say, however, that I prefer the original version by Charlie Daniels.
