On May 30, 2006, “Prawn Song” label released “Of Whales and Woe” the     sixth Les Claypool album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

• Les Claypool– vocals, bass, percussion, guitar, drums, bass banjo, misc. Instrumentation, engineer
• Cage Claypool – percussion
• Lena Claypool – marimba
• Mike Dillon- marimba, vibes, tabla, percussion
• Skerik- tenor sax, baritone sax, horn arrangement
• Gabby La La- theremin, sitar
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Zoltron – design
• Cage Claypool, Lena Claypool – illustration
• Leanne Lajoie – project supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool.

1. Back Off Turkey
2. One Better
3. Lust Stings
4. Of Whales and Woe
5. Vernon the Company Man
6. Phantom Patriot
7. Iowan Gal
8. Nothin’ Ventured
9. Rumble of the Diesel
10. Robot Chicken
11. Filipino Ray
12. Off-White Guilt