Tag Archives: Les Claypool

Charlie Hunter: Charlie Hunter Trio

On December 8, 1993, “Prawn Song” label released “Charlie Hunter Trio”, the debut Charlie Hunter album. It was recorded in May 1993, at “The Corn Studios”, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Hunter – seven-string guitar
  • Dave Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Scott Jensen – trumpet
  • Miles Perkins – double bass
  • Jay Lane – drums
  • Scott Roberts – congas
  • Andre Marshall – bells, cow bell

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Fred’s Life
  2. Live Oak – Charlie Hunter, Calder Spanier
  3. 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, Dead
  4. Funky Niblets
  5. Fables of Faubus – Charles Mingus
  6. Dance of the Jazz Fascists – Dave Ellis, Charlie Hunter, Jay Lane
  7. The Telphone’s a Ringin’
  8. Rhythm Comes in 12 Tones
  9. Mule
  10. Faffer Time – Charlie Hunter, Dave Ellis, Jay Lane

Tom Waits: Bad As Me

On October 21, 2011, “Anti-Records” label released “Bad as Me”, the seventeenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded February – July 2011, and was produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, banjo, tabla, pump organ, additional photography
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • David Hidalgo – guitar, violin, percussion, accordion, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – guitar, bass
  • Will Bernard – guitar
  • Augie Meyers – Vox organ, piano, accordion
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
  • James Whiton – bass
  • Marcus Shelby – bass
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Zack Sumner – bass
  • Flea – bass
  • Casey Waits – drums
  • Gino Robair – percussion, vibraphone 
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone
  • Chris Grady – trumpet
  • Ben Jaffe – trombone, bass clarinet, tuba 
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Julianne Deery – assistant producer
  • Karl Derfler – engineer, mixing
  • Zack Sumner – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction
  • Jesse Dylan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Chicago
  2. Raised Right Men
  3. Talking at the Same Time
  4. Get Lost
  5. Face to the Highway
  6. Pay Me
  7. Back in the Crowd
  8. Bad as Me
  9. Kiss Me
  10. Satisfied
  11. Last Leaf
  12. Hell Broke Luce
  13. New Year’s Eve

Tom Waits: Real Gone

On October 4, 2000, “ANTI-label” released “Real Gone”, the sixteenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, guitar, chamberlin, percussion, shakers, beatboxing
  • Marc Ribot – guitar, banjo, cigar box banjo 
  • Harry K. Cody – guitar, banjo
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Mark Howard – bells, claps
  • Larry Taylor – bass, guitar
  • Casey Waits – drums, turntables, percussion, claps
  • Brain – percussion, claps
  • Trisha Wilson – claps

Track listing:

  1. Top of the Hill
  2. Hoist That Rag
  3. Sins of My Father
  4. Shake It
  5. Don’t Go into That Barn
  6. How’s It Gonna End
  7. Metropolitan Glide
  8. Dead and Lovely
  9. Circus
  10. Trampled Rose
  11. Green Grass
  12. Baby Gonna Leave Me
  13. Clang Boom Steam
  14. Make It Rain
  15. Day After Tomorrow
  16. Chick a Boom – (hidden track)

Primus: Conspiranoid

On April 22, 2022, “ATO” label released “Conspiranoid”, the fifth Primus EP. It was recorded in 2023, at “The Dairy Studios” in Brixton, London, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass guitar, mixing, painting
  • Larry LaLonde – electric guitar
  • Tim “Herb” Alexander – drums
  • Jason Mills – engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Agent Ogden – layout, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Les Claypool, except where noted.

  1. Conspiranoia – additional lyrics by Cage Claypool, music by Les Claypool
  2. Follow the Fool – music by Les Claypool
  3. Erin on the Side of Caution – music by Larry LaLonde

Gov’t Mule: The Deep End, Volume 2

On October 8, 2002, “ATO” label released “The Deep End, Volume 2”, the fifth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “The Theater 99”, “River Sound” and “Chung King Studios” in New York, “In the Pocket Studio” in Forestville, California, and was produced by Michael Barbiero, Warren Haynes, Les Claypool, John Cutler and Stefani Scamardo.

Personnel:

  • Warren Haynes — vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Matt Abts — drums
  • James Hetfield — vocals
  • John Scofield — guitar
  • Gary Lucas — guitar
  • David Grisman — mandolin 
  • Pete Sears — piano
  • Rob Barraco — piano
  • John Medeski — organ, Wurlitzer
  • Chuck Leavell — organ, keyboards
  • Danny Louis — organ, Wurlitzer
  • Johnny Neel — organ
  • Art Neville — organ
  • Bernie Worrell — organ
  • Les Claypool – bass, mixing
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Alphonso Johnson – bass
  • Phil Lesh – bass
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Meshell Ndegeocello – bass
  • Jason Newsted – bass
  • George Porter Jr. – bass
  • Rocco Prestia – bass
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Chris Squire – bass
  • Chris Wood – bass
  • Ron Rigler — engineer
  • Ray Martin — engineer
  • John Cutler — engineer, mixing
  • Michael Barbiero — engineer, mixing
  • Raeanne Zschokke — engineer assistant
  • Jason Andrews — engineer assistant
  • Phil Burnett — engineer assistant
  • Halsey Quemere — engineer assistant
  • Steve Fallone — editing
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Stefani Scamardo — executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Haynes, except where noted.

  1. Trying Not to Fall – Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  2. Time to Confess
  3. Greasy Granny’s Gopher Gravy, Pt. 1 – Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Les Claypool
  4. Greasy Granny’s Gopher Gravy, Pt. 2 – Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Les Claypool
  5. What Is Hip? – Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi
  6. World of Confusion – Warren Haynes, Gary Lucas
  7. Hammer and Nails – David Hess, Aaron Schroeder
  8. Slow Happy Boys
  9. Sun Dance
  10. Lay of the Sunflower – Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel
  11. Catfish Blues – traditional
  12. Babylon Turnpike – Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel

Primus: Antipop

On October 19, 1999, “Interscope” label released “Antipop”, the sixth Primus studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Sebastopol, California, “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, ”Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Tom Morello, Stewart Copeland, Tom Waits, Matt Stone, Fred Durst, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Bryan Mantia.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass
  • Larry LaLonde – guitar, synthesizer
  • Bryan Mantia – drums, percussion
  • Tom Waits – vocals, Chamberlin
  • Tom Morello – lead guitar
  • James Hetfield – rhythm guitar
  • Jim Martin – additional guitar
  • Martina Topley-Bird – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Intro – Tom Waits, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  2. Electric Uncle Sam – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  3. Natural Joe – Matt Stone, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  4. Lacquer Head – Fred Durst, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  5. The Artipop – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  6. Electric Electric – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  7. Greet the Sacred Cow – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  8. Mama Didn’t Raise No Food – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  9. Dirty Drowning Man – Stewart Copeland
  10. Ballad of Bodacious – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  11. Power mad – Tom Morello, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  12. The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky – Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia
  13. Coattails of a Dead Man (the song “Coattails of a Dead Man” ends at 5:17. After a minute of silence a studio version of “The Heckler” from “Suck on This” plays) – Toma Waits, Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Bryan Mantia

Primus: Green Naugahyde

On September 12, 2011, “ATO Records” and “Prawn Song” labels released “Green Naugahyde”, the seventh Primus studio album. It was recorded October 2010 – April 2011, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Sebastopol, California, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass, upright bass
  • Larry LaLonde – guitar
  • Jay Lane – drums
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Zoltron – design, layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Les Claypool, all music as noted.

  1. Prelude to a Crawl – Les Claypool
  2. Hennepin Crawler – Les Claypool, Larry La Londe, Jay Lane
  3. Last Salmon Man (Fisherman’s Chronicles, Part IV) – Les Claypool
  4. Eternal Consumption Engine – Larry La Londe
  5. Tragedy’s a’ comin’ – Les Claypool, Larry La Londe, Jay Lane
  6. Eyes of the Squirrel – Les Claypool, Jay Lane
  7. Jilly’s on Smack – Les Claypool, Larry La Londe
  8. Lee Van Cleef – Les Claypool
  9. Moron TV – Les Claypool, Larry La Londe, Jay Lane
  10. Green Ranger – Les Claypool, Jay Lane
  11. HOINFODAMAN – Larry La Londe
  12. Extinction Burst – Les Claypool, Larry La Londe, Jay Lane
  13. Salmon Man – Les Claypool

Primus: Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble

On October 21, 2014, “ATO Records”, and “Prawn Song Records” labels released “Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble”, the eighth Primus studio album. The album is a re-imagining of the soundtrack of the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – lead and backing vocals, upright bass, cello, bass guitar, marimba, percussion, arrangements
  • Larry LaLonde – lead vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Tim “Herb” Alexander – drums, arrangements
  • Mike Dillon – vibraphone, marimba, tablas
  • Sam Bass – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.

  1. Hello Wonkites
  2. Candy Man
  3. Cheer Up Charlie
  4. Golden Ticket
  5. Lermaninoff
  6. Pure Imagination
  7. Oompa Augustus
  8. Semi – Wondrous Boat Ride
  9. Oompa Violet
  10. I Want It Now
  11. Oompa Veruca
  12. Wonkomobile
  13. Oompa TV
  14. Farawell Wonkites

Claypool Lennon Delirium: South of Reality

On February 22, 2019, “ATO Records” label released “South of Reality”, the second Claypool Lennon Delirium studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Occidental, California, and was produced by Sean Lennon and Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool– vocals, all instruments, songwriter, engineer, mixing
  • Sean Lennon– vocals, all instruments
  • Paulo Baldi– drums
  • Adam Gates – voices
  • Josh Adam Meyers – voices
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Agent Ogden – design, layout
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography
  • Hisaki Yasuda – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon.

  1. Little Fishes
  2. Blood and Rockets: Movement I, Saga of Jack Parsons / Movement II, Too the Moon
  3. South of Reality
  4. Boriska
  5. Easily Charmed by Fools
  6. Amethyst Realm
  7. Toady Man’s Hour
  8. Cricket Chronicles Revisited: Pt. 1, Ask Your Doctor / Pt. 2, Psyde Effects
  9. Like Fleas

Primus: The Desaturating Seven

On September 29, 2017, “ATO Records” label released “The Desaturating Seven” the ninth Primus studio album. It was recorded at “Rancho Relaxo” in California, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool – vocals, bass guitar, upright bass
  • Larry LaLonde – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Tim “Herb” Alexander – drums, percussion
  • Justin Chancellor – the goblin master

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool.

  1. Then
  2. The Trek
  3. The Valley
  4. The Scheme
  5. The Dream
  6. The Storm
  7. The Ends?