Of Whales And Woe is a solo album by Les Claypool, the bassist of Primus. T… Read Full Bio ↴Of Whales And Woe is a solo album by Les Claypool, the bassist of Primus. The album was released on the 30th of May, 2006. The album features Skerik (saxophonist of the Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade), Mike Dillon (percussionist, also of the Frog Brigade), and Gabby La La (multi-instrumentalist). "Back off Turkey" also features Les' children, Cage and Lena. The track "Iowan Gal" is a love song for his wife, Chaney Claypool.
Of Whales and Woe marks the first album release under the name Les Claypool. Though previous "solo" efforts were issued under a variety of monikers, these new recordings are the most self-contained to date. On most of the tracks Claypool provides drums and guitar as well as his usual bass and vocals while band members add instrumental variety (Skerik - sax, Mike Dillon - marimba and percussion, Gabby La La - sitar). The CD includes an assortment of musical styles and also includes Les' theme for Seth Green's hit animated show Robot Chicken that airs on Adult Swim.
The live tour accompanying Of Whales and Woe is called Les Claypool's Fancy Band.
Track listing
Back Off Turkey – 2:11
One Better – 5:59
Lust Stings – 4:08
Of Whales and Woe – 3:03
Vernon the Company Man – 2:32
Phantom Patriot – 4:01
Iowan Gal – 3:29
Nothin' Ventured – 3:08
Rumble of the Diesel – 4:03
Robot Chicken – 0:39
Filipino Ray – 3:51
Off-White Guilt – 2:21
Personnel
Les Claypool - Bass, Bass Banjo, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Mike Dillon - Drums, Marimba, Tabla, Vibraphone
Gabby La La - Sitar, Theremin
Skerik - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Horn Arrangements
Cage Claypool - Percussion
Lena Claypool - Marimba
Production
Producer: Les Claypool
Engineer: Les Claypool
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
Design: Zoltron
Layout: Zoltron
Illustrations: Cage Claypool, Lena Claypool
Project Supervisor: Leanne Lajoie
Chart performance
Billboard 200 (U.S.)Billboard 115
Billboard Top Heatseekers (U.S.) 2
Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.) 5
Of Whales and Woe marks the first album release under the name Les Claypool. Though previous "solo" efforts were issued under a variety of monikers, these new recordings are the most self-contained to date. On most of the tracks Claypool provides drums and guitar as well as his usual bass and vocals while band members add instrumental variety (Skerik - sax, Mike Dillon - marimba and percussion, Gabby La La - sitar). The CD includes an assortment of musical styles and also includes Les' theme for Seth Green's hit animated show Robot Chicken that airs on Adult Swim.
The live tour accompanying Of Whales and Woe is called Les Claypool's Fancy Band.
Track listing
Back Off Turkey – 2:11
One Better – 5:59
Lust Stings – 4:08
Of Whales and Woe – 3:03
Vernon the Company Man – 2:32
Phantom Patriot – 4:01
Iowan Gal – 3:29
Nothin' Ventured – 3:08
Rumble of the Diesel – 4:03
Robot Chicken – 0:39
Filipino Ray – 3:51
Off-White Guilt – 2:21
Personnel
Les Claypool - Bass, Bass Banjo, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Mike Dillon - Drums, Marimba, Tabla, Vibraphone
Gabby La La - Sitar, Theremin
Skerik - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Horn Arrangements
Cage Claypool - Percussion
Lena Claypool - Marimba
Production
Producer: Les Claypool
Engineer: Les Claypool
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
Design: Zoltron
Layout: Zoltron
Illustrations: Cage Claypool, Lena Claypool
Project Supervisor: Leanne Lajoie
Chart performance
Billboard 200 (U.S.)Billboard 115
Billboard Top Heatseekers (U.S.) 2
Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.) 5
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Of Whales And Woe
Les Claypool Lyrics
Back Off Turkey [chorus] Back off Turkey, I think I'm comin' around again,…
Filipino Ray Filipino Ray he played an old Les Paul Big ol' jumbo…
Iowan Gal I got me an Iowan gal You should see my Iowan…
Lust Stings It's been so long Since we've talked about things Should'a t…
Nothin' Ventured Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained His old time dentures pitt…
Of Whales and Woe The bowels gurgle a bit more these days it seems And…
One Better Ol' Silk Johnson, cruisin up mighty fine Got a brand new…
Phantom Patriot Intro The Phantom Patriot (Repeat) Verse 1 Creeping ever cr…
Robot Chicken It's alive …
Rumble of the Diesel I like the rumble of the diesel and the smell…
Vernon The Company Man Vernon was a company man He kept his hair trimmed short And…