Les Claypool's Oddity Faire | 3.27 | PA

nice i can't wait to catch him at rothbury.

nice i can't wait to catch him at summercamp.

nice i can't wait to catch him at All Good.

nice i can't wait to catch him

nice. please tour the s.e.!!!

i missed him in portland by a night, i was sad. Gotta wait til rothbury, claypool is a genius and a fucking wierdo and i love him for it.

nice i can't wait til WAKA and maybe/hopefully rothbury. i caught the chicago show, missed secret chiefs 3 unfortunately, caught some devotckha which was cool i guess, but the fancy band (or whatever it's called now) was tight as usual. les is great but he really lets the guys around him shine as well. and he's added a new bass to his repertoire: a bass...resonator?!

les claypool is so bad ass, he doesnt give a fck what other people think. this is real entertainment, all performers should be so ego-less

Is this the guy from NWA?

I really hope Claypool stops playing the Rave when he stops in Milwaukee. Arguably the WORST venue in the country. The place is so weak it can actually ruin a good show.

^ 100% agreed ^ FUCK THE RAVE!

I went to the chicago show for the oddity fair, wasn't all that impressed. I've seen Claypool a couple/few times and this was my least favorite, a good time anyhow!

fucking great show in phila, but nyc show the next night was 100x's better just because the crowd wasnt a bunch of zombies

Caught the show in Boston, blew my lid clean off. Plus all the remaining members of Morphine came out for a song! Les is definitely a cyborg with robot hands. I'll not hear any different.

Claypool is fantastic!! Caught him in Portland and must say best show of 09 so far - Les always comes to entertain and man does he ever.

welting^ the remaining members of MORPHINE?!?!?!?! that would have been fucking ILL!!! i caught the show in cleveland and the crowd blew chunks..i've never seen so many zombies...ESPECIALLY with a highball with the devil opener!

I saw this show in Chicago. Les was genius and worth the price of admission all on his own. The jam during "sonic highway to the moon was simply brilliant.

But Saul Williams- sheesh- that shit was, by a good measure, the WORST musical performance I have ever paid money for in 20 years of seeing shows. The entire time I listened to him and his "band" I felt like I was listening to a 5 year old with a drum machine accompanied by people molesting cats and farm animals. It was absolute dreck to the tenth degree!

I meant "Cosmic Highway to the Moon" not sonic.

Claypool is very talented, but I've been this same freak-out shiiiiite for the last 3 years. Lose the masks and monkey grunting and broaden your musical output. I mean the music he plays is very technical and tricked-out, but I've heard it forever!!!! DO SOMETHING NEW CLAYPOOL!!!!

Thats what i am sayin Shanky95. i will not see him at rothbury unless primus is there.

What are the first four people in this thread wearing baseball mits? Come on people toss it up...how about an "I can't wait to SEE him", or "I am really looking forward to this show."

ummm shanky95 and bnaylor: this tour was in support of les's brand-new album. and unless there's new primus material on the horizon (les did say 'expect big things from primus in 2010), any upcoming primus shows will probably be the same 'greatest hits' shows he's been doing for a few years now. i mean, i'd prolly still go see them if they did play somewhere in the midwest because i love primus, but you can't say he's not doing something new when a new solo album came out not even a month ago. and if you have a problem with that album continuing his dark, weird style, then i dunno what to tell you, cus that's sorta les's thing, right?

So Shanky95 and bnaylor were you guys asleep during all of his other projects (C2B3, Frog Brigade, Oysterhead...) which all sound very different, but keep that underlying style of Les. You must have been if you are going to say that Les needs to "broaden" his musical output. Check...

anybody who doesn't like Les is a FUCKING IDIOT! what an performer! felt like a was at a SHOW, not a concert.....best show of '09 at the Denver Fillmore

great review (not enough pictures of secret chiefs 3 though.) too bad this review wasn't of one of the shows devotchka was on. i was lucky enough to catch a few les shows on the oddity faire and those guys were sick and absolutely killed it... wasn't too familiar with them before but i'm sold now!

les is a amazing. I didnt really dig anything else not my cup of tea. Especially saul williams. In my oponion that was garbage. We didnt get the o death either. I heard the chi town show was off the hook. Cant wait till rothbury

i just remembered why im so PUMPED for the wakarusa set

be good to each other

party on DUDE

I've tried to find some Secret Chiefs material, but everything I find is not nearly has heavy as they played at this show (at least in Chi)..Can anyone recommend a solid album from these dudes? They straight killed it, man.

And, yeah, Saul Williams was way weak. I've been a fan of his for a while, and if he is always that bad live, then i don't know...

ya im sorta sad that i missed the secret chiefs at the chicago show, and yes saul williams sucked, i saw him at lollapoolaza in 08 and he wasnt half as bad as this show... devotchka tore it up imo very cool, and was a pefect intro for les. Who btw absolutely killed it, even the over-played D's diner (encore) seemed to be injected with new life

hey, BGsteveBG (if i'm not too late...): sc3 albums are pretty scattered affairs for the most part. on top of that, most of the shit they've been playing for the past couple of years hasn't been put onto an album yet. i would probably recommend either SECOND GRAND CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS or BOOK M as a starting point. i love all their albums, but none of them compares to their ridiculous live shows. you can find some live sets at archive.org if you're interested.