DANKB23-Dude, the Rothbury set sucked, man. I wasn't right up close, but it was just boring to me. I was actually bummed because I left the black crowes (who were on fire that day) to catch claypool, and Les was pretty dull. I guess I'm just, like many others, sick of seeing pretty much the same show every time claypool plays. I was also hoping that Les would jam out with Umphreys or someone else, but it never happened.

Les has gone downhill fast. He used to be my favorite artist. Seen tons of his shows, Primus and non-Primus, since 2003. Rothbury was so weak. So weak.

pfft, it was anything but boring where we were, with the claypool fanatics, we had mini-mosh pits break out, crowd surfers, fanatics jumping up and down as high as they could... i was out there a little bit myself, had some great L.

Maybe u guys partied a little too hard on friday with ur hooli-hoops. it wasnt the best set i've heard this tour, but it still pretty intense for a mid-day set.

the only way i could call that set "weak" if i was expecting it to be like the primus set from the first year of bury. I had just seen les a few months before in chitown and knew what to expect, and he didnt disappoint

Dankb23 is right, that was an excellent show.

If the set is so boring, tell me when was the last time you saw

Riddles are Abound Tonight live? or how about Dutchess?

Probably never, but that's just a guess.

The sets are only repetitive if all you are doing is looking

at the setlist. If you hadn't noticed yet, just about every

Claypool show throws in about 1 or 2 from Sausage, 2 or 3 from Frog Brigade,

2 from Of Whales and Woe, about 3 new track from Fungi, and just

to please all you people who won't stop with it, some Primus.

How is that not diverse? I understand that D's Diner closes most

shows, but he obviously feels like it's a good note to end on.

I've seen Claypool more times than I remember, and it's not always

killer, but Rothbury was a terrific set for a couple reasons:

-They played a couple of the more rare tracks

-They were really on and in tune with each other that day,

reaching the kind of living jam that you hope to get from

every show, but rarely happens for any band.

-The crowd was into it, and you never know with Claypool at a festival.

I actually thought the Primus set from last Rothbury was sub-par.

Larry's guitar had technical difficulties for much of the show,

and Claypool was in what seemed to be an irritated mood.

I prefer any of the other shows from that short stint,

or most of the shows from the 2006 tour.

The new band is full of great musicians, with Mike Dillon being

one of the greatest unknown percussionists out there. I would guess

by late 2010 Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle is all over the scene,

and quickly growing to be one of the most popular out there.

Paulo is about as solid a drummer as you can be.

Sam is incredible with his instrument, and is very kind and down

to Earth (not as if that changes the music, but it's worth noting).

As far as festival sets go though, Wakarusa was just a tad disappointing,

but I did think the Rothbury set was great.

alot of people have been coming down on Claypool for playing similar set's throughout his tour. Almost all bands do this, if you have ever done or followed a full tour of any band you would notice that they have a handful of songs they play pretty much every night; Phish , STS9, Cheese, The Dead, The Gratful dead... ect. Like many people have said it's not necessarily the songs but how they are played, hell Keller plays almost the same set every night on tour, i've seen Rusted Root at least once a year for the past decade- every show has been almost identical but I still love seeing them. I don't think this detracts from any show or from following one band for a full tour but rather is pretty cool because you get to hear variations and jams of each song, and can really showcase an artists creativity.

I agree with santa1 about most bands play lots of repeats on a particular tour. As far as same set show to show Michael Franti was way worse than keller. On big summer classic tour, i got sick of his sets really fast.

Les is awesome though. This new album is out there too

That new album is weak man, what happened to the crazy slap bass and all the sweet rythms he used to make ? Shit was just plain wierd man.

It's all pretty weird. I like your avatar. LarryCarlson.com