On May 29, renowned bassist and legendary Primus front man LES CLAYPOOL will release FANCY (Prawn Song), his first solo live concert DVD from his 2006 summer tour with his latest group of accomplished players.  A major market tour commences May 23 in Minneapolis and wraps July 14 at the All Good Music Festival in Masontown, WV.  CLAYPOOL will also perform at the Wakarusa and High Sierra festivals (a full itinerary is below).

FANCY shows the latest band at its peak performance. With long time associates Skerik on sax and Mike Dillon on vibes, marimba and percussion (both of Garage a Trois and Critters' Buggin'), the band is rounded out by Cake drummer Paolo Baldi and multi-instrumentalist Gabby La La.  The 2006 tour was in support of Claypool's then-current CD release Of Whales and Woe, and thus material from this album is favored here. Other songs are drawn from 2002's Purple Onion and the 1996 Interscope release Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel: Highball With the Devil.

In other exciting news, National Lampoon has announced its first feature film acquisition, Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo, the directorial debut of Les Claypool. Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo a comedy that takes an endearing yet twisted look at the American cultural phenomenon known as the Jam Band scene. Claypool compares the film’s comedic style less to Spinal Tap and more to Ricky Gervais’s seminal BBC comedy “The Office.“ Look soon for the theatrical release of the “mockumentary” which follows four head-strong musicians and their desire to make a big splash.

Les Claypool’s Fancy tour dates are as follows.
DATE                  CITY                        VENUE
Wed                5/23                Minneapolis, MN                 First Avenue
Fri                5/26                Chillicothe, IL                 Summer Camp 2007
Sun                5/27                Milwaukee, WI                 The Rave/Eagles Club
Tue                5/29                Cleveland, OH                 House of Blues
Wed                5/30                Cincinnati, OH                Bogart’s
Fri           6/1                Boston, MA                 The Roxy
Sat          6/2                New York, NY                 Nokia Theatre
Sun         6/3                Philadelphia, PA                Electric Factory
Tue          6/5                Baltimore, MD                 Rams Head Live!
Wed        6/6                Asheville, NC                Orange Peel
Fri           6/8                St. Louis, MO                 The Pageant
Sun                6/10                Lawrence, KS                 Wakarusa Festival
Tue                6/12                Indianapolis, IN                The Vogue
Wed                6/13                Atlanta, GA                 Variety Playhouse
Fri                6/15              St. Petersburg, FL                 Jannus Landing
Sat                6/16                Lake Buena Vista, FL                 House of Blues
Sun                6/17                New Orleans, LA                House of Blues
Tue                6/19                Austin, TX                 Stubb’s BBQ
Wed                6/20                Dallas, TX                 House of Blues
Fri                6/22                Denver, CO                Ogden Theatre
Sat                6/23                Salt Lake City, UT           The Depot
Mon                6/25                Tempe, AZ                 The Marquee Theatre
Tue                6/26                San Diego, CA                 4th & B Concert Theatre
Wed                6/27              Los Angeles, CA                 The Fonda
Fri                6/29                San Francisco, CA                 Warfield
Sat                6/30                Eugene, OR                McDonald Theatre
Mon         7/2                Portland, OR                 Roseland Theatre
Tue          7/3                Seattle, WA                 The Showbox
Sat          7/7                Quincy, CA                Plumas County Fairgrounds
Sun         7/8                Quincy, CA                Plumas County Fairgrounds

Sat                7/14                Masontown, WV          All Good Music Festival