r/Primus

Now that the dust is settling on the excellent Claypool Gold musical extravaganza, I would like to take the opportunity and evaluate the posters. Each city gets one, and some are better than others. Just a quick best/worst list.

Best

1. St. Louis--bugged out American Gothic! St. Lou has been getting some good posters in recent years. The wonkey catfish from '24 is a personal fave.

2. Peltham, TN--love the orange and light blue contrast.

3. North Charleston--Cage captures the essence of 'tool for hillbillies'. And a wonkey catfish always helps the cause.

4. Dillon, CO (first night I think)--A wonkey diamondback sturgeon!

5. Long Beach--the purple dragon is cool.

Honorable mention: Napa. I would love to have that on the wall.

Not Best

Phoenix-I just don't get it.

Portland, Maine--It just looks minor league.

Missoula, Montana--see minor league comment above.

Atlanta, GA--I can't figure out what I'm looking at. Its a no.

Reno, NV--The tour starts out with a clunker.

The wife and I attended the Irving, TX show, and I got one of the posters. I'd say it is a mid range poster for this tour. I like the orange accents.

My body is ready. Just announce it already!

https://preview.redd.it/xe1ixm5j0hbh1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a71a2152cc1ebbad30aafd4959047d7ada82b2b

I’ve seen a few people ask for photos of Claypool’s rig. This was shot last night at the July 4th Napa show. I couldn’t see his pedals but got a pretty clear view of the Neve/API preamps.

Sausage:
Les
Todd Huth
Jay Lane

Holy Mackerel:
Les
MIRV Haggard
Bob Cock (Adam Gates)
Bryan “Brain” Mantia

Primus:
Les
Larry “Ler” LaLonde
John “Hoffer” Hoffman

One can dream… Imagine the sit-ins during the Primus set? Still have Hoffman be the predominant drummer (because he’s absolutely killing it) but one Brown/Antipop song a set with Brain and one Naugahyde tune with Jayski per set, and then a massive encore with 3 drummers on stage. I personally thought that Holy Mackerel sounded great at the 2024 Claypool Gold shows.