''Live Frogs Set 1'' is a live album by

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (also known as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade) is a musical project with rotating personnel, led by American singer/bassist Les Claypool. The Frog Brigade was formed during a hiatus from Claypool ...

, released by

Prawn Song Records Prawn Song Records is an independent record label owned by Les Claypool of Primus. The name and logo are a parody of Led Zeppelin's label Swan Song Records. Prawn Song is based in San Francisco, California, and distribution is handled by The Or ...

on 10 April 2001. It is composed of songs recorded during the 8–9 October 2000 shows the Frog Brigade played at the Great American Music Hall in

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, the second part released as

Live Frogs Set 2 ''Live Frogs Set 2'' is the second set of live recordings by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, released on July 24, 2001. The album is a complete performance of the Pink Floyd studio album ''Animals''. It is introduced at the end of '' Live Frogs Set ...

. It is primarily composed of originals by the various side projects of Claypool and his fellow band members but also includes two cover songs. The band features

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock music, rock musician. He is the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus (band), Primus. Listed as one of the greatest bassists of all time by ...

, original Primus (and later,

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) members

Todd Huth Todd Richard Huth (born March 13, 1963) is an American guitarist, best known as an original member of the band Primus, along with bassist/lyricist Les Claypool. Huth and Claypool began playing together, along with a drum machine, in or around ...

and

Jay Lane Jay Lane (born December 5, 1964) is an American musician. He is a founding member of Bob Weir's RatDog, with Weir and Rob Wasserman, Wolf Bros, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen, Dead & Company and Alphabet Soup. He was the 5th and then later the 8 ...

Jeff Chimenti Jeff Chimenti (born October 21, 1968) is an American keyboardist, best known for his ongoing work with former members of the Grateful Dead. Since May 1997 he has played with Bob Weir & RatDog, and has also played on every tour of The Dead (in ...

on keyboards, Eenor on guitar, and saxophonist

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. The seven song set features covers of

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's "

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" and

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's "

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". The album was the Best Live Album award at the Second Annual Jammy Awards show in 2001.

Track listing

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Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual approach to the instrument, his ...

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Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (19 ...

) – 14:25 # "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" (

) – 5:58 # "Hendershot" (Claypool) – 6:45 # "Shattering Song" (Claypool/Sausage) – 11:54 # "Running the Gauntlet" (Claypool) – 7:41 # "Girls for Single Men" (Claypool/Sausage) – 7:41 # "

(

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version)" (

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...

, Richard Wright) – 12:08

Chart performance

Album

Personnel

(as they appear in the liner notes) * Todd Paclebar Huth — guitar, vocals *Eenor Wildeboar — guitar,

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(Jim Bush), vocals *

— keyboard, vocals * Jay "Rhino Boy" Lane — drums, vocals *

(represented by Marvin Pickles who sniffed jury's underpants) — saxophone *

— bass, vocals

References

{{Authority control Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade albums Les Claypool albums Jammy Award winners 2001 live albums Prawn Song Records live albums