Paulo Baldi is an American

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and

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best known as a former member of the band

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. Baldi currently plays with

The Claypool Lennon Delirium The Claypool Lennon Delirium is an American psychedelic rock band, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, known for his work in Primus (band), Primus, guitarist/vocalist Sean Lennon from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, The Ghost Of ...

consisting of

Sean Lennon is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The ...

and Primus'

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the ro ...

. Other bands Baldi has worked with include Les Claypool's Fancy Band, Deadweight, The Faraway Brothers, The Eric McFadden Trio and world music artist Ali Khan.http://www.paulobaldi.com/ 15 February 2007

CAKE

In 2004, Baldi drummed on two songs for the

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band

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, " No Phone" and "

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," both of which appeared on the band's fifth studio album, '' Pressure Chief''. Baldi formally joined shortly after and drummed on their ''B-Sides and Rarities'' album as well as 2011's '' Showroom of Compassion''. Baldi left the band in Fall 2015.

Equipment

Baldi endorses

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, Evans drumheads, Istanbul Agop cymbals, and Promark drumsticks.

Selected discography

– ''

Lime and Limpid Green Lime And Limpid Green is a 2017 EP of covers released by the psychedelic rock duet of Les Claypool and Sean Lennon, under the name The Claypool Lennon Delirium. The album comprises four covers of songs originally by Pink Floyd, the Who, King Crims ...

'' (2017) *

– '' Showroom of Compassion'' (2011) * Eric McFadden Trio – ''Delicate Thing'' (2008) * Les Claypool's Fancy Band – ''

Fancy Fancy may refer to: Places * Fancy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a settlement * Fancy River, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Music Albums * ''Fancy'' (Bobbie Gentry album), 1970 * ''Fancy'' (Idiot Flesh album), 1997 * ''Fancy'' (video ...

'' (DVD 2007) * Eric McFadden Trio – ''Joy of Suffering'' (2005) *Cake – '' Pressure Chief'' (2004) * Deadweight – '' Stroking the Moon'' (2003) *Alien Lovestock – ''Planet of the Fish'' (2001 *Lumin – ''Hadra'' (2001) *Deadweight – ''Half Wit Anthems'' (2000) *Ali Kahn – ''Taswir'' (1999) *EM Experience – ''Our Revels Now Are Ended'' (1999) *Faraway Brothers – ''Start the Engine...'' (1999) *Liar – ''Gone Too Far'' (1998) *Alien Lovestock – ''We Are Prepared To Offer You'' (1997) *Liar – ''Devil Dog Road'' (1995)

References

External links

Paulo Baldi's Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldi, Paulo Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American percussionists American rock drummers Cake (band) members Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade members Les Claypool's Fancy Band members