Highball with the Devil is a studio

Studio

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 album

Album

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 by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel

Les Claypool

Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...

, released in 1996. "Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel" is Claypool's first solo effort; many of the instruments on the album are played by Claypool

Les Claypool

Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...

 himself including guitar, most of the drums and vocals as well as all of the bass. He also self produced and engineered the album at his own studio, "Rancho Relaxo". Credited musicians include Charlie Hunter

Charlie Hunter

for the New Zealand racehorse trainer and driver see: Charlie HunterCharlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer and bandleader....

 on guitar for "Me and Chuck;" Marc "Mirv" Haggard

M.I.R.V.

M.I.R.V. is a band based in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area. Founded in 1994, it initially consisted of the band's namesake guitarist and singer Marc "Mirv" Haggard, bassist Craig McFarland, drummer Jeff Gomes, and guitarist Bryan Kehoe, who also contributed vocals and keyboards...

 on guitar on songs such as "El Sobrante Fortnight" and "Hendershot," as well as on the saw for "Precipitation"; Adam "Bob Cock" Gates on guitar; Jay Lane

Jay Lane

Jay Lane is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently a member of Primus, as well as Bob Weir's RatDog, Scaring the Children with Weir and Rob Wasserman, and the hip hop/jazz fusion group Alphabet Soup. In 2002, Lane was named "drummer of the year" by the California...

 on drums; and Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....

 narrating "Delicate Tendrils."

The touring band for the album were Claypool, Marc "Mirv" Haggard, Adam Gates, and Bryan "Brain" Mantia

Bryan Mantia

Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis and Godflesh, and with other popular performers such as Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead...

. "Brain" Mantia was then a new member of Primus

Primus (band)

Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...

.

Track listing

All songs by Les Claypool unless otherwise noted.

1. "Running the Gauntlet" - 1:35
2. "Holy Mackerel" - 3:48
3. "Highball with the Devil" - 3:58
4. "Hendershot" - 2:22
5. "Calling Kyle" - 3:54
6. "Rancor" - 1:16
7. "Cohibas Esplenditos" - 3:10
8. "Delicate Tendrils" - 4:59
9. "The Awakening" (The Reddings
   The Reddings
   The Reddings was an American funk, soul and disco band, founded by Otis Redding's sons Dexter and Otis Redding III together with Mark Lockett ....
   
    cover) - 3:32
10. "Precipitation" - 3:53
11. "George E. Porge" - 2:29
12. "El Sobrante Fortnight" - 3:35
13. "Granny's Little Yard Gnome" - 3:00
14. "Me and Chuck" - 2:59
15. "Carolina Rig" - 3:00

Chart performance

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...  (U.S.)	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...	182	Not certified	N/A

Credits

• Les Claypool - guitars (1, 3, 7, 8, 13) bass, drums (1, 3-6, 8, 10-13, 15), vocals (1-7, 10-13), string bass (arco) (5, 10, 15), rhythm guitar (11), producer, engineer, cover art
• Joe Gore - guitar (2, 11)
• Mark "Mirv" Haggard - guitar solo (2), guitars (4, 6, 12), electric-bowed backsaw (7)
• Jay Lane
  Jay Lane
  Jay Lane is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently a member of Primus, as well as Bob Weir's RatDog, Scaring the Children with Weir and Rob Wasserman, and the hip hop/jazz fusion group Alphabet Soup. In 2002, Lane was named "drummer of the year" by the California...
  
   - drums (2, 7, 9, 14)
• Adam Gates - additional vocals (3), vocals (10)
• Henry Rollins
  Henry Rollins
  Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
  
   - narration (8)
• Charlie Hunter
  Charlie Hunter
  for the New Zealand racehorse trainer and driver see: Charlie HunterCharlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer and bandleader....
  
  - guitar (14)
• Tim Soya - assistant engineer
• Matt Murman - mastering
• Jill Rose - project coordinator