Facts: - instrument: drums , percussion - origin: san francisco bay area - genre: alternative - name: paulo baldi - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - website: http://www.paulobaldi.com/ - associated acts: cake deadweight les claypool 's fancy band eric mcfadden trio Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paulo baldi .
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paulo baldi is an american rock drummer and percussionist from the san francisco bay area .he is currently a member of cake , les claypool 's fancy band , deadweight , the faraway brothers , and the eric mcfadden experience .since his first professional work with flamenco-jazz guitarist ottmar liebert , paulo baldi has worked with an eclectic variety of different artists and genres .also well known for his ability as a hand-drummer , baldi recently completed a tour of egypt playing hand drums in a u.s. group , and has appeared with san francisco world music band ali khan .