Random, Spontaneous Thoughts about UM (Part Pee)

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Phish/UM/tDB are the only crunch bands that have consistenly held my interest since i got into them. Have had my hate phases with all three, but always go back.

Love Billy Strings right now, but dont ever really listen in free time or see more than a couple shows per year.

I will go see a lot of stuff and support things around town just for something to do, but the three i mentioned above are the only bands in that world that i truly put in my top 10 favorite bands.

I am not counting the Dead, though, because they are perfect and their own thing.

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Panic is the only jamband I find myself listening to on any regular basis but Iā€™ve already worn myself out on all their Spotify live shows. Them and Billy are the only ones Iā€™ll travel to see but even my want to travel to see Billy isnā€™t what it was in the last year or two. Iā€™ll still go to most jam shows that come through town just for something to do but I usually find myself outside in the smoking section for most of the night.

And yes, tGD is in their own league, still listen to them a lot but not as much as I used to.

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Lol very obvious exception

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Kimock played Otus Supply a few weeks ago and that was awesome, but also found myself very bored at times. Still better than almost every other jam show Iā€™ve seen in recent memory

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Squeaky Feet can improv on a similar level to dopapod to me and Iā€™m not just saying that to be a @cshore simp

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Yeah, agreed, and my previous comment was meant more about bands Iā€™ve discovered in the scene over the years. Aqueous would be up there too, but I got sooooo bored of their improv in 2016-17 that I full on stopped listening for 5 years

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Ben canā€™t even have an opinion on our band since his showcount is technically 0 am I right @gatroe

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Heā€™s just doing it for the paycheck

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He should really give them a chance.

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Somebody ask kb what his um show count is

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If I saw 2 shows in 2020 then Benā€™s SC is definitely 0

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Went to Dopapod last night and wished I was seeing Squeaky Feet the entire time and Iā€™ve never even seen Squeaky Feet yet. Dopapod jams donā€™t dig as deep as the Squeak

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My Squeak count will be the same as my UM count at the end of the year unless I decide to hit SavanNYE #kingoftour

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Looking forward to seeing Dopapod whenever they come around next. Havent seen them for like a decade. Last couple shows i was supposed to see didnt work out and just never listen to them. Always want to give them more chances, though, because all the praise they always get here. One of these days it will work out.

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Ya Iā€™m hype over Squeaky Feet right now. The new complication mix is next level

As far as jambands that jam I always go back to tDB/UM/Spafford (tho not as much recently)

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I like to see Phish when I can, most of my friends have moved on to the Biscuits, but at the end of the day, Umphreyā€™s is really the only jamband I listen to at this point.

I also love Lotus but I havenā€™t spun any of their Tim shows yet.

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Dopapod doesnā€™t get super super deep but their musicianship is on a different level

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Iā€™ve seen them get pretty damn weird/deep

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False

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I believe it, they have that fearlessness that 90% of jambands donā€™t have

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