Today in Umphrey's McGee History

would love to check out that Ognir and the Uncle Wally dance remix

we can only hope

Releasing that as a vinyl box set would make some actual money for the band.

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you think they’d see how successful Phish archive releases and Dave’s/Dick’s picks are/were.

-take old, beloved show and clean up the audio
-transfer to a form of media
-sell for profit

it’s literally that easy.

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I can’t believe that I forgot to post this Barrymore heater yesterday, from 16 years ago. That show was fire top to bottom. The next night, 16 years ago tonight, was a blast, but pales in comparison to Madison, IMO.

06.03.2005 THE BARRYMORE THEATRE, MADISON, WI, USA

Set 1: Andy’s Last Beer > Uncle Wally > Andy’s Last Beer, Women Wine and Song > A Go Go, Phil’s Farm > Glory > Anchor Drops, Partyin’ Peeps

Set 2: The Triple Wide2x2, Black Sabbath > War Pigs > Hurt Bird Bath[1], Example 1[2], 40’s Theme

Encore: Soul Food I[3] > In the Hall of the Mountain King

[1] with Muffburger Sandwich, Music for a Found Harmonium (Patrick Street), and Ringo teases
[2] with Chris Clemente on bass and Brian Felix on keys for jam
[3] with teases, including Muffburger Sandwich

06.04.2005 BELL’S BREWERY, KALAMAZOO, MI, USA

Set 1: Bright Lights, Big City > Believe the Lie, Professor Wormbog, Nemo, Get In The Van[1], Hangover, Walking On The Moon > Bridgeless

Set 2: Intro > Sociable Jimmy[2] > Atmosfarag > Women Wine and Song, JaJunk, Night Moves, Nopener, In The Kitchen, Bad Poker[3]

Encore: Can’t Find My Way Home, All In Time

[1] power outage
[2] with Peter Gunn Theme (Henry Mancini) tease and alternating teases of Stranglehold (Ted Nugent) and Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)
[3] with Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses) teases

Notes:
Nemo was followed by a power outage; a second outage occurred at the beginning of Get in the Van
with a brief Soul Food II jam before Can’t Find My Way Home

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I’m a day late from when Umph played but never forget the Bonnaroo 1 lineup. Umph listed below the likes of Rana, Particle, and Llama… I remember being pumped to catch my 3rd 2x2

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I loved those wild improv-heavy Bucket of Bernie Brains shows.

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Back before Bonnaroo became mainstream…

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No doubt. I was a young pup so I had no idea what I was in for.

With all the amazing shows that UM has played at Summerfest, this one gets lost in the shuffle a bit.

This was a really fun show, as was the following night at the Terrace in Madison…

June 27, 2002 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival ParkMilwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: Dump City, The Haunt > When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around > The Fussy Dutchman, Ringo > The Triple Wide > Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Moogasauras Rex > Anchor Drops, The Crooked One, Phil’s Farm > Walletsworth, Dr. Feelgood > The Fuzz, August > Pay the Snucka[1]

Encore: Last Man Swerving

Footnotes:
[1] part III only

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Damn that looks fun as hell

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Night 2 of my 2nd ever back to back UM show experience, the 1st being 3/22-3/23/2002.

The Summerfest set was amazing, but this one has the edge by a slight margin. This was my 3rd time seeing music at the Terrace, with the 1st being MMW a night or two before the first Phish show at Alpine in ‘96. Absolutely beautiful night on the Madison lakefront, and a far more loose and exploratory show in general. Just top shelf early Umphrey’s!

June 28, 2002 Umphrey’s McGee The Terrace, University Of WisconsinMadison, WI,USA

Set 1: Sociable Jimmy, White Man’s Moccasins > Q*Bert, Last Call > Tomorrow Never Knows > Gesture Under a Mitten, Utopian Fir[1] > In Violation of Yes[2]

Set 2: Push the Pig > Resolution > Blue Echo > Andy’s Last Beer, Prowler > Hajimemashite > Padgett’s Profile, Example 1[3] > Glory[4], Miss Gradenko

Footnotes:
[1] with Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses) and Ain’t Talkin’ 'bout Love (Van Halen) teases
[2] with Thunderstruck (AC/DC) tease
[3] during the middle of the song, Brendan’s mic had some feedback problems; to help solve the problem the band went into a long (vocal) jam
[4] ended with Eminence Front (The Who) chorus and jam

:beers: :+1:

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https://allthings.umphreys.com/setlists/umphreys-mcgee-june-28-2007-ntelos-pavilion-portsmouth-va-usa.html

My favorite one-set show ever attended was 14 years ago tonight on N2 of DUMB Ter!

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Day late on this one…good weird night…The Bisco set features Bayliss on a 30+ minute I-Man…
June 30 , 2007
Set 1: Wizard Burial Ground, Example 1 > Walletsworth[1] > Nothing Too Fancy > Alex’s House > 40’s Theme, Words, Pay the Snucka, FF[2] > Nothing Too Fancy[2], Panama

Encore: Miss Tinkle’s Overture[3]

Footnotes:
[1] with Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) teases
[2] with Aron Magner on keys
[3] The Disco Biscuits started the encore with their song Helicopters; one by one, they were replaced by Umphrey’s before seguing into Miss Tinkle’s Overture; with November Rain (Guns N’ Roses) teases from Jake

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My favorite walletsworth and I absolutely love the Magner sit in.

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Also a day late, and I feel like this was the last truly great Summerfest show.

June 30, 2010 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival ParkMilwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: Resolution > Conduit, Professor Wormbog, Search 4, Fool in the Rain, 2nd Self, Turn & Run

Set 2: Nothing Too Fancy > Partyin’ Peeps, Push the Pig, Dump City > In Bloom > Nothing Too Fancy, The Fuzz > The Floor

Encore: Ringo

Although this one, also on 6-30 but 6 years later, had some great moments, but doesn’t stack up to the ‘05, ‘07 or ‘10 shows…

June 30, 2016 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival ParkMilwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: Similar Skin, JaJunk > Wife Soup, Bad Friday, Mulche’s Odyssey, Piranhas, Wappy Sprayberry > Cut the Cable, The Linear > JaJunk

Encore: Ringo[1]

Footnotes:
[1] with All Things Ninja jam and Rockit (Herbie Hancock) teases

:beers:

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The Fancy from the 2010 is one of my favorite show memeories. Also that junk from 2016 is no sleeper.

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Not sure I’d ever heard this one. Really nice.

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The Bad Friday isn’t too shabby either.

Also a day late but shout out to one of the All Time Greats and required listening for any UM fan

July 1, 2011 Umphrey’s McGee Simon Estes Riverfront Amphitheater — Des Moines, IA, USA

Set 1: Rocker Part 2, Water, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft-> Syncopated Strangers, Walking On The Moon > Room to Breathe

Set 2: All In Time > 2nd Self, The Bottom Half, The Linear-> I Ran, The Fuzz > All In Time

Encore: Africa

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I’m getting very good at missing ‘the day of’, and being ‘a day late’….so, a day late on this, but very much worthy of the mention. First set was already absolutely amazing, and then Muffin Man happened with Dweezil & it became legendary. Set 2 was pretty stellar as well, but getting that 1st set at my first RR show was truly special.

July 2, 2016 Umphrey’s McGee Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, CO,USA

Set 1: Glory > In The Kitchen[1], Roctopus, Speak Up > Water > Utopian Fir[2] > Muffin Man[3]

Set 2: Bridgeless2x2[4], Bright Lights, Big City, Der Bluten Kat > I’m On Fire > Der Bluten Kat, Day Nurse, Bridgeless

Encore: Booth Love > Miss Tinkle’s Overture

Footnotes:
[1] with Cocaine Blues (Escort) jam
[2] with Dr. Feelgood (Motley Crue) and Grab Her (Disclosure) jams; with Dweezil Zappa on guitar
[3] debut, Frank Zappa; with Dweezil Zappa on guitar and vocals
[4] with The Star-Spangled Banner (Key) tease

Then, ‘on this day’, another very solid show happened, which probably would be talked about more, if it weren’t for the shit that went down the previous night.

July 3, 2016 Umphrey’s McGee Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, CO,USA

Set 1: Attachments, Kabump[1], In The Black, Example 1, Gone for Good[2], That’s the Way[2], Out Of Order > All In Time

Set 2: Preamble > Mantis[3] > Make It Right, The Triple Wide > Puppet String, Hindsight, August[4] > Hurt Bird Bath

Encore: Much Obliged > Join Together[5]

Footnotes:
[1] with One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic) teases
[2] with Brendan on acoustic
[3] with Jake on keys; unfinished
[4] “Jimmy Stewart” with lyrics; unfinished
[5] debut, The Who; with Jake on harmonica

Good times, for sure!!! :beers: :boom: :boom:

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