Footnotes:
[1] with Body and Soul (William Onyeabor) teases
[2] with Regulate (Warren G) jam, and Sailing (Christopher Cross) and Roundabout (Yes) teases
Show Notes: with YYZ and Spirit of the Radio (Rush) teases before Resolution
Yep. Speak Up > Water > Fir > Muffin Man is fire. Second set was good too. I just remember thinking that there were so many moments from this show where the improv and lights were so perfect. Amazing experience all around.
Second night was good for the OOO > AiT, Mantis and August > HBB but that show took a long time to pick up steam.
Also today is the 10 year anniversary of my first red rocks show, and first time umphreys headlined RR. People shit on this show, but has 4 killer jams (bridgeless,HBB,divisions,red tape) plus just overall dope song selection. Idk, I love this show and thing it stands out, besides a lil slop here and there
July 4, 2007 Umphrey’s McGee Muskegon Summer Celebration — Muskegon, MI, USA
Set 1: The Star-Spangled Banner[1], Wife Soup[2] > Got Your Milk (Right Here), Anchor Drops, In the Flesh? > Another Brick in the Wall > Water, Front Porch, Ringo > Glory > The Star-Spangled Banner[3], Ringo[4] > Miss Tinkle’s Overture[5]
Encore: Plunger > Dee > Plunger
Footnotes:
[1] a cappella
[2] unfinished
[3] Jake solo, a la Jimi Hendrix; with fireworks
[4] unfinished; with fireworks
[5] with Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) tease from Ryan; with fireworks
My buddy always complains about the time he saw phish and they encored with the spangled banner a capella. Seems like a better move as a set opener lol.
This show, 14 years ago tonight, was smoking hot!! The only better better Summerfest UM show would maybe be the ‘05, but they both shine pretty bright!!
Footnotes:
[1] with One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic) jam; unfinished
[2] with Soul Food II jam
[3] with I’m a Man (The Spencer David Group) jam
[4] with Entrance of the Gladiators (Julius Fučík) tease
The 1st set is just so damn good!! The 2nd set sandwiches are pretty damn fine as well, especially that big DBK w/the nasty Kabump in the middle, but that 1st set is f’n gold!!
OK, so IMO, it’s either this show from 16 years ago or that ‘07 show which holds the title for best UM show at Summerfest. That 7-5-2007 1st set is just such a f’n monster, but this show as a whole might be slightly more complete. Just great stuff scattered throughout both sets. Set 2 of ‘07 started so strong, but after the DBK/Kabump sandwich, it never quite carried that same momentum. It’s really a tough call, honestly…it’s probably more of how I’m feeling on any given day, in terms of where my allegiance lies on this.
Footnotes:
[1] all of Umphrey’s McGee joined Keller Williams for his Trenchtown Rock (Bob Marley) encore; as the encore finished, Umphrey’s McGee began their set
[2] “Jimmy Stewart” with lyrics
[3] with In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) jam
[4] with In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) tease from Ryan
[5] second half, completes version from 2004-07-03
[6] with Michael “Mad Dog” Mavridoglou on trumpet
[7] with Michael “Mad Dog” Mavridoglou on trumpet; with It’s About That Time (Miles Davis) tease
[8] with Xxplosive (Dr. Dre) and Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) teases, Kasmir tease and lyrics, and Lose Yourself (Eminem) jam
[9] with Jamie Masefield on mandolin; with Soul Food II jam to close
My first show was the following day in St. Louis, but this was one I listened to a bunch while getting into the band. I like the jams in Divisions and JaJunk.
Show is great and the JaJunk is pretty straightforward but very fun. Robot World lyrical is excellent too, think it made a Raw Stewage ballot one year.
Yeah, that Robot is pretty awesome and def a standout from the show.
I really miss Heart and Soul being in fairly regular rotation. That is such a great cover for UM. I’ve seen 3 of them, with the 1st being at a street fest in Chi in ‘04, then this & the Barrymore in fall of ‘05 being the others.
