Great show. This was the show my buddy shit his pants in Ohio after.
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I went to GR and Ann Arbor, the latter is probably the first time I really started to “get” UM and truly appreciate what they were doing.
Sean has told me this story before, who was it that shit himself? Cory Berry?
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Dave.
IIRC if it weren’t for me taking Sean to this show then you wouldn’t have been introduced to UM when you did.
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I had already seen a handful of shows at this point, I met him shortly after when we started working together. On his first day, he came up to me and asked if I was at this show and I’ve been stuck with him ever since.
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Anniversary bump for the amazing 3rd night of this run. For a personal little side note, I talked our show neighbors into crashing in our hotel room instead of driving back to Niles that night, and have had a friend ever since. They had recently had a baby, and were on their 1st night away from their daughter. They were very intent on getting back to Niles, to relieve the grandparent who was watching her, as well as just wanting to be back with the kid. Those roads were way too treacherous, so they turned around as soon as they got to the freeway & ended up taking me up on the offer. I feel like we may have forged a decent type of friendship regardless, but that definitely solidified it.
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Pretty wild that it’s now been 20 f’n years since the day my true UM infatuation started. Granted, it has absolutely waned at times, but I still love the band in general & don’t see myself completely leaving them in the rear view anytime soon. I rarely listen to new shows these days, but still love going to see them whenever they’re in the MKE & Madison area. The friends I’ve made over the years, thanks to my love for live music & seeing bands like Phish, UM, Biscuits & Panic, is the most incredible additional aspect of these years.
Cheers to all you folks!! 
Edit: I’ve gotta add that it was certainly the performance of some of the UM originals that really pushed me over the edge at this show, but also the cover choices. They kinda hit on nearly all my musical passions at that point in my life, with Sabbath, Allman Bros, Beatles & the Regulate. But to add in Waiting Room just completely floored me. So much Fugazi in my teenage skateboarding days.
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Oh and here I thought I was your UM daddy
If you assert your dominance you still can be it
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12/1/2007 was a great listen (full show not Borders set)
12/1/2017 has a solidDraco from that year’s Holidaze. Good toothbrush guitar jake and kris e drum
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19 year anniversary bump! What a fun night! There are 2 really good sources on the LMA…a nice AUD & the OG matrix🍻
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This was one of the shows that helped me get into um before I saw them in 05 for my first time.
First and only time in Chicago was for this run.
UMPHREY’S MCGEE: DECEMBER 30, 2006 – ARAGON BALLROOM, CHICAGO, IL, USA
Set 1: The Fuzz > Dear Lord > Ringo > Take It to Church > Ringo, Morning Song > Hurt Bird Bath, Thin Air[1]
Set 2: The Crooked One[2], Walletsworth, Der Bluten Kat > Cinnamon Girl[3] > Der Bluten Kat[4], Robot World[5], Intentions Clear[5], Instant Karma![6]
Encore: In The Kitchen[7] > Bloody Well Right[8]
[1] with David Hidalgo on guitar and Steve Berlin on saxophone
[2] unfinished
[3] debut, Neil Young
[4] with Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) tease
[5] with Jeff Coffin on saxophone
[6] debut, John Lennon; with Jake on drums and Brendan on acoustic
[7] with Third Stone from the Sun (Jimi Hendrix) jam; with Jeff Coffin on saxophone
[8] debut, Supertramp; with Jeff Coffin on saxophone
I totally forgot about that cinnamon girl cover
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Cinnamon Girl is one of their underrated, yet better covers
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I really don’t like how they play it 
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Agreed. It’s one of my least favorite covers
I’m at 8.33%
The advice thread is that way bro ———>
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Lol thanks I could not figure out where we were having that discussion. Figures it was in chit chat