I thought you had to be 30+ besides @WhoDatVols to be on this -bort! Hello youngin’! You were cooler than me in high school I guess. My only jamband show was my first time taking LSD at STS9 5.6.06.
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Lol one of the funnier things about that show is that my wife and I started dating right before that show. Her 21st birthday was the 28th, but I already had tickets to this show and commented to going. So I do this two night run and she’s partying the fuck down in Madison. I stop by Madison on my drive back to Iowa to check on her, take her to breakfast etc etc. Her and her roomates won’t answer their phones. I end up checking the front door, unlocked and slightly ajar. Go up to her room and just find her passed the fuck out, in a bed full of vomit. Somehow we stayed together lolz
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True romance! I met my wife between my first (Cincinnati) and second (South Bend) shows, and when I told her I like this band called Umphrey’s McGee I was a little embarassed, then amazed to find out she actually knew who the F I was talking about (she was from South Bend). She was and still is a fan, but had plans and couldn’t make the South Bend show. I was still feeling out the catalogue at that point and she introduced me to Front Porch. One of the first text messages I ever sent was “they opened with front porch!” from a T9 phone. Fuck I’m old.
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T9 texting on the Bort setlist threads early 2010 and prior was the best. I loved when someone running the thread would lose contact with the person texting in the setlist due to drugs.
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October 28, 2009 Umphrey’s McGee — McNear’s Mystic Theatre — Petaluma, CA, USA
Set 1: Walletsworth, Prowler > Turn & Run, August, Search 4, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > The Floor
Set 2: Ringo, Believe the Lie, Good Ol’ Boys, Breathe > Spires, Sociable Jimmy
Encore: Miss Tinkle’s Overture
The Breathe gets most of the love from this show, and deserving so, but it’s a very solid show start to finish. August and Tribute in the first set are both very good.
This one also has a special place in my heart, especially today, as the wife and I watched Cliff Lee win game one of the WS right next door to the venue and then walked over to the show.
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October 31, 2008 Umphrey’s McGee — The Warfield — San Francisco, CA, USA
Set 1: Higgins > The Triple Wide/Robot Rock[1] > Ocean Billy > Rainy Day Women #12 & 35[2] > Ocean Billy, Women Wine and Song > Utopian Fir > Gulf Stream > Utopian Fir, TNT/Paranoid/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap[3]
Set 2: Phil’s 7 Nation Money Farm[4] > All In Time, Bridgeless > Miss Tinkle’s Overture → Thunderstruck[5] > Miss Tinkle’s Overture[6], FF → The Floor, Another Brick in the Wall/Thriller[7]-> Bridgeless
Encore: Hangover, Sad Clint Eastwood[8]
Footnotes:
[1] debut; Umphrey’s McGee + Daft Punk mash-up; with Jamie Shields on keys and Darren Shearer on percussion
[2] debut, Bob Dylan
[3] debut, AC/DC + Black Sabbath mash-up with Bon Scotty Osbourne (Whitfield Crane) on vocals
[4] debut, Umphrey’s McGee + The White Stripes + Pink Floyd + Led Zeppelin mash-up
[5] partial
[6] with Thunderstruck (AC/DC) tease
[7] debut, Pink Floyd + Michael Jackson mash-up
[8] debut; Sad But True (Metallica) + Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz) mash-up
**Show Notes:**Band costumes: Brendan was Rick James Bond, Jake was Bezel Bob Dylan, Joel was Sugar Ray Charles, Andy was Ronald McDonald Trump, Kris was Incredible Hulk Hogan, and Ryan was Pittsburgh Van Pirate
last Thunderstruck 2005-02-26 (476 shows)
This was my first Umphrey’s Halloween experience, the OG Mashup show, and my first time in San Francisco. What a fucking weekend!
This show is probably bottom 5 of all UM shows I have seen. Really boring, absolutely dreadful second set.
Yeah the Kabump was really the only noteworthy part. Set 1 is still decent though
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October 31, 2013Umphrey’s McGee —Riverside Theater — Milwaukee, WI, USA
Set 1: The Floor, Nothing Too Fancy → The Linear > Utopian Fir[1] > Nothing Too Fancy, Ocean Billy, Don’t Fear the Doves, Snucka[2]
Set 2: Puppet String → Glory > Puppet String, Hurt Bird Bath[3], 2x2 > Get In The Van, Papa Can Change a Blurred Stone[4], Wizard Burial Ground
Encore: Electric Avenue to Hell[5]
Footnotes:
[1] with Pay the Snucka (part III) teases
[2] debut; When Doves Cry (Prince) + Pay the Snucka + (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult) mash-up
[3] with Halloween theme (John Carpenter) jam, and Thriller (Michael Jackson) and Day Nurse teases
[4] debut; Papa Was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations) + Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke) + Got to Give It Up (Marvin Gaye) + I Can Change (LCD Soundsystem) mash-up
[5] debut; The Triple Wide + Highway to Hell (AC/DC) + Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant) mash-up
**Show Notes:**Band costumes: Brendan was Heisenbert Reynolds, Jake was Silent Bob Seger, Joel was Uncle Jesse Pinkman, Andy was Paul Ryan Braun, Kris was Dr. Phil Spector, and Ryan was Batman & Robin Thicke
Such an awesome Halloween show, to this day my favorite overall run too. Also the beginning of my streak of never missing Electric Ave to Hell!
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I really enjoy this show. Much Obliged > Uncommon, Eat, 2x2 for more of that proggy greatness. Then the 2nd set starts with that killer RW > Higgins that clocks in at nearly 30 minutes, the Higgins jam is like a continuation of the RW improv, really neat proggy, crunchy side of UM. D>No Comment(Pop Tart for you OGs out there)>BK is well done. Of course ya can’t forget the WBG > rare full band Orfeo > WBG. What a party this was, lots of energy in that crowd/room. Maybe that was the booms, or both?? Both. Love it \mm/
November 2, 2012 Umphrey’s McGee — Penn’s Peak — Jim Thorpe, PA, USA
Set 1: Nipple Trix > Wife Soup, Room to Breathe > Breathe, Much Obliged > Uncommon, Eat, 2x2
Set 2: Robot World > Higgins, Der Bluten Kat > No Comment > Der Bluten Kat, Life During Exodus, All In Time
Encore: Wizard Burial Ground > Orfeo > Wizard Burial Ground
This is a good little wife soup too. Instead of Bayliss jumping into his solo him and Jake build into a great uplifting peak. Now I don’t generally advocate for Bayliss forgoing his solos but it works here
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Anniversary bump!!
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It is a solid Wife Soup, great tone setter for the show. Definitely a good, patient build
That Tribute > Groove Holmes is one of the best one-two punches of UM I’ve ever seen.
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Just walked by the Barrymore this evening and was flooded with memories of getting down so hard during that 11/2 Tribute!
That whole run was so fun. I hope they play the Barrymore again someday.
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Clifton Park in 2011. Heat from front to back. Won’t say anything that probably hasn’t been said about this all timer.
Edited cuz I found this on Nugs just now. Who dis?
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conflicted.
yay - dashbortman
nay - boys
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Misread 2.21.07 for 2.27.07 and thought it could be Keef.
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I’m gonna guess @gatroe since I’ve seen him fluff 1/27/11>11/02/11 before.