Today in Umphrey's McGee History

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

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This show, 20 (now 21) years ago today, was a f’n blast! There was a really bad snow storm, but a couple friends & I still made the drive to Madison, and it was so worth the effort. It’s normally just over an hour from the east side of MKE to the Barrymore, but it took well over 2 hours each way. Place was super empty, prob about 75-100 people, but may have been a little more.

01.31.2002 THE BARRYMORE THEATRE, MADISON, WI, USA

Set 1: Drums > Jam > Ringo > Blue Echo, Push the Pig > All Things Ninja > Roulette > All Things Ninja, Machine Gun > Example 1 > Gesture Under a Mitten, Skip > (Don’t Fear) The Reaper > Professor Wormbog

Set 2: Nothing Too Fancy[1], Anchor Drops, Dump City [2], Africa, The Triple Wide, The Fuzz > Padgett’s Profile, 2nd Self, White Man’s Moccasins, In a Silent Way > It’s About That Time

Encore: Soul Food I > Mullet (Over)

[1] Mike and Kevin Browning modeled new Umphrey’s McGee merchandise while the rest of the band jammed Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)
[2] with Push It (Salt-n-Pepa) quotes

Notes:
Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players) was teased and quoted prior to Nothing Too Fancy
Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead) was teased after Nothing Too Fancy
Push It (Salt-n-Pepa) was quoted before Dump City
Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) was teased and quoted after 2nd Self

This begins a whole slew of 20 year anniversary dates, as 2002 was when I started to get obsessed.

The upcoming show on Thursday, which I really hope I can make, has me feeling extra nostalgic right now. I got bombarded with some shitty, expensive truck repairs today, which is gonna make the Sylvee extra tough to swing, but I’m not giving up…haha.

[CarpetCrawler]

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The 2 years that followed that also had some killer shows, but that 2002 show sticks out more to me for sure.

01.31.2003 THE BARRYMORE THEATRE, MADISON, WI, USA

Set 1: Dump City, Divisions[1], Utopian Fir[2] > In the Hall of the Mountain King, Walletsworth, Padgett’s Profile, 13 Days > Hajimemashite > 40’s Theme

Set 2: Resolution > Push the Pig > Weed Rap[3] > Push the Pig, “Jimmy Stewart”[4] > Syncopated Strangers, A Fifth of Beethoven, In The Kitchen > FF > Drums > Uncle Wally[5], unknown song[6], Roulette

Encore: Mercedes Benz[7], Nothing Too Fancy[8]

[1] with In A Silent Way (Miles Davis) tease
[2] with Ain’t Talkin’ 'bout Love (Van Halen), Eruption (Van Halen), You Really Got Me (Van Halen), I Know A Little (Lynyrd Skynyrd), and Unskinny Bop (Poison) teases
[3] with Elliot Peck on vocals
[4] with Milestones (Miles Davis) tease
[5] with JaJunk teases
[6] “Stage Diving Song” played for kid who stage dove
[7] Elliott Peck only; a cappella
[8] with JaJunk tease

Notes:
with Unskinny Bop (Poison) tease before Divisions
with Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) tease after A Fifth of Beethoven

01.31.2004 THE CABOOZE, MINNEAPOLIS , MN, USA

Set 1: In The Kitchen, Chitlins Con Carne, Bright Lights, Big City, Mullet (Over), Hajimemashite > Walletsworth, The Triple Wide[1] > Example 1, Cherub Rock

Set 2: Soul Food I, Wife Soup[2], Bridgeless, Much Obliged > Last Man Swerving, Nemo, Kabump > Mail Package, I’ve Got a Feeling, Smell the Mitten

Encore: Resolution > Dump City

[1] with Smell the Mitten teases
[2] with Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) tease

And a day late for the 2004 show at the Barrymore, before the Cabooze. We had so much fun at these shows.

01.30.2004 THE BARRYMORE THEATRE, MADISON, WI, USA

Set 1: Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight > JaJunk > Hangover > Kimble, Bridgeless[1], Blue Echo > Andy’s Last Beer, 13 Days, Nemo[1], JaJunk

Set 2: Bright Lights, Big City[2], Uncle Wally > Padgett’s Profile, Slacker[3], We’re Going to War > Roulette > All Things Ninja, Push the Pig, Syncopated Strangers > Ocean Billy

Encore: Glory[4] > 2x2[5]

[1] debut, original
[2] debut, original (Karl Engelmann composition)
[3] with Regulate (Warren G) tease
[4] started with no one on stage; Jake was on a wireless behind the curtain
[5] with Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) (Nino Rota) tease

Notes:
last Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight 03.23.2002 (278 shows)

The 2003 show stands out big time for me as well, as it was my 1st time seeing a full show w/Myers on drums. It was such a weird feeling to have such a huge change, but obviously it worked out very well in the long run.

Nostalgia bump pt 2…

[RailroadEarther]

Today starts February reminiscing. I loved all of Feb 2010. Lots of great shows and I was really still listening to UM pretty obsessively at that time.

[swb0nd]

@RailroadEarther

Today starts February reminiscing.

did someone say reminiscing? we know what that means, stat time!

[OSUmBeaverPhreak]

February is my second most seen month for this band.

[CarpetCrawler]

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Yet another ‘20 (21) years ago today’ post, and another phenomenal early show. This one was really killer & was a great follow up to the Barrymore show 2 nights earlier. That 2 show experience def helped propel me into a huge UM fan, & made me decide to start putting the effort forth to see them as often as I could manage around my work schedule. Between Madison, MKE & Chicago, there was hardly ever a time where I couldn’t see them fairly easily with a 6-8 week stretch of time, and typically a few times in a weekend. Made for a lot of tired mornings at work, but was too easy when shows were either in town here, or within 60-90 minute drive. Also, tix were nice & cheap.

02.02.2002 PARK WEST, CHICAGO, IL, USA

Set 1: Prowler > 2x2[1], Dump City > Out Of Order, I Am the Walrus, White Man’s Moccasins, Push the Pig[2], Syncopated Strangers, 40’s Theme

Set 2: The Triple Wide[3], 2nd Self[4] > Drums[5], Get In The Van, Coming In From the Cold > Hurt Bird Bath, Jam[6] > Ten Years Gone[7], “Jimmy Stewart”[8] → Uncle Wally[8], Nothing Too Fancy, Ringo[9], Young Lust[10] → The Fuzz

Encore: The Fussy Dutchman > Roulette

[1] with Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione) tease
[2] with Emperor’s Clothes tease and freestyle rap by Primemeridian
[3] with Jake on acoustic; song begins with the studio version played over the P.A. system and the band slowly takes over
[4] with Jake on acoustic
[5] with Jake on percussion
[6] Jake and Brendan on acoustics; with Is There Anybody Out There? (Pink Floyd) tease
[7] debut, Led Zeppelin, instrumental; Jake and Brendan on acoustics and Norwegian Wood (The Beatles) tease
[8] with Jake and Brendan on acoustics
[9] with Primemeridian
[10] vocals by Mike with Jake on drums

Notes:
Superbowl Shuffle (The Chicago Bears Shufflin’ Crew) was quoted after Drums
The Woody Woodpecker Theme (Tibbles/Idriss) was teased after Ten Years Gone

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

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This one was my 200th show, as well as Stupac’s. That was def a relatively odd coincidence when I found that out a few weeks before the show. We had a good chuckle about it & spent some time outside together at setbreak prepping for set 2. Good times, and some unique/solid material in this show.

02.02.2017 20 MONROE LIVE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, USA

Set 1: Flamethrower > The Floor, Mulche’s Odyssey, Night Nurse > Bright Lights, Big City, Visions > Ain’t Too Proud to Beg > Red Tape

Set 2: Soul Food I > Soul Food II[1] > Soul Food III, Conduit , Comfortably Numb, Partyin’ Peeps, JaJunk

Encore: Kimble, Gulf Stream

[1] with Holly Bowling on keys; with Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes) teases

Notes:
last Ain’t To Proud to Beg 12.05.2005 (1,241 shows)

Support: Spafford

Yep…I’m a nerd for this band.

[SchladopianFir]

This show is amazing. Love the Mulche’s and NN. Soul Food party was awesome too.

[jcubson]

February 7, 2013 Umphrey’s McGee — First Avenue — Minneapolis, MN, USA

Set 1: Day Nurse, Divisions[1] > Uncle Wally, Great American > Q*Bert > Great American > Nemo[2], Through the Cracks > Divisions

Set 2: Hangover, Miss Tinkle’s Overture, All In Time > Padgett’s Profile, Resolution > All In Time

Encore: Fame > The Triple Wide

Footnotes:
[1] with Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung) jam
[2] “Jimmy Stewart” with lyrics

**Show Notes:**This show was in Mainroom.

10 years ago today! Still one of my favorite attended shows, especially the first set!

[GizaButler]

Show was fire. Lots of my favorite songs. Through the Cracks sticks out like a sore thumb in that first set.

[LarrySellers]

February 8, 2013 Umphrey’s McGee — The Pageant — St. Louis, MO, USA

Set 1: Drink My Drank > Plunger > 2x2, Comma Later > Preamble > Mantis > The Linear[1], Last Man Swerving → No Comment[2] > Plunger

Set 2: Puppet String[3] > 40’s Theme, Wife Soup, Bridgeless, Live and Let Die, Bright Lights, Big City, Deeper > Mantis

Encore: Pay the Snucka

Footnotes:
[1] with Search 4 tease
[2] with Roundabout (Yes) tease before Plunger
[3] unfinished

February 9, 2013 Umphrey’s McGee — The Pageant — St. Louis, MO, USA

Set 1: Leave Me Las Vegas > Get In The Van, The Floor, In The Kitchen[1] > #5 > In The Kitchen, Example 1, Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty[2], Layla

Set 2: Der Bluten Kat > Peter Gunn / Every Breath You Take > Der Bluten Kat, White Pickle > Slacker, Wappy Sprayberry > Tribute to the Spinal Shaft[3] > Puppet String[4]

Encore: Phil’s Farm > Glory > Phil’s Farm

Footnotes:
[1] with Soul Food II jam
[2] with Mike Dillon on vibraphone; with Entrance of the Gladiators (Julius Fučík) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult) teases
[3] with Puppet String tease
[4] completes the 2013-02-08 version

This STL run was a great time. Set 1 of Night 1 and especially Set 2 of Night 2 are worth the listen. Always loved the Peter Gunn/Every Breath You Take Sopranos bit, this was my only time catching it. Wappy > Tribute > Puppet is gold.

[CarpetCrawler]

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This show was amazing in person, and def still holds up. The August alone puts this show in the upper ranks for me, personally.

02.10.2006 THE RAVE, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA

Set 1: August[1] > Roulette, Nothing Too Fancy > Sludge & Death > Great American[2] > Nothing Too Fancy

Set 2: Dump City > Wife Soup[3] > Much Obliged[4] > Dump City, Believe the Lie, FF > Hurt Bird Bath[5]

Encore: Thin Air

[1] “Jimmy Stewart” with lyrics
[2] began with The End (The Doors) quotes from Jake
[3] with Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Michael Jackson) tease
[4] with Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead) teases
[5] with When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin) teases

Notes:
last Sludge & Death 04.03.2004 (251 shows)

Obligatory anniversary bump to one of the greats!!

[DiabetesCOLE]

Best show

[RailroadEarther]

Fuck yeah, going to have to listen to the one today. The next night from the Orpheum is a super super fun show too. Got a little too drunk before the show and had to sit down for awhile but I bounced back strong as soon as they came on stage and had an absolute blast in the balcony.

[nextmovement41]

FF is music to realign your shakra to

[Bron-yr-Aur]

That 2/9/13 Tribute is one of the most unique and subtle, beautiful jams they have done.

[Coop]

A good contrast from the madness that is the beginning of Tribute, too.

[solvethebox]

Is this the show you played me on the way to Minny?

[DiabetesCOLE]

Yep

[solvethebox]

Hell yeah that was