Today in Umphrey's McGee History

CarpetCrawler · February 27, 2023, 11:58am

This is such a great show. It was the 1st night of a 5 night run I did w/@dkrep, then also hit up 3-4 in Bloomington, IN making it 6 shows in 7 days. That was a very fun week for sure!

cryan024 · February 27, 2023, 1:31pm

Love this one

CarpetCrawler · February 28, 2023, 3:44pm

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This was an amazing night, 18 years ago today. I will always take the opportunity to fluff this Jajunk, FF, Blue Echo & SF1…

2004/02/28 - The Encore University Center, University of Wisconsin - Steven’s Point, WI

Set 1: Soul Food I > White Man’s Moccasins, Slacker, Blue Echo[1] > FF > Bridgeless, Nemo

Set 2: Bright Lights, Big City > JaJunk[2], Hajimemashite > Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)[3], Divisions > Roulette, Bad Poker

Encore: Wife Soup

[1] with first verse of Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution (AC/DC)
[2] with Hold On Loosely (38 Special), Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix), Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses), and Smoke On the Water (Deep Purple) teases
[3] with Adam Budney freestyling

Super under-circulated show. FLACs are up on Orpheus, if anyone wants to check it out. One of my absolute favorite early versions of Jajunk. Really fun night & very small crowd.

Obligatory anniversary bump. Such a great night!!

19 year anniversary of this little hidden gem!!

CarpetCrawler · February 28, 2023, 8:44pm

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Feb '22

I feel silly for not bumping this one over the past couple years, but 14 year anniversary bump to another killer Iowa show. The Des Moines show the night before this one overshadowed this at the time (for me at least), but this one has equally great segments throughout both sets.

The opening 40ish mins of Fir> ALB> Fir is a serious heater, and the Wally is stellar as well. The 2nd set has some gold as well, particularly the Crooked & jam out of LMS, but that 1st set is where it’s at, IMHO.

[February 28, 2008] The Capitol Theatre — Davenport, IA, USA

Set 1: Utopian Fir > Andy’s Last Beer, Utopian Fir > Passing, Uncle Wally, Kula

Set 2: Professor Wormbog, Morning Song, Mulche’s Odyssey, Last Man Swerving[1], Uncommon > Glory > Uncommon, Rocker Part 2 → The Crooked One[2]

Encore: The Fussy Dutchman

Footnotes:
[1] ended with a “keyboard duel” between Kris and Andy on house piano and organ, Jake on additional keys
[2] unfinished

**Show Notes:**with Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio (Rush) teases after Uncle Wally

DiabetesCOLE · February 28, 2023, 9:54pm

Damn that first set

looks amaaaaaazing

cryan024 · February 28, 2023, 10:00pm

Spoiler

Summary

Is it

Bron-yr-Aur · February 28, 2023, 10:06pm

Still a top 5 show seen for me. Midwest had just got hit with a bunch of snow and it was very cold.
Drove up from Champaign IL day of show.

Utopian has a 13-14m Stew capped by a big peak into ALB, after which there was a short ambient/noise jam into the 2nd half of Fir, which was followed by a surprisingly unique island/Calypso outro jam! Uncle Wally is probably the definitive version of the song, just an incredible JO. OG Kula was a cool, I kinda miss those vox.

Second set was not as great, but the LMS > JO > fake keyboard duel was hilarious. Probably one of the better Mulches I’ve seen, and Rocker 2 > Crooked is fire. Jake broke a string at the end of his solo and I think that’s the only reason they jammed it and it led to the grooviest peaking jam of the night.

cryan024 · February 28, 2023, 10:07pm

One of the all time versions of Utopian Fir.

cryan024 · February 28, 2023, 10:10pm

They really loved playing heaters in Iowa for awhile.

James · February 28, 2023, 10:21pm

Love the song selection of this one, looks like a fun setlist.

Actually the last 3 shows you’ve posted look awesome.

SchladopianFir · February 28, 2023, 11:29pm

One of my favorite Firs. Hell of a way to start a show.

CarpetCrawler · March 5, 2023, 12:33pm

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This was my first time in Boulder, and this show had some really great moments. The Eat is unreal. I sure wish there wasn’t some glitches in Eat on the UMlive recording, because it’s a very unique version. Had some of that ‘goo’ for this one, and felt like I could see the electrical energy connecting the drums & the mic stands near the front of the stage. It was really something. I wish I would have seen that ‘tootsie roll’ fun time style treat again, but that was the only time I’ve seen fungus concentrated & utilized in such a manner. The Blue Echo, Wally, Great American & AIT were all stellar. The Abacab was a huge treat for me as well.

03.05.2007 THE FOX THEATRE, BOULDER, CO, USA

Set 1: Words, Out Of Order, Blue Echo > Thin Air, piano solo, Great American[1], Eat[2]

Set 2: Miss Tinkle’s Overture, Uncle Wally > Wife Soup[3], Abacab, All In Time

Encore: Believe the Lie

[1] with Jeff Austin on mandolin; Brendan and Jake on acoustics
[2] with Brendan and Jake on acoustics for the first half
[3] with Doug Baker on acoustic guitar and Bill McKay on organ

Support: Doug Baker

16 year anniversary bump!

What a fun night!!

matt · March 6, 2023, 3:36pm

Both of these fox shows were so fun. Alex’s house debut the next night if I’m not mistaken?

CarpetCrawler · March 10, 2023, 9:47pm

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seem to care for it much at the time. Hard to believe it was 15 years ago. Seems so much more recent. We had 2nd row right in front of BB. The 1st set has really great flow, and ends with a bang in a great OoO> Fussy, Triple Wide, followed by the still new Morning Song. The 2nd set has a great Jajunk & August, although neither are super long. The Sociable had a jam of what I believe are the 1st hints at Intentions Clear.

03.10.2006 THE CHICAGO THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL, USA

Set 1: Uncle Wally[1], The Pequod[1] > Ahab[1] > The Pequod[1], Eat > Higgins > Out Of Order > The Fussy Dutchman, The Triple Wide[2], Morning Song

Set 2: JaJunk, Sociable Jimmy, August > Mulche’s Odyssey, Atmosfarag > Liquid[3]

Encore: Plunger

[1] Brendan and Jake on acoustics
[2] ended with Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) tease
[3] debut, original/Ali Baba’s Tahini

Notes:
with Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) tease after The Triple Wide

17 year anniversary bump!

Super solid, unique show!

SociableBenny · March 13, 2023, 4:57pm

Going to listen to the Sociable Jimmy at some point today. I love it so, so much.

James · March 13, 2023, 5:04pm

Most memorable part of the show for me when BB starts teasing Intentions Clear prior to SIN being released and grins and wags his finger at the crowd when everyone started cheering.

matt · March 14, 2023, 9:39pm

5 year shoutout to a fun show on this day in 2018. Weeknight in Missoula and the crowd brought a lot of energy that the band absolutely loved (they mentioned needing to get a MT timeshare or something).

Also love that Bayliss changes the Remind Me lyrics to roast a woman in the front row who was on her phone during the encore.

I dug syncho > end of first set.& the dbk was great too

3/14/18 - The Wilma - Missoula, MT

Set 1:
October Rain > Miss Tinkle’s Overture, Intentions Clear > Syncopated Strangers > Push the Pig[1] > Syncopated Strangers, Looks, Wizard Burial Ground

Set 2:
Der Bluten Kat > So Far Away[2] > Der Bluten Kat, Speak Up-> Mad Love, Utopian Fir[3]

Encore: Remind Me

Footnotes:
[1] with Jake on keys
[2] debut, Dire Straits
[3] with Back In Black (AC/DC) tease and Mulche’s Odyssey jam

sabretooth · March 14, 2023, 9:55pm

I was right behind said woman; we were probably next to each other the whole show!

CarpetCrawler · March 21, 2023, 10:48am

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This was a super fun show. It was pretty cool seeing my friend Chris pop up on stage for Lenny. We were standing by each other earlier in the set, but he wandered off when I went for a beer. He didn’t mention that he was gonna sit in for a tune. I got a pretty good chuckle out of that.

03.20.2003 THE RAVE UNDERGROUND, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA

Set 1: FF → White Man’s Moccasins, August > The Crooked One > Thin Air, Uncommon, Lenny[1], Water, It’s About That Time[2]

Set 2: Sociable Jimmy, Soul Food I > Bass solo > Drums[3] > “Jimmy Stewart”[4], The Triple Wide > 2x2, Last Man Swerving, Kabump > Utopian Fir [5]

Encore: Bad Poker[6], Get In The Van

[1] with Chris Vos on lap steel guitar and vocals
[2] with Muff II: The Revenge, Get In The Van, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft, Ringo, and Bob teases
[3] with everyone on percussion
[4] rotation jam (mostly Brendan and Andy on keys, Joel on Jake’s guitar, Ryan on percussion, Kris on moog, Jake on drums; then Brendan on bass, Kris on keys)
[5] ending only; with brief tease of the intro to Get In the Van
[6] only Jake; previously referred to as “new Jake song”

Notes:
with Victory March (Shea Brothers) tease after Last Man Swerving

20 year anniversary bump!!

Yesterday was super hectic & I spaced bumping this little gem. Fun times for sure!

CarpetCrawler · March 22, 2023, 11:34am

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20 year anniversary bump!!

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It’s hard to follow up such a great story as the BDJ one, but I can’t hold back the chance to bring up my 1st two-night UM ‘run’.

This show was f’n excellent, and I could’ve been happy by this one alone. I had no idea what was about to happen the next night, and will post that one tomorrow. For now though, here’s the wonderful 3-22-02 show…

03.22.2002 HOUSE OF BLUES, CHICAGO, IL, USA

Set 1: Hurt Bird Bath > Dump City, Anchor Drops > Drums, All In Time, Blue Echo > Baby You’re A Rich Man[1], Walletsworth, Utopian Fir > Señor Mouse

Set 2: Der Bluten Kat, Walking On The Moon > Drums > In the Hall of the Mountain King[2], The Triple Wide, Moogasauras Rex > August, Mullet (Over), The Haunt[3] > Syncopated Strangers, Push the Pig > Weed Rap[4], Get In The Van

Encore: Power of Soul

[1] with One (Metallica) tease
[2] jam only
[3] with Release (Pearl Jam) tease
[4] with Elliott Peck on vocals; with Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers) quote from Elliott

Notes:
with It’s Been Awhile (Staind) quote after Dump City
with Highway to Hell (AC/DC) tease before Power of Soul

Support: Particle

Now a ‘21 years ago’ bump…