Today in Umphrey's McGee History

[BDJ]

I realize I’m a few days late in posting this show. Sorry not sorry. Sunday woulda been my beloved Beck’s 66th b’day so we decided to have her Celebration of Life on that day. It was a good little gathering. Anyway, this show was her only birthday show. She requested Divisions and Andy’s and got them BOTH. And a pretty raging festie set imho. Later that summer I saw BB outside the Hampton Beach Casino and thanked him for playing her b’day tunes. He remembered right off: “Yeah… that was Divisions and Andy’s, right?” The guys loved my little lady and they were always kind and friendly and ready with hugs when we’d run into them. I’m pretty sure Bayliss had a bit of a mom-crush on her.
I’ve seen UM 100 times over the years, and she was by my side shakin’ it for 97 of those shows. Profoundly grateful for 46 years of great memories with a most amazing woman.
Cherish your loved ones, my friends. There are no guarantees this time around. Nothing lasts forever, not even epic fairy tale romances like the one I was so lucky to experience.

UMPHREY’S MCGEE: JUNE 4, 2010 “WAKARUSA MUSIC AND CAMPING FESTIVAL” – MULBERRY MOUNTAIN, OZARK, AR, USA

Set 1: 1348, 2x2, Preamble > Mantis Ghetts > Hurt Bird Bath > Uncle Wally, Divisions > Dr. Feelgood > Divisions > Blue Echo > Divisions, Der Bluten Kat > Time > Der Bluten Kat, Booth Love, Andy’s Last Beer

Encore: JaJunk

[DiabetesCOLE]

Thanks for sharing. Very beautiful story. I feel so fortunate that I’ve been able to see so many amazing shows with my brother. And also just realized I’ve been seeing um with Leah for a decade now. It took a while for her to “get” music, especially jam bands and some of the heavier stuff I’ve gotten her into, but I’m so grateful that I can just be like “hey we’re doing a show in this other state, you in”

[SchladopianFir]

Thank you for sharing the story of love. I will continue to dance like nobody is watching.

Side note: that DBK/Time is one of my faves.

[Southern_Dan]

Beck was such a sweet lady, glad to have enjoyed shows with you both back in the day. Love ya Josh!

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

16 (17) year anniversary bump…

June 10, 2006 The Lawn At White River State Park — Indianapolis, IN, USA

Set 1: Wife Soup, Professor Wormbog, The Haunt > White Man’s Moccasins, Glory > Words > Who Knows[1] > Hurt Bird Bath[2]

Set 2: Dump City, Believe the Lie, Eat, Bright Lights, Big City > The Triple Wide > Digital Buddha[3] > The Triple Wide[4], Mulche’s Odyssey

Encore: Slacker[5]

Footnotes:
[1] one verse
[2] with Buster (moe.) and Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) teases
[3] debut, The Disco Biscuits; with The Disco Biscuits replacing Umphrey’s one by one, until only Andy was left on percussion
[4] with all of Umphrey’s returning to the stage except for Brendan, leaving Jon Gutwillig to complete The Triple Wide; with Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) teases
[5] with Another Brick In the Wall (Pink Floyd) intro jam

**Show Notes:**with The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin) tease before Professor Wormbog
with (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult) tease before Mulche’s Odyssey

Disco Biscuits opening set:

7-11 > Little Shimmy In A Conga Line 1 >Tempest, Frog Legs, I-Man 2, Abraxas, M.E.M.P.H.I.S. > Camera B

1 inverted

2 w/ Riders On The Storm (The Doors) tease

Super fire m-dawg was settling in perfectly at the moment that Haunt jam dug a groove into the crowd. It was a very special feeling for sure

[derblutenkat]

Pick’s Stew FTW

[CarpetCrawler]

Disappointed that I spaced giving this one a proper 20 year bump last week.

@CarpetCrawler

19 year anniversary bump!!

June 22, 2003 Backyard Bash — Chicago, IL, USA

Set 1: Hurt Bird Bath, Space Funk Booty > Trenchtown Rock, Anchor Drops[1] > 2x2 > Ringo[2], In Violation of Yes[3]

Set 2: 40’s Theme[4], Divisions[5], The Triple Wide[6] > In the Hall of the Mountain King, Wife Soup, Lenny, Miss Tinkle’s Overture > Mulche’s Odyssey

Encore: Release > Pay the Snucka[7]

Footnotes:
[1] with Underworld (Super Mario Brothers) theme (Koji Kondo) and Roundabout (Yes) teases
[2] with Uninvited (Alanis Morissette) and Lose Yourself (Eminem) teases
[3] began with Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd) tease; with Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses) tease
[4] with Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang (Dr. Dre) tease
[5] sung by Jake “Johnny Cash” style
[6] with Imperial March (Star Wars) (John Williams) and Glide (The New Deal) teases
[7] part III only

**Show Notes:**with Unskinny Bop (Poison) tease before In Violation of Yes

Good times

This was a special one for me as it was the 1st UM show I saw after my intense thyroid cancer surgery & 1.5 months of getting the synthetic thyroid meds dialed in. It was so f’n hot/humid & I really prob shouldn’t have been at this event, but I needed it pretty bad. My good friend came from Madison, scooped me up & drive us down for this. Very fond memories of that gesture.

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

21 year anniversary bump to a great pair of early shows

@CarpetCrawler

With all the amazing shows that UM has played at Summerfest, this one gets lost in the shuffle a bit.

This was a really fun show, as was the following night at the Terrace in Madison…

June 27, 2002 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival Park — Milwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: Dump City, The Haunt > When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around > The Fussy Dutchman, Ringo > The Triple Wide > Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Moogasauras Rex > Anchor Drops, The Crooked One, Phil’s Farm > Walletsworth, Dr. Feelgood > The Fuzz, August > Pay the Snucka[1]

Encore: Last Man Swerving

Footnotes:
[1] part III only

Night 2 of my 2nd ever back to back UM show experience, the 1st being 3/22-3/23/2002.

The Summerfest set was amazing, but this one has the edge by a slight margin. This was my 3rd time seeing music at the Terrace, with the 1st being MMW a night or two before the first Phish show at Alpine in ‘96. Absolutely beautiful night on the Madison lakefront, and a far more loose and exploratory show in general. Just top shelf early Umphrey’s!

June 28, 2002 Umphrey’s McGee The Terrace, University Of Wisconsin — Madison, WI,USA

Set 1: Sociable Jimmy, White Man’s Moccasins > Q*Bert, Last Call > Tomorrow Never Knows > Gesture Under a Mitten, Utopian Fir[1] > In Violation of Yes[2]

Set 2: Push the Pig > Resolution > Blue Echo > Andy’s Last Beer, Prowler > Hajimemashite > Padgett’s Profile, Example 1[3] > Glory[4], Miss Gradenko

Footnotes:
[1] with Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses) and Ain’t Talkin’ 'bout Love (Van Halen) teases
[2] with Thunderstruck (AC/DC) tease
[3] during the middle of the song, Brendan’s mic had some feedback problems; to help solve the problem the band went into a long (vocal) jam
[4] ended with Eminence Front (The Who) chorus and jam

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

@CarpetCrawler

feel like this was the last truly great Summerfest show.

June 30, 2010 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival Park — Milwaukee, [WI]

Set 1: Resolution > Conduit, Professor Wormbog , Search 4, Fool in the Rain, 2nd Self, Turn & Run

Set 2: Nothing Too Fancy > Partyin’ Peeps, Push the Pig, Dump City > In Bloom > Nothing Too Fancy, The Fuzz > The Floor

Encore: Ringo

Although this one, also on 6-30 but 6 years later, had some great moments, but doesn’t quite stack up to the ‘05, ‘07 or ‘10 shows, IMHO…

June 30, 2016 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival Park — Milwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: Similar Skin, JaJunk > Wife Soup, Bad Friday, Mulche’s Odyssey, Piranhas, Wappy Sprayberry > Cut the Cable, The Linear > JaJunk

Encore: Ringo[1]

Footnotes:
[1] with All Things Ninja jam and Rockit (Herbie Hancock) teases

[DiabetesCOLE]

Time to relisten to that fancy. The 2016 fest had a killer jajunk. But yeah, I miss the summerfest days

[snuckaskitchen]

and N1 of the '15 Halloween run had a fantastic junk too. MKE got too serious Jajunks in under a year.

[SchladopianFir]

Such a happy Fancy.

[RailroadEarther]

That 2016 show was super fun. Pouring rain and high energy.

[ravskee]

that was a hefty rainstorm that night! my shoes might still be wet from that one

[snuckaskitchen]

that was like the 3rd show we saw in the rain that year and it wasn’t even July. this show was the source of my buddy and I always talking about going on summer tour and selling ponchos.

[Coop]

I’m so glad we linked up that night. Show was a blast.

[LandLandNever]

Very recent history, but nevertheless obligatory fluff for 7/3/19, a standout show from the best year in the last 10 years. The 2nd set isn’t as good to my ears for repeated listens, but hot damn does that 1st set just fucking rage.

[DontBullyMeDaniel]

Yeah killer 1st set, though I do enjoy OB and Reso from 2nd set too.

[CarpetCrawler]

@CarpetCrawler

@CarpetCrawler

This show, 15 (now 16) years ago tonight, was smoking hot!! The only better better Summerfest UM show IMO would maybe be the ‘05 show, but they both shine pretty bright!!

July 5, 2007 Umphrey’s McGee Henry Maier Festival Park — Milwaukee, WI, USA

Set 1: August, The Crooked One[1] > Eat, E.T.I. [2] > All In Time[3]

Set 2: Der Bluten Kat > Kabump > Der Bluten Kat, Cinnamon Girl, Syncopated Strangers[4] > Chitlins Con Carne > Syncopated Strangers, Andy’s Last Beer

Encore: Resolution > Wizard Burial Ground

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

This 1st set!!!

[Bron-yr-Aur]

I love the Ocean Billy in that 2nd set tho. The little medieval sounding UM solo at the end is quite nice.