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15 years ago today – 7/6/08 at the beautiful Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, MN. Just south of the Mall of America, the little zoo amphitheater is maybe my favorite venue in Minnesota. Incredibly intimate spot, your ticket to the show gets you entry to the zoo during the day. I wish UM would play there again – I’d fly home for it.
At any rate, this was my second show (3/1/08 was my first). I still think it’s great – not top shelf 08 by any stretch, but the Tribute > Crooked One in the first set was among the first big, big jams I’d seen them play (Tribute is especially great). And while there isn’t much improv in the second set, the song choices and flow are great. Would love to see them break Ringo up into three bits again, they used to do shit like that all the time. Also, I have very happy memories of the Haji > Sociable encore. My first non-studio Umphrey’s recording was the Sociable > JO > Peeps (something like Tempe 05) that was featured on an early podcast episode – I was thrilled to see them play Sociable to close out the show.
Good memories! I was 18 years old and sober as a bird! Archive link
July 6, 2008 Umphrey’s McGee — Weesner Family Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo — Apple Valley, MN, USA
Set 1:
Atmosfarag, Got Your Milk (Right Here), Tribute to the Spinal Shaft-> The Crooked One[1]-> Walletsworth, Words
Set 2:
Ringo > Eat > Ringo > Search 4, The Triple Wide > Andy’s Last Beer, Example 1[2] > Ringo
Encore:
Hajimemashite > Sociable Jimmy
Footnotes:
[1] unfinished
[2] unfinished; with Jake on keys
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Looks rad, gonna spin later today
Missed the 16th anniversary of my first show a couple days ago, nice that it coincided with a solid show last Sunday.
Wife Soup is worth a listen
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Solid Front Porch
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Is this the Friday the 13th show, and BB says “don’t be scared” after that beginning Padgett?
Yes
7/13/07 - one of the best shows I ever attended.
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7/17/10 - pretty pedestrian show overall with one of the best jams ever. That girlfriend is better is easily a top 3 moment for me. Relentless jam + lightning overhead made for a pretty incredible moment.
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Missed this one yesterday, from 13 years ago
1st set is a must listen, particularly the BLBC>MTM but also the Moog bass pedal in the 2X2 jam
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Missed this last week, just my 3rd or 4th show but have strong memories of this one being just blown away and starting to get “it”. Turns out it was the debut of the Radiohead cover but I had no clue, just thought it was a really cool jam. For young me even a simple Panama sent my crew and I into setbreak like “holy shit this band rocks HARD.” Lol, funny the things that stick with you. I hated the sit in by the Galactic harmonica player, he was out of tune somehow and it sucked in general. AiT was great. The end of Morning Song was so powerful the first time i heard it live. What a noob i was haha.
JULY 18, 2006 – HAMPTON BEACH CASINO BALLROOM, HAMPTON BEACH, NH, USA
Set 1:
Walletsworth, Professor Wormbog, Utopian Fir > Meeting in the Aisle[1] > Utopian Fir > Liquid > Push the Pig, Panama
Set 2:
Tribute to the Spinal Shaft[2] > Women Wine and Song[2], Morning Song > All In Time, Words, Resolution[3]
Encore:
The Triple Wide[4]
[1] debut, Radiohead
[2] with Ben Ellman on harmonica
[3] with Norwegian Wood (The Beatles) tease and jam and Soul Food II tease
[4] with Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac) and Stranglehold (Ted Nugent) teases
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15 years ago, hundreds of spun wooks spilled out into the streets of ATL due to a gnarly storm that knocked out the power before the show started. I was one of them lol.
I remember there was a construction site right next to the venue that had a crane on top of a building that was spinning like crazy from the strong wind. I thought it was going to topple over in my current state of mind and gtfo.
Ended up at Smith’s Olde Bar down the road from the Masquerade and drank Red Stripes all night.
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Oh man. I had just eaten like 2 rolls and some mushrooms. Then boom show cancelled lol. Was a fun night
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Also…day late, but night 1 was also fire
16 years ago yesterday…when Chicago still consistently got some great shows.
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Ftfy
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I was about to post this. My 2nd UM show. That night was the 55 minute Rebubula too.
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two gil’s themes that day too. the one in st. augustine, and then again in that rebubula (along with teases of big world, so long, brent black, mcbain, spaz…)
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