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1788

Ugh, this roulette has always been one of my faves. So freaking gorgeous.

Also the podcast it was featured on (86 I think?) totally slaps.

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1789

Goddamn right it was. One of my top shows attended.

Also, that beautiful people tease in mulches was :pinched_fingers:

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1790

04/05/2008 is a fun show. Remember watching the webcast on iclips, which was a novel thing at the time for me, anyway. Living room dance party.

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1791

While on the subject of 4/5, 1 year since the last, IMO, great show with Kris on drums. Big fan of the BTL, and the birthday Take It To Church from Myers. Menefee sit-ins were a very wildly unsuspecting blast. Lowkey GOAT Nopener.

April 5, 2025 Umphrey’s McGee — Ryman Auditorium — Nashville, TN, USA

Set 1:
Deep Ocean > Magic > Elements of Nature, Dreams/Nightmares, Space

Set 2:
Jekyll & Hyde > Puppet String[1] > Ringo > Visions > Nopener, Mullet (Over) > Wappy Sprayberry > Plunger[2]

Set 3:
Believe the Lie[3], Soul Food II[4] > Phil’s Farm[5], No Diablo, Hourglass > Miss Tinkle’s Overture[6]

Encore:
When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around[7] > Bridgeless[6]

Footnotes:
[1] unfinished
[2] ending only
[3] with “Take It to Church” jam
[4] ended with 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon) tease
[5] with Matt Menefee on banjo
[6] completing the 2025-04-04 version
[7] with Matt Menefee on banjo and No Quarter (Led Zeppelin) quote

Show Notes:
first set was “Soundtrack Set,” with the band improvising to visual themes voted on by the fans

second set was “Choose Your Own Adventure,” with attendees voting for the next “adventure” live: Tango Mike, Jekyll & Hyde, or October Rain; All in Time (JO), Puppet String (JO), or Plunger (JO); Cut Off, Staircase, or Ringo; Pequod, End of the Road, or Visions; Nopener (JO), Attachments (JO), or Hindsight (JO); Mullet (Over), Never Cease, or Bad Poker; Wappy Sprayberry, Small Strides, or Escape Goat; end All in Time, end Puppet String, or end Plunger

third set was “Band’s Choice”

last Jekyll & Hyde 2018-08-16 (481 shows

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1792

:clinking_beer_mugs:

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1793

20 year anniversary of one of the hardest tickets i’ve ever tried to get. was a great time. i got a parking ticket that night, but had pretty much a baller spot a block away from CBGB

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1794

Is Punkle Wally as bad at I’ve heard some say it is?

1795

as a fluffer, i’d say there is merit for nearly all “one and dones” for the mere fact that they were trying something. from a historical perspective, it is neat.

the band thought it was worthy of throwing in as one of the mantis pre-order bonus rounds.

that said, feel free to form your own opinion, as it is available to hear

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1796

…except, it looks like the mantis bonus was actually the summercamp 2004 version. and i was also wrong as it isn’t a true one-timer-only

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1797

Not putting too much stock in this. Band has made plenty of questionable decisions with albums

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1798

It doesn’t even register on the UM cringe scale IMO. The version from Summercamp 2005 kinda rips. The original song is obviously much better.

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1799

You’re telling me you’ve never spun this show before? One of the best Resolutions of all time imo.

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1800

I haven’t listened to that in many years but I used to watch some youtube video of it back in the day and I loved it

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1801

Marquee Moon was so f’n cool to see live.

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1802

20 year anniversary bump!! :clinking_beer_mugs:

1803

It’s so wild to think about how it’s now been over half my life that I’ve been seeing this band. Not sure how to feel about this…

:thinking:

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1804

Bump

:+1:

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1805

Countless spins of the Utopian Fir back in the day. Gonna have to fire this one up tonight.

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1806

Thanks for the reminder, didn’t even register the date today.

1807

May 27, 2011 Umphrey’s McGee — Three Sisters Park— Chillicothe, IL, USA"Summer Camp Music Festival"

Set 1:Prowler > 1348 > Red Tape[1], Pay the Snucka[2], 2nd Self, Señor Mouse, Mulche’s Odyssey

Set 2:Catshot, Preamble > Miss Tinkle’s Overture[3] > Higgins > Miss Tinkle’s Overture > Higgins, Rocker Part 2, Day Nurse, Hourglass[4], The Floor, The National Anthem[5]

Encore:The Triple Wide → 1348

Footnotes:
[1] with Cocaine (J.J. Cale) teases
[2] with One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic) teases and Bulls On Parade (Rage Against the Machine) jam
[3] with The Floor tease
[4] debut, original
[5] with Dominic Lalli on saxophone

**Show Notes:**Sunshine Stage

Fifteen fucking years ago?!

One of the best times a boy could have.

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