08.15.14 - Fabulous Fox - St. Louis, MO
10.18.18 - Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
02.19.12 - Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
03.10.16 - The Hive - Sandpoint, ID
01.30.15 - Taft Theater - Cincinnati, OH
Honorable Mentions:
01.28.16 - Orpheum Theater - Madison, WI
11.07.14 - Orpheum Theater - Madison, WI
Just looking through my shows off hand, this is as close as I can get to a top 5 (in no particular order). If I try to go to a top 10, I similarly end up with about 12-13 shows in the mix.
The most annoying part about UM is that you know exactly where they throw down and where they phone it in. Like why can’t they just have the Des Moines approach to every show?
For a few years in a row, Des Moines was always before Red Rocks so they were playing stuff they weren’t going to play at Red Rocks. In other years, it was before a multi night run at First Ave.
2/10/06- The Rave, Milwaukee
7/1/11-Simon Estes, Des Moines
2/14/09-the Barrymore, Madison
7/2/16- Morrison, Red rocks
11/5/11-the eagles ballroom, Milwaukee
Quick off the top of my head list, need to look at my library when I’m home
I was a student at Univ of Iowa for that 2010 show. Hell of a first set. We were able to charge tickets on our university tuition bill. I think I took 10 newbs who had no idea what they were in for.
That’s awesome. I was a student at ISU at the time and crashed at a buddy’s place in Iowa City. Had to book it back to Ames in the morning. I rolled into my 8:30 Civil War history class hung over and reeking of dope, cigs and coffee.
Ah, I don’t give a shit about that rivalry. Win or lose, we still booze. Iowa City is great. I have a bunch of relatives who to went to Iowa. My dad and grandfather went to Iowa Law. Grandpa lived across from the Hamburg Inn and ate there almost exclusively.