We here at Umphreak’s Anonymous have an idea and are looking for some Umphreaky assistance! The concept is simple. We need Umphreaks to record short five minute YouTube videos just with a blurb about what they love about Umphrey’s McGee: it can be about almost ANYTHING Umphrey’s related. Let us know how the music makes you feel, what you …
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08.23.2015 JANNUS LIVE, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA Set 1: Catshot > Conduit, Comma Later[1] > Cemetery Walk > Cemetery Walk II, 1348, The Pequod, Divisions Set 2: Bridgeless -> The Floor, Der Bluten Kat > Gulf Stream > Der Bluten Kat, Hajimemashite -> Bridgeless, Driven to Tears > Educated Guess Encore: No Diablo > Day …
Umphrey’s is headin’ back to Athens!
By Joshua Colky Photography by Kristine Condon The summer sun was beaming stupendously against the majestic desert rocks as Umphreaks began to file into Red Rocks Amphitheater for a full evening of improvisational onslaught. Umphrey’s McGee, in their 10th appearance upon the rocks, brought a small festival’s worth of a lineup and earned their second …
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07.10.2000 DEAD CREEK CAMPGROUND, NOBLESVILLE, IN, USA One Set: Der Bluten Kat[1], 2×2, Nachos for Two, Kinky Reggae, Q*Bert > Prowler > 2nd Self, Sociable Jimmy, All Night Long > All Things Ninja, Andy’s Last Beer, Regulate, Example 1,Front Porch > Bob’s Cloud > Front Porch, The Fussy Dutchman [1] complete with two power outages, …
By Joshua Colky Photography by Kristine Condon This past Thursday, Umphrey’s McGee hosted their 23rd Boulder show, drawing a huge crowd to the famed hippie mecca in the Colorado foothills. While the venue and seasonal hosts have varied, a precedent has been established that Red Rocks runs will include a Boulder date (save for 2010). The …
7/4/15 High Sierra Music Festival Plumas County Fairgrounds Quincy, CA One Set: Similar Skin, Hurt Bird Bath, Conduit, Bridgeless > Haji > Glory > Haji > Bridgeless, Day Nurse, Phil’s Farm > Don’t You (Forget About Me), Slacker Encore: All in Time
07.03.2015 RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, MORRISON, CO, USA Set 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King > Puppet String > 2nd Self, Go to Hell > Mulche’s Odyssey > Higgins > Mulche’s Odyssey, No Diablo, Pay the Snucka > Rocker Part 2, The Pequod> Pay the Snucka Set 2: Ringo[1] -> Cut the Cable[2] > …
By Tara Gracer Photos by Sabrina Palmer You know it’s going to be a good show when Kris Myers runs out on stage waving a foot-long sandwich and trying to hand it out to the crowd while the band goes into the famous rare sing-a-long, Front Porch, as an opener. But where to even begin? …
06/25/15 Sumtur Amphitheater Omaha, NE I: Room to Breathe, Piranhas, Prowler, Bright Lights, Draconian, End of the Road, Rocker 2 II: DBK > Sociable Jimmy > DBK, Miami Virtue > The Floor, August, Search 4 > ALB E: Baba O’Riley