Umphrey's McGee

Non-Phish General
#1

What you guys think?

I, personally loooooooove this band.

They’re playing tonight for free in downtown Knoxville for Sundown in the City. I’m pumped. They are playing with a local band called the Mitch Rutmann Group. They are fantastic! I like them a lot, and I’ve actually played with Mitch before. They’re gonna have Jeff Coffin from the Flecktones play sax with them tonight. Fuck yeah!

If you’ve never really dug into Umphrey’s, check out these songs:

Get In The Van (I think)
In The Kitchen
Plunger (personal favorite)
All In Time (fucking awesome jam vehicle)

#2

i’ve seen them a couple of times and i don’t like them.

#3

I love Umphrey’s too! Their sound is unique and lots of fun. it took a little bit to grow on me though. I left the first Umph show I went to early, it was something about the vibe. And I skipped them at 10klf 2006, but I saw them in NYC in April 2007 and loved em!

#4

I hadn’t seen them in a while until Echo Project last year. That show reminded me how much love I have for them. That was a killer show.

#5

UM is dope scope.

#6

I listen to a lot of Umph’s these days. I’ll take any umphrey’s, but some of my favorite songs are :

Ocean Billy
Nothing Too Fancy
Plunger
Partyin’ Peeps
oh and Bright Lights is a big Friday/Saturday party song in my house.

#7

I like them… don’t listen to them much anymore though.

My first show:

10.09.03

The Pub in the Kennedy Union
University of Dayton, Ohio [^top]
Set One Nothing Too Fancy > Wife Soup, Miss Gradenko > Space Funk Booty^ > “Jimmy Stewart” > 13 Days* > Hangover**
Set Two Soul Food I > “Jimmy Stewart” > The Song Remains the Same, Mullet (Over), August > White Man’s Moccasins, Pay the Snucka, Front Porch > Kashmir$ > Front Porch > jam
Encore Down Under
Notes ^ with Jake on a bent circuit

  • with Slacker tease
    ** with Fletch theme jam and Q*bert tease
    $ first time played in full, Led Zeppelin

My last shows:

06.16.05

Wakarusa
Lawrence, Kansas [^top]
Set One Atmosfarag, Bright Lights > “Jimmy Stewart” > 2x2, Hurt Bird Bath, Ringo > “Jimmy Stewart” > Ringo, Panama
Set Two Dump City > “Jimmy Stewart”* > Dump City, Kinky Reggae, Jam^, Jazz Odyssey > 40’s Theme**, Much Obliged > Pay the Snucka, In the Kitchen**
Encore YYZ
Notes late night

  • with Mario Brothers theme and a circus theme
    ^ with Aron Magner and Marc Brownstein replacing Joel and Ryan, respectively
    ** with I Keep Forgettin’ (Leiber and Stoller, as performed by Michael McDonald) tease

06.17.05

Wakarusa
Lawrence, Kansas [^top]
One Set All In Time, Uncle Wally, Push the Pig, Hey 19 > Jam^ > Jazz Odyssey > Believe the Lie, Wife Soup, Miss Tinkle’s Overture*, Nemo, Partyin’ Peeps
Notes main stage
^ with Luther Dickinson replacing Brendan on guitar

  • with Thunderstruck teases

Around a dozen or so inbetween… never had a bad time at their shows.

#8

yeah they’re great. i can see how their sound would rub some the wrong way though. i actually prefer hooks and melody over superfast techtronic wizardry, but they mix the two just perfectly enough to make me say: godDAMN, sam.

#9

Love to see this thread go up…I consider them the best band going right now. I know I know bold statement, but I’ve been into these guys for a long time. My first show was 2/25/00 and have hit them up hard. Going to school at IU certainly helped as they frequented Bloomington at least once a month in the early days.

On a side note they are coming out with a new album soon. There first two albums are out of circulation and go for hundreds of dollars on ebay. I managed to score their first album: Greatest Hits Volum 3, but I’m still seeking their second album: Songs for Older Women. Anyone have a copy or know where to get one I would love to know.

As far as songs I love
Triple Wide
Divisons
Hangover
2X2

My list could probably go on and on as far as songs I dig.

#10

I love the UMPS. I’ve seen a lot of them and I just think they are the bees knees. Sickest band ever.

#11

fuck i need to see them. jaco hasn’t torn my face off in a live setting in at least two years. yeah it’s time.

by the way, i really, awfully, superduper sincerely love the last to studio albums, Safety in Numbers and The Bottom Half. this, i believe, is where they hit thier studio stride.

#12

I came close to seeing them. I bought their latest live album and liked it a lot and they were in town. But, of course, there were some sweet Bowl Games on that night so I ended up staying in and watching those. From what i’ve heard on CD, they’re quite good.

Stevo

#13

Man I got wayyyy too fucking drunk last night. I got kicked out for biting a couple people, walked around, went back in, got re-kicked out. I should be in fucking jail. For real. They’ve cracked down hardcore on underage drinking this year. I’m soooo lucky. I feel like shit.

Got too drunk to really enjoy the music the right way, and that I’m fucking pissed about.

#14

biting people?

what the hell?

why dont you tell us the story.

#15

i was just thinking the same thing…

#16

I take it they were wrapped in tinfoil and you thought their was chocolate inside.

#17

That’s dark liquor for you. I thought it would be fun to bite my two friends. I don’t know why.

I feel like a dumbass. Because I kinda pissed ‘em off. I thought it was funny as shit. Fuckin’ whiskey.

#18

Love the Umph.
See them alot.

Can’t wait till SUMMERCAMP!
Should be a fantastic time.

#19

if you see guelah there make sure to give him whiskey.

#20

wait…Guelah is still underage??

wtf?