Photo by Dave DeCrescente via @UmphreysMcGee on IG
Umphrey’s McGee closed their inaugural run at New Haven, Conn.’s Westville Music Bowl on Saturday night, continuing a night one trend of nodding to rockers of the past.
The teases came early as the band added elements of their own “Miss Tinkle’s Overture” to their opening “Get In The Van.” Other highlights from the first half included the natural mid-set pairing of “Cemetery Walk” and “Cemetery Walk II” and a closing jam through “Uncommon”> “Dump City.”
Set two, however, came out of the gate with “Mantis” – including a tease of Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever.” From there, the band jammed into “Day Nurse,” presumably nodding to Nugent’s recent tango with COVID-19 (Nugent was an avid denier of the pandemic, before coming down with the illness).
Not long after, the band was also sure to honor their Rush fanhood with a “YYZ” tease before “Ringo.”
Set two continued on with a “1000 Places to See Before You Die”> “Crucial Taunt” segment before UM brought themselves full-circle with a “Mantis” revival after “Miami Virtue.”
UM encored with their third-ever version of Soundgarden’s “Outshined” and their own “Den.”
Check out the full setlist (h/t allthings.umphreys) below:
Umphrey’s McGee
May 8, 2021
Westville Music Bowl
Set I: Get In The Van[1] > 2×2, The Silent Type, Cemetery Walk, Cemetery Walk II, Uncommon > Dump City
Set II: Mantis[2] > Day Nurse, Ringo[3], 1000 Places to See Before You Die > Crucial Taunt, Miami Virtue> Mantis
Enc: Outshined, Den
Notes:
[1] with Miss Tinkle’s Overture tease
[2] with Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent) jam
[3] with Dump City teases, with YYZ (Rush) tease before Ringo
8 Comments comments associated with this post
Sideshow Bob
May 10, 2021 at 7:59 pmI like these guys. Definitely a great combo of “heavy/dark/psychedelia” missing in most jambands where there’s just too much Fluffernutter (SCI is 1000% Disposable Fluff, Phish is about 50/50). I’m Old so tend towards Panic & Mule.
As for baseball caps, fine, who cares? As an Old guy, IMHO, if you’re not a biker, sailor, or convicted felon, all these Hipsters with their earrings, other piercings, & tattoos, just makes them look like a bunch of Poseurs. “Look at how Cool I am, I know how to Accessorize”. Lame.
& Fuck Trump, & anyone who supports Trump.
Sideshow Bob
May 10, 2021 at 8:03 pmAlso, I’d say the Nuge tease was more Stranglehold than Cat Scratch Fever, not that it matters, The Nuge still Sucks (I do love telling U2 fans that Bullet the Blue Sky is a ripoff of Stranglehold tho, ’cause U2 sucks too, but for entirely different reasons tho)
Bald Bassist
May 10, 2021 at 7:27 pmAs a bald man and bass player who plays live in a band; I take offense to your comment about wearing hats while playing gigs. If you saw the Montreal expos hat I got for this summers shows you would eat your words. #goexpos
Tim
May 10, 2021 at 3:26 pm@Dan: I second everything you said. @UM Forever: you are a delusional fascist supporter and a cult member.
Dan
May 10, 2021 at 9:18 amEvery now and then I think about getting back on social media. And then I come to a website like this and I read the replies and comments and I think, Oh my God the world is filled with stupid people. Thank you for posting these three comments to this article. You have helped stay me off social media for another three months.
UM forever
May 9, 2021 at 10:17 pmThe Ted Nugent jam was a “Nod” to America… stay tuned…MAGA’s just warming up.
Charles
May 9, 2021 at 7:49 pmI never go to see band that wear baseball caps at a gig. RATM being the exception. If that is the best you got, a fucking baseball cap….puke.
ChesterCopperpot
May 9, 2021 at 8:00 pmyou actually care about what they’re wearing? you must listen to some REAL shit.