Last night, Umphrey’s McGee played at SweetWater 420’s pre-party, the single set performance featured a cover set slatted as All Night Wrong. Meanwhile, The String Cheese Incident also heated things up in the Peach State. The Colorado-based band played their new tune “Lend Me A Hand,” and a rare “Whiskey Before Breakfast” to kick off their SweetWater 420 stand.
Umphrey’s McGee began their show by covering Jimi Hendrix’s “Power of Soul” which led to a pairing of tunes initially penned by Pink Floyd: “Young Lust” and “Another Brick in the Wall.” The ensemble played The Police’s 1980 track, “When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around” which segued into Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi.”
Then they took on a cover of The Beatles' 1969 tune, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” before blasting into the modern era with Beck’s “Debra,” which featured a sit-in by guitarist and member of Tauk, Matt Jalbert. Umphrey’s McGee then threw it back to 1983 with Wang Chung’s “Dance Hall Days” off Point on the Curve, which featured Alex Bradley on trumpet, Pauly Juhl on saxophone and Kyle Snuffer on trombone.
Umphrey’s McGee performed the Grateful Dead’s “Althea” off the 1980 LP, Go to Heaven, with members of The String Cheese Incident, including Kyle Hollingsworth on keys and Michael Kang on electric mandolin. For their final song of the epic All Night Wrong cover set, Umphrey's McGee fooled around with the Talking Head’s “Making Flippy Floppy.”
Later that night, The String Cheese Incident performed their first set of SweetWater 420. The show got underway with “Sweet Spot” off 2017’s Believe, followed up by a double dose of “Song In My Head” and “Dudley’s Kitchen.” Then, the ensemble performed their new tune, “Lend Me A Hand,” for the second time ever, following a New Year’s Eve debut at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago.
String Cheese Incident played fan favorite “Black and White” before dusting off a rare cover of the traditional upbeat jam “Whiskey For Breakfast.” The band finished off the first set with their new song, “Hi Ho No Show,” off their latest EP, Into The Blue.
The second set kicked off with “You’ve Got The World.” The band then played a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” before they moved into a five-track segued jam that began with “One Step Closer” and ended on “Rivertrence.” String Cheese Incident delivered “Restless Wind” off of ‘Round the Wheel for their encore.
See the band’s setlists below.
Umphrey’s McGee
SweetWater 420 Festival– Atlanta
April 28, 2022
Set: Power of Soul, Young Lust > Another Brick in the Wall, When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around > Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi, I Want You (She’s So Heavy)*, Debra^, Dance Hall Days^, Althea&, Making Flippy Floppy&
Notes:
* with Matt Jalbert on guitar
^ with Alex Bradley on trumpet, Pauly Juhl on saxophone and Kyle Snuffer on trombone
& with Kyle Hollingsworth on keys and Michael Kang on electric mandolin
+ entire show without Jake Cinninger
The String Cheese Incident
SweetWater 420 Festival– Atlanta
April 28, 2022
Set I: Sweet Spot, Song In My Head > Dudley’s Kitchen, Lend Me A Hand, Back and White > Whiskey Before Breakfast > Hi Ho No Show
Set II: You’ve Got The World, I Wish, One Step Closer > Sirens > Desert Dawn > Way Back Home > Rivertrance
Enc.: Restless Wind
