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Um Archive - Spring 2014

DESCRIPTION: Life on the road can be rough, and Brendan Bayliss regales us with a little bit of context for the song selection in Cleveland. Wappy Sprayberry has quickly become one of the most popular songs amongst many hardcore fans. (iTunes)

TRACKS

1. Hangover (05.31.08 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH)
2. 2nd Self (05.01.08 Sundown in the City - Knoxville, TN)
3. Wappy Sprayberry* >
4. Got Your Milk (Right Here) (05.02.08 New Orleans, LA)
5. Great American^ (05.24.08 Summer Camp - Chillicothe, IL)
6. Hurt Bird Bath** >
7. In the Kitchen (05.30.08 Mountain Jam - Hunter Mountain, NY)

* with The Triple Wide teases
^ with Mike Racky on pedal steel and George Jones (Chicago Afrobeat Project) on percussion
** with Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) intro

DESCRIPTION: The band has gently been toying with the structure of Resolution, pushing more and more improv before the 2nd verse, this Sioux City version is a good example. The semi-rare All Things Ninja has an old-school Pony staple...a solo performance of America the Beautiful. (iTunes)

TRACKS

1. Resolution >
2. The Bottom Half* (07.05.08 Saturday In the Park - Sioux City, IA)
3. Eat >
4. Alex's House (07.26.08 Bank of America Pavilion - Boston, MA)
5. All Things Ninja^ (06.07.08 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI)
6. Bridgeless (07.10.08 Willow Island - Madison, WI)

* with Third Stone from the Sun (Jimi Hendrix) jam
^ with Angular Momentum tease and America the Beautiful

DESCRIPTION: The much anticipated collaboration between UM and STS9 finally happened during Push the Pig at the UM late-night set on 07.25 in front of a sold-out crowd at their old Philadelphia stomping grounds the TLA. (iTunes)

TRACKS

1. Making Flippy Floppy >
2. Kat's Tune (07.17.08 LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH)
3. Mullet (Over) (06.05.08 The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI)
4. Professor Wormbog >
5. Intentions Clear >
6. Mulche's Odyssey (07.11.08 Live on the Levee - St. Louis, MO)
7. Push the Pig* (07.25.08 Theater of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA)

* with David Murphy and Zach Velmer of STS9 replacing Ryan and Kris

DESCRIPTION: Another late-night, this time in Raleigh, another chance to stretch out as the band debuts a new cover Voices Inside My Head by The Police, which is followed by a "Jimmy Stewart" that appeared 3 times over the course of the summer tour. A future song? Time will tell. (iTunes)

TRACKS

1. The Floor (07.27.08 Pier Six Pavilion - Baltimore, MD)
2. Higgins (07.10.08 Willow Island - Madison, WI)
3. Bright Lights, Big City >
4. Voices Inside My Head* >
5. "Jimmy Stewart" (07.31.08 Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC)
6. Slacker^ (07.18.08 White River State Park - Indianapolis, IN)
7. Example 1 >
8. Ringo** (07.06.08 Minnesota Zoo Amphitheatre - Apple Valley, MN)

* first time played (The Police)
^ with One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic) teases
** second half, only

DESCRIPTION: The first ever 2-set acoustic Umphrey's show provides us with different takes on the somewhat rare Liquid and Plunger. The band tried to make up for the cancelled gig in Atlanta in the summer with a return trip to the city a few weeks later that featured a monstrous Utopian Fir. (iTunes)

TRACKS

1. Rocker part II >
2. The Fussy Dutchman (09.12.08 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX)
3. Liquid* >
4. Plunger* (09.01.08 Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO)
5. Utopian Fir >
6. Mail Package (09.14.08 The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA)

* first time played (The Police)
^ with One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic) teases
** second half, only