new music friday... uh, sunday, better late than never

i sincerely apologize for the delay... i have been sick and plus, getting the man and his daughter all settled it has been a long weekend...

anywho... new music friday is a concert review... i saw my first Umphrey's McGee concert on 4/27/06.

Now, a bit of background here... umphrey's is taking the jamband scene by force... i have listened to them, but never seen them live... what i have heard is ok, but not rocking my world, so before i made any "i like them, i don't like them" decisions, i needed to see them live.

now, more background... i left work early on thursday, and had friday scheduled off... got into it with my ex-hubby thursday, to the point that he made me cry, and i wasn't feeling well anyway, so, to be honest, i just didn't really wanna go, but knew i had to... robbie was counting on me, plus i was gonna get to meet up with some truephans, which was gonna be cool... the show was 1.5 hours away... and all i knew was that i was not feeling well, my man was at home waiting for me, and we were finishing up his move on friday, so i knew i had a long 36 or so hours ahead of me...

so, come home for some debate on whether i should go or not... have lunch with mom and my guy and then off to robb's... we make our way to champaign and find a bar to meet up with the truephans... then head to the venue...

the opening act was supposed to start at 9pm, started at 940... umphrey's didn't go on until 1040... left champaign at 215am... long long long nite... the show was good, first set on the floor, danced... but by the time the 2nd. set came along i was so damned tired, and so friggin sick, it just didn't matter anymore... so, here is the set list and some pics... Umphrey's McGee


04.27.06
Canopy ClubUrbana, Illinois
Set One
Morning Song > Hurt Bird Bath, #5 > Got Your Milk (Right Here), Ringo > "Jimmy Stewart" > Ringo, Walletsworth
Set Two
Der Bluten Kat > Wife Soup > "Jimmy Stewart"^ > Wife Soup, Liquid, Higgins
Encore
#50 Ways to Leave Your Lover > The Bottom Half
Notes
Kick the Cat opened^ with Chris Clemente replacing Ryan on bass, Chris Siebold replacing Brendan on guitar, Vijay Tellis-Nayak joining Joel on keys, and with Tom Hipskind joining Andy on percussion# with Pearl Necklace intro