Dream Focused: Grand Junction
For those of you just tuning in to Dream Focused, we have been examining Umphrey’s McGee’s new style of jamming; a departure from the ADD driven metal mania and an exploration into a cohesive groove.
[Photo from 11/11 - Toronto by Tammy Wetzel]
This edition finds the boys at The Mesa Theater in Grand Junction, CO. Off the beaten path and deep into tour, the band was in excellent form for a packed house and wrote an amazing setlist. Not only was the song selection fantastic, the improvisation this night was some of the best all fall.
We start with a particularly groovy version of August. The song has what Umphreaks call an “implied” Jimmy Stewart. This Stew is patient and winds up being a fairly danceable section with a great Bayliss solo to end the tune.
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The next section is a run of songs that start Set II. This is how you want a second set to open; old school segue with very fluid and tight improv sections. Front Porch > Resolution > Front Porch winds up going many different places with the utmost attention to the crowd’s energy.
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Finally, we end up at Tribute To The Spinal Shaft. This Tribute features a Bayliss-lead Stewart that is just gorgeous. Puff down and let yourself drift away to this ethereal jam.
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Stay tuned for our next installment and our many more to come. Fall 09 has been the best tour Umphrey’s has done in years and Hidden Track has the deets. Too much rock for one blog.
- Previously on HT: Grand Junction Photos/Review
Scott Bernstein
Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.
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HIDDEN TRACK: Being a well documented Velvet Underground fanatic, this must have been a fun one for you. Tell me about the genesis of this book.
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I have a shelf full of a dozen if not more Velvets and Lou Reed and John Cale books, but being even a huge fan as I am, there is a tremendous amount of artwork in this book that I'd never seen before. It's nice to be given that context to do some of the writing. The goal wasn't to do a definitive history for fans, it was to show them a lot of the art they hadn't seen before, rounded up in one place.
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