Within a month away from Summer Camp 2016, the great Umphrey’s McGee hits the stage for yet another face-melting two night run at the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas. These guys are back in “Sin City” to hit it extra hard with their super unique crowd-based interactive four quarter show dubbed UMBOWL. It should also be noted that Umph was accompanied by the beautiful ladies of Trey Anastasio Band – Jenniffer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman.
The First Quarter consisted of what they call “RAW STEWAGE” which is an entire set of your favorite pieces of improv stitched together to create a long-form piece of new music. Ticket buyers were able to vote on their favorite live moments, and the band took those votes and assembled them into one tidy package.
Quarter 1: Breaker[1], Roctopus[1], Fly Like a Beagle[1], Downtrodden[1], Until We Meet Again[1]
The Second Quarter was an “ALL REQUEST” Quarter where ticket buyers received a ballot to vote for the songs they’d most like to hear.
Quarter 2: Nopener[2], Gulf Stream[3], Great American[4], Bullhead City[5], FF[6] > Soul Food III[7], 1000 Places to See Before You Die[8], Alex’s House[9], Forks[10]
Quarter 3: Entire quarter was completely improvised[11]
The Fourth Quarter was a ”CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE” experience where those in attendance were calling the plays, quarterbacking the music if you will. A series of choices were presented to the audience on projection screens and they were decided in real time. Voting occurred via text message and the results tallied as they came in. Fans were able to choose from a wide variety of UM originals, improvisational styles, and cover songs.
Quarter 4: Slacker, Atmosfarag > Ringo[12] > “Zappa (Jake conducts) improv”[12], Sledgehammer[13], Wizard Burial Ground[14]
Overtime: I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)[13], All In Time[14]
