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Last night, Umphrey’s McGee returned to The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, blame off the aboriginal of a two-night run at the celebrated breadth and the aboriginal night of three nights in the New York area, including Sunday’s awful advancing and sold-out Brooklyn Bowl show. The accelerating jam six-piece started off aftermost night’s appearance with “Runnin’ Down A Dream” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, played in accolade to the late, great Tom Petty—Friday’s achievement apparent the Umphrey’s aboriginal appearance aback Petty’s afterlife as able-bodied as, remarkably, the band’s aboriginal time accoutrement the iconic musician. Jake Cinninger took advance vocals and delivered an awesome, spot-on arrangement of the song’s acclaimed guitar solo.
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The Petty awning flowed altogether into “JaJunk”. The drop-on-a-dime alteration is one of the band’s trademarks, and they accomplished this one with ease. The “JaJunk” jam was huge—a abundant and circuitous allotment of architecture that accustomed all six associates of the bandage to angle their agreeable muscles. The bandage bound started up “Much Obliged”, alms a spot-on adaptation of the fan-favorite. The song’s alarm breakdown got the army moving, and some “Werewolves Of London” teases from keyboardist Joel Cummins were eventually best up by Cinninger for a fun and antic segment.
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["776"]Continuing the aperture stanza, the bandage flowed into “Upward”, which was as beatific and boastful as ever. This song has become one of the band’s best reliable songs to jam into, an accomplished landing pad that helps the bandage accouter the activity they’ve created and transform it into one massive peak. The highlight of the aboriginal set was an advancing “Intentions Clear.” This was an accomplished booty on the song, with a accommodating jam that evolved slowly, with Cinninger offering up some absolute accent guitar, active the jam before Brendan Bayliss launched into some advance licks that pushed the architecture into additional gear. This was a “how did they cull that off?” beatitude jam that Umphrey’s admirers achievement for on a nightly basis.
Coming out of “Intentions Clear”, Umphrey’s McGee launched into “Make It Right”, a new song featuring atomic bifold guitars and a short-but-sweet jam with a acute peak. To abutting out the aboriginal set, the bandage played a metal-infused “Higgins”, which assorted the majority of set one. Umphrey’s can get appealing abundant and with “Higgins” they did aloof that, axis it up to eleven and carrying a “Jimmy Stewart” ad-lib articulation that, at times, articulate a bit like “Spoonman” by Soundgarden.
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The uptick in activity with “Higgins” was aloof a baby aftertaste of what was to appear in set two. To accessible the additional set, Umphrey’s angry to one of their best reliable set-openers, a pulsating “Wappy Sprayberry” that best up area set one larboard off. The absorbing jam articulation was met by three-dimensional lights from Jefferson Waful, who done the bandage in adventurous and ablaze colors all night long. The “Wappy” alone anon into a behemothic adaptation of “Phil’s Farm,” which should anon access the active for UM’s 2017 Hall of Fame release. The jam was remarkable, with the bandage harnessing some agrarian activity for an advancing booty on the genre-bending classic.
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“Wappy Sprayberry” > “Phil’s Farm”
Continuing the trend of seamless transitions and admired favorites, the bandage larboard “Phil’s Farm” amateurish and fabricated a bendable landing on the slow-build addition of “2×2.” UM delivered an able booty on the Bayliss-penned favorite. “2×2” has a little bit of aggregate for fans, with attractive harmonies account by beefy riffs, apocalyptic rhythms, and aerial guitar solos. It is generally a advertise of the array that Umphrey’s brings to their alive show, and aftermost night’s adaptation was addition beauteous archetype of the band’s prowess.
After a quick breather, Kris Myers and Andy Farag took an continued dual-drum solo, which concluded up as a continued addition for a spot-on awning of “Africa” by Toto that had the accomplished admirers singing forth loudly. Following the fun cover, Umphrey’s bankrupt out “Resolution”, the old admired that dates aback to Cinninger’s canicule in Ali Baba’s Tahini. Umphrey’s McGee bankrupt out their speed-rock aggravate of “Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles, and alone a arresting aggravate of “Roundabout” by Yes into the track, afore segueing aback into “Phil’s Farm” to complete the huge adaptation and to accompany set two to a close. For the encore, Umphrey’s angry in one added admired classic—a absonant booty on “Miss Tinkle’s Overture” that beatific the Capitol Theatre army into a frenzy.
["380.24"]You can analysis out photos from aftermost night’s achievement below, address of Andrew Blackstein.
Setlist: Umphrey’s McGee | The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY | 10/20/2017
Set One: Runnin’ Down A Dream > JaJunk > Much Obliged > Upward, Intentions Clear > Make It Right, Higgins
Set Two: Wappy Sprayberry > Phil’s Farm > 2×2, Drums > Africa, Resolution > Phil’s Farm
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Encore: Miss Tinkle’s Overture
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