Umphrey’s McGee continue to impress on their West Coast March run, stopping at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR for a fiery performance. The group wasted no time getting to work, opening with “Dump City” and raging through the first set with versions of “In The Black” and “Go To Hell.” One of the first highlights from the show came during “Nemo,” when guitarists Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger joined keyboardist Joel Cummins for an all-out keyboard jam. What fun!
Another big bust-out was a cover performance of Ween’s “Transdermal Celebration,” which the group debuted during the Godboner set with Gene Ween at Summer Camp Music Festival (watch the full set here). Since we don’t have footage from last night’s second-ever performance of the Ween song, we’ll have to settle for the debut version:
The rest of the show continued to impress, with jams like “Triple Wide > Speak Up” and a “1348 > Made 2 Measure > 1348” medley. Umphrey’s McGee continues their spring tour with a second night in Portland, OR, tonight, March 13th.
Setlist: Umphrey’s McGee at the Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR – 3/12/16
Set One: Dump City, In The Black, Go To Hell, Nemo > Keyboard Jam* > Nemo, Push The Pig, Make It Right, Uncle Wally, Hindsight
Set Two: Transdermal Celebration, Triple Wide > Speak Up, 1348 > Made 2 Measure > 1348, Piranhas, 2nd Self, Le Blitz > Educated Guess
Encore: Booth Love > Upward
* Brendan & Jake on keyboards