Over the weekend, Umphrey’s McGee headed to the highly anticipated LOCKN’ Festival in Arrington, Virginia, headlining Thursday night with alternating sets with Lettuce (during which both bands blew minds with their stellar transition between sets) as well as performing a set filled with Led Zeppelin classics on Friday evening with help from Jason Bonham, Taylor Hicks, and Derek Trucks. After these triumphant festival appearances, Umphrey’s McGee kept playing through the weekend, following up their two nights at LOCKN’ with a performance at the Iroquois Amphitheatre in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 25th.

In Louisville, the band opened the show up with “Dump City”, followed by a performance of new tune “Push & Pull”, which marked the it’s you track’s third live performance. Continuing to work through material off their complementary pair of 2018 albums, it’s not us and it’s you, the group offered up “Looks” before more classic fare, such as a well-segued combo of “Out Of Order” into “Slacker”.

However, the main highlight of the first frame and the show was the band’s performance of “Raymond”, which was sandwiched within “Example 1”. The band’s Louisville rendition of the “Raymond” marked the first live performance of the instrumental tune since April 3rd, 2014—a span of 424 shows. This also marked the 50th overall rendition since the song was debuted in 1999. Next, Umphrey’s McGee performed “Roulette”, dusting off the tune for the first time since March, before ending the set with “Miss Tinkle’s Overture”.

Though “Raymond” served as the largest surprise of the night, the group did not ease up during their explosive second set. An extended “Der Bluten Kat” clocking in at 20 minutes in length kicked off set two, moving into the original version of “Cut The Cable” before briefly returning to “Der Bluten Kat” to close the segment. “Mad Love” came next ahead of a cover of The Clash‘s “Rock The Casbah”, which kicked off a jam-heavy string of songs including “The Triple Wide” and “Triangle Tear” ahead of the set-closing rendition of “August”. To close the night in full, Umphrey’s McGee offered another sandwich in the encore slot, taking “1348” into and back out of “Soul Food II”.

You can listen to full audio from the show below.

Umphrey’s McGee – Iroquois Amphitheatre – Full Audio

 

[Audio: Scott T.]

For a full list of Umphrey’s McGee’s upcoming shows, head to the band’s website.

Setlist: Umphrey’s McGee | Iroquois Amphitheatre | Louisville, KY | 8/25/2018

Set 1: Dump City, Push & Pull, Looks, Out Of Order > Slacker, Example 1 > Raymond > Example 1, Roulette > Miss Tinkle’s Overture

Set 2: Der Bluten Kat > Cut the Cable[1] > Der Bluten Kat, Mad Love, Rock the Casbah > The Triple Wide > Triangle Tear, August

Encore: 1348 > Soul Food II > 1348