Last night I was lucky enough to catch the Umprhey's McGee concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. If I'd have to handicap who will eventually fill the jamband void left by Phish's retirement, I'd say there's good money to be placed on UM. The show rocked. Though, unfortunately, a buddy who was set to tape the show from front lip of the stage, was told he wasn't allowed to tape by some unknown person of the band's management right before the show started.

This is all the more unfortunate as I was really looking forward to torrenting this show out, and even more so when Phil Lesh (of the Grateful Dead) joined the band during the second set. A jamband torch passing moment? To hear it (and you should), I guess you'll need to wait for them to release the soundboard matrix for $9.99. Free distribution will always take a back seat when, in moments like these, there's good money to be made. That's just how it is.

By Gary Lerhaupt, 09:41 PM in general | Comments (0)