Nachos For All
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7.10.26 Pure Saturation enters Mulches mayhem territory ~10:20 mark — can we get a ruling on if a tease happened here? Fantastic furious finish either way cc: @jwelsh8.bsky.social @bizarchive.bsky.social @allthings.umphreys.com
🧵 reflection thread on @umphreys.com 1st show after announcing Jake was no longer a member of the band The music spoke for itself that evening, even if no band members mentioned the elephant in the room 🤘🏽🐘💜 #umphlove #livemusic
Nachos For All@umfacts.bsky.social · 3w agoBeen marinating on official 1st show sans Jake, seen some angry posts about UM not saying anything about it during show, feels a bit misguided & wrong. Without speaking directly about Jake’s decision & formal return to a 5-piece, Bayliss seemingly spoke about his band brother all night #umphreys /
7.8.26 Encore Hajimemashite: “I didn’t know things were supposed to be this way” Baba O’Riley: “The exodus is here, the happy ones are near” + “Don't cry, don't raise your eye” All in Time: “My blood it boils with passions overflowing” We hear ya loud & clear & it’s ok to miss JC #umphreys /fin
7.8.26 Set 2 (cont.) Resolution: “I see the road leading towards the solution, see” + Dear Prudence jam “The sun is up…you are part of everything” + symbolic nod of song Jake wrote pre-UM w/Ali Baba’s Tahini Dear Lord: 1st song UM’s original four members played together live in 1997 #umphreys /7
7.8.26 Set 2 (cont.) Slacker: “We have yet to ever give you our best” + the song’s 2nd ever lyrical Stew “you’ll never see another side of me like this again” Wide Open: “The more I try untangling feelings, all scrambled inside, unspoken it teases” + “wide open” future #umphreys /6
7.8.26 Set 2 All in Time: “I could tell you all about what’s next, if I could make it clear” Hangover: general vibe from months of uncertainty about Jake’s status Escape Goat: “Remember what we’ve been through, and no one’s really gone, and time could never change you” #umphreys /5
7.8.26 Set 1 (cont) Fenced In: “We burn the signs as we begin again. Hate is a motherfucker” Mad Love: “The only constant now is change” + No hate -> Nothing but love segue Black Water: “I built me a raft and she’s ready for floating” + of all cover options, Jake sang these verses #umphreys /4
Set 1 Conduit: “Escape the wheel as they conceal, the way this pact is sealed” Mantis: “We believe there’s something here worth dying for…the uniforms are old but we’ll still try some more.” Speak Up: “if you got something to say, you gotta say it right now” #umphreys /3
The evening’s 16 selections delivered symbolism in spades. Song titles & lyrics layered overt statements with subtler undertones, a special setlist crafted to honor 25+ years of an intensely creative relationship while affirming the collective spirit to carry on what was started in 1997 #umphreys /2
Been marinating on official 1st show sans Jake, seen some angry posts about UM not saying anything about it during show, feels a bit misguided & wrong. Without speaking directly about Jake’s decision & formal return to a 5-piece, Bayliss seemingly spoke about his band brother all night #umphreys /
7.8.26 Speak Up with Fenced In teases ~6:45 cc: @bizarchive.bsky.social @jwelsh8.bsky.social
A 38-song tribute playlist to Jacob Alan Cinninger, curated to highlight his enduring legacy w/ @umphreys.com 2nu.gs/3TsUSZx Leads off w/poignant Amazing Grace -> Glory medley w/Chicago Mass Choir #allthefeels Ends where it all began, N2F Reprise in South Bend #umphreys #jake #livemusic #umphlove
A 38-song tribute playlist to Jacob Alan Cinninger, curated to highlight his enduring legacy w/ @umphreys.com 2nu.gs/3TsUSZx Leads off w/poignant Amazing Grace -> Glory medley w/Chicago Mass Choir #allthefeels Ends where it all began, N2F Reprise in South Bend #umphreys #jake #livemusic #umphlove
Processing the official word that Jaco’s no longer a current member of Umphreys McGee will take time. Today, gonna celebrate (somberly) an incredible indelible creative collaboration spanning thousands of shows & innumerable spine-tingling moments of Jake being Jake 🤘🏽💜💔🤘🏽 #umphreys #livemusic
Happy Fourth of July! Inspired by the holiday’s animating force of *freedom* enjoy this acrostic playlist that celebrates the magic of improv, music’s innate spirit of freedom 2nu.gs/4glCR9d THE FREEDOM TO IMPROVISE 21 tracks, 15 bands, all exploring the unknown with reckless abandon #livemusic
6.5.26 Similar Skin with Voices Inside My Head tease by Bayliss ~5:00 mark cc: @bizarchive.bsky.social @jwelsh8.bsky.social #umphreys #ThePolice #livemusic
Feel like it needs to be said…this unicorn Nothing Too Fancy was unfinished 🦄 #umphreys #livemusic
Nachos For All@umfacts.bsky.social · 2mo agoN2F’s been played at 510 UM shows (and many Ali Baba’s Tahini shows pre-Sept ‘00), though The Caverns Fancy is the very 1st time played without Jake Refreshing arrangement w/enthralling Joel solo in the spot normally reserved for Bayliss liftoff. Ended a 30 show gap, N2F’s longest (19 previously)
The Zwang Effect #umphreys #livemusic #KimbleHeals
Nachos For All@umfacts.bsky.social · 2mo agoDidn’t have KIMBLE(!) morphing into a jam vehicle on my Summer ‘26 bingo card 🤘🏽 A cathartic comp co-written by Mirro & @goldlikejoel.bsky.social, Kimble debuted at UM Show #1 & has been played 295x, though rarely (basically never) spread its improv wings UNTIL NOW 🤯 Thanks Team UM 💗 #umphreys
I was at the Black Mountain shows, they were a wonderful rainy time. Kimble was an especially pretty moment. I’m still so thankful for every @umphreys.com show I get to catch!
N2F’s been played at 510 UM shows (and many Ali Baba’s Tahini shows pre-Sept ‘00), though The Caverns Fancy is the very 1st time played without Jake Refreshing arrangement w/enthralling Joel solo in the spot normally reserved for Bayliss liftoff. Ended a 30 show gap, N2F’s longest (19 previously)
Didn’t have KIMBLE(!) morphing into a jam vehicle on my Summer ‘26 bingo card 🤘🏽 A cathartic comp co-written by Mirro & @goldlikejoel.bsky.social, Kimble debuted at UM Show #1 & has been played 295x, though rarely (basically never) spread its improv wings UNTIL NOW 🤯 Thanks Team UM 💗 #umphreys
Look forward to this “Herbie E jam” getting its moment. For inquiring minds, Hang Up Your Hangups is primarily in E minor… #umphreys 🤘🏽
Joel Cummins@goldlikejoel.bsky.social · 2mo agoBust outs and debuts last night @umphreys.com Pine Creek Lodge night 2. See you tonight for the run closer!
21 years ago, 1st of 9 (and counting) Robot Worlds that go so hard, so deep, Bayliss can’t help but freestyle 21 years ago also means The Rave 40s can legally imbibe #umphreys #LyricalStew #livemusic #improv
17 yrs ago, less than 3 months after releasing an album of brand new material, UM played Mantis front to back in its entirety for set 2 Since then, three more complete albums have been played: Anchor Drops (5.24.19) Local Band Does OK (1.21.22) Songs For Older Women (11.11.22) #umphreys #livemusic
Most Playlists Spell Something, Vol. 5: APRIL FOOLS Aretha Neighbor (Beatles) Dogs in a Pile (Lorde) Umphreys (Hall & Oates) Octave Cat (Nirvana) Billy Strings (James Gang) Holly Bowling (Grateful Dead) Stuff (Edwin Hawkins Singers) T. Petty (R. Berry) 💀⚡️(secret Scarlet>Fire) 2nu.gs/48mkf3Q #music
UM’s Jakeless week kicked off with a St Paddy’s party in Portland, feat. 8th show-opening Triple Wide 🕺🏾💃🏽 Cool spotlight for Umphreys most frequently played instrumental, appearing in 521 shows since January 2002 — only quartet of All in Time, Hurt Bird Bath, 40s Theme & 2x2 have dazzled more stages
