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Here is the post from our recent trip to Chicago: http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/250504/ Jaybone... check jambase for your trip, looks like some decent music in March including STS9, Fareed Haque, Dickey Betts, North Indiana Allstars, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Great American Taxi...

Awesome! Congrats!!

After being bumped out a few times, we eventually got a pair of lawns for Deer Creek. For those not going onto Alpine, the Bean Blossom Bluegrass festival on the Saturday , which we'll likely do, looks great! http://www.beanblossom.com/

I'd love to see these guys up here! Good times last night, the sound in that room is amazing!!

Um has loaded up some videos from the run at their youtube website: http://www.youtube.com/user/umvideo

The 31st was a party! The third set was pretty special!!

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Jason(Headygouda), Sarah and I had a blast in Chicago for NYE! Umphreys McGee played 3 shows at the historic Auditorium Theatre. Lots of guests culminating with the Chicago Mass Choir on the 31st. All 3 shows had great moments! We enjoyed some tasty food in the windy city, probably the best meal at Frontera Grill(Rick Bayless) for Mexican. Definitely check out Frontera Grill if ever in Chicago. The food was awesome, everything tasted very fresh and the meal was surprisingly affordable. We did a bunch of apps that included a seafood platter that had oysters and 2 ceviches (marlin and scallops), taquitos filled with pork and carmelized onions, guacamole, queso with red peppers and chorizo sausage, tacos with a bunch of salsas and some damn tasty margaritas! Good Stuff!! http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html Millennium Park is definitely worth the visit: the Bean, Pritzker Pavilion and the Crown Fountain are all impressive. Right beside the Park is the Art Institute of Chicago, a must see/do as well. http://www.millenniumpark.org/ http://www.artic.edu/aic/ Chicago has some great historic walks as well. We did the historic skyscrappers walking tour. http://www.architecture.org/tours.aspx Lots of great pics here of NYE: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16220/Umphrey's-McGee-12.31.08-Chicago We had great 2nd row seats in front of Jake for the 3 nights! UM with Koko Taylor 12/29/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: Slacker> Dump City> Slacker> Dump City, 2x2> Jimmy Stewart> 2x2, Resolution1, Intentions Clear1, Hoochie Coochie Man1 2> She's Nineteen Years Old1 2, Damn Right I've Got the Blues1 2 Set II: Plunger> The Bottom Half3> Plunger> The Bottom Half, Gulf Stream> KaBump1, Hajimemashite Encore: Mulche's Odyssey, Scenes from an Italian Resturaunt1 4 1 Jeff Coffin (Saxophone) 2 Buddy Guy (Guitar & Vocals) 3 'The Triple Wide' teases 12/30/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: Sweetness1> August2, Wizard Burial Ground, Morning Song, Alex's House3, Rocker Part II3, 40's Theme4 Set II: Made To Measure3 5> Great American3 4, Bright Lights, Big City4, Ocean Billy, Der Bluten Kat3> Jimmy Stewart (w/ lyrics)3> Der Bluten Kat3 Encore: Ringo3 1 Brendan & Jake (Acoustics) 2 Brendan & Jake (Acoustics) - First Half 3 Joshua Redman (Saxophone) 4 Stanley Jordan (Guitar) 5 First Time Played (Original) 12/31/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: In the Kitchen> Prowler> In the Kitchen, Nothing Too Fancy1> The Haunt> Kula> The Floor, Let the Good Times Roll2,Come to Mama2 Set II: Women Wine and Song3, Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough3 4, Partyin' Peeps, Hurt Bird Bath, Much Obliged> Closer> Much Obliged, Bridgeless3 Set III: Wappy Sprayberry3> Auld Lang Syne3> Wappy Sprayberry> JaJunk> Higgins> JaJunk, Amazing Grace5> Glory5> Amazing Grace5> Glory5, With a Little Help From My Friends3 5 6, Wife Soup3, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For5 7 Encore: Divisions> Hangover3> Divisions 1 Unfinished 2 Koko Taylor (Vocals) & Shun Kikuta (Guitar) 3 With 'Mad Dog's Filthy Little Secret' - Michael "Mad Dog" Mavridoglou (Trumpet), Chris Neal (Saxophone), Brent Sanders (Trombone) 4 First Time Played (Michael Jackson) 5 Chicago Mass Choir 6 First Time Played (The Beatles) ; The band performed the Joe Cocker arrangement 7 First Time Played (U2)

I should be at this too, as long as the weather holds out.

Umphrey's run in Chicago!

Happy B-day!

Jack Donaghy for PM!

Wow! Bashers stocking is looking full already with SP's imminent purchases of the canned spray on condoms and the dirty balls shampoo!! Perhaps his post x-mas name should be Robo-Schlongerman

Happy B-Day!

Happy B-Day!

UM run in Chicago

We did these a couple Halloweens ago... the Bob turned out better than the Jerry. We'll give it another go this year!

Drivers licence is fine(with birth certificate) http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/whti-ivho/land-terrestre-eng.html

Sorry no extras... but headed down for UM in Geneva, as well as the Trey show.

Lots of great suggestions for Boston so far! Definitely use the T to get around, I used it a lot when Sarah lived down there. Freedom Trail: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/ The Duck Tour is fun: http://www.bostonducktours.com/ For museums, the Museum of Fine Arts is impressive! http://www.mfa.org/ The Museum of Science has an IMAX, the Grand Canyon movie is great: http://www.mos.org/ If you head out to Harvard Square… The Fogg museum is under renovations so they have a review of the 3 museums with selected exhibitions: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/information/ Aside from the campus, lots of shops/restaurants. John Harvards is a good place for lunch and beer: http://www.johnharvards.com/index.shtml If the Sox are still in the playoffs check out a Fenway Bar in the neighborhood: http://www.beerworks.net/html/locations_fenway.html Looks like some decent music from Thurs thru the weekend: YMSB, Kaki King, Dr Dog, Jamie Lidell Music Venues: http://www.somervilletheatreonline.com/somerville/index.php http://www.thedise.com/rockclub/index.html http://www.mideastclub.com/ http://www.harpersferryboston.com/ http://www.johnnyds.com/ If you’re out near Allston, be sure to go to Sunset Grill and Tap. They have over a 100 beers on tap!! http://www.allstonsfinest.com/ If you’re near Somerville(Davis Sqaure), go to Redbones for BBQ! Great food and beer: http://www.redbones.com/ A fun Irish Bar right around the corner from Redbones is The Burren: http://www.burren.com/ As well, for the best breakfast in Boston(Somerville) go to Sound Bites: http://www.soundbitesrestaurant.com/

lmao

In honour of the boys getting back together I hung my phish flag yesterday

Dr Dog are playing on Friday at the ElMo. http://www.myspace.com/drdog http://www.relix.com/Features/Relix_Cover_Story/DR._DOG_200806182978.html http://www.drdogmusic.com/

For fans of local micro beers, tickets are on sale for this years CaskDays. It's a fun event, lots of tasty one-off cask kegs, and this years line-up looks great. Bummed I can't make it, but UM and Trey should make up for it http://www.caskdays.com/ http://www.barvolo.com/

If you end up going... some of us are likely to grab a few pre-beers at the bar at Dinosaurs BBQ

Some fine looking ales! An interesting article in yesterdays Star with regards to the state of the English Pub: http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/502840