Umphrey’s McGee — San Francisco, CA (10/31/2008)
It’s a monster mash-up.
Set I: Higgins> The Triple Wide/Robot Rock1 2> Ocean Billy> Rainy Day Women #12 & 353> Ocean Billy, Women Wine and Song> Utopian Fir> Gulf Stream> Utopian Fir, TNT/Paranoid/Dirty Deeds4
Set II: Phil’s Farm/7 Nation Army/Money/How Many More Times?5> All in Time, Bridgeless> Miss Tinkle’s Overture> Thunderstruck> Miss Tinkle’s Overture, FF> The Floor, Another Brick in the Wall/Thriller6> Bridgeless
Encore: Hangover, Sad But True/Clint Eastwood7
1 UM/Daft Punk mashup
2 Jamie Shields (additional keyboards), Darren Shearer (additional percussion)
3 First Time Played (Bob Dylan)
4 AC/DC/Black Sabbath/AC/DC mashup
5 UM/The White Stripes/Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin mashup
6 Pink Floyd/Michael Jackson mashup
7 Metallica/The Gorillaz mashup
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RIP — Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
The author of Westworld,The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Disclosure, Timeline, State of Fear, Prey, and Next. He was also the creator of ER, but most famous for being the author of Jurassic Park, and its sequel The Lost World, both adapted into high grossing films and leading to the very successful franchise. He died unexpectedly at the age of 66.
37 Years Ago Today…
Announcer Al Dvorin uttered what would become a well known phrase: “Elvis has left the building” at the end of a Minneapolis concert by the King. He was asked to make the announcement in an effort to quiet the fans who continued to call for an encore.
Umphrey’s McGee — San Francisco, CA (11/1/2008)
Photo by Matt Andrews
11/01/08 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
Set I: 40′s Theme, Blue Echo> Uncle Wally, Prowler> Alex’s House, #5, Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
Set II: Making Flippy Floppy, Ringo, Der Bluten Kat> Jimmy Stewart (w/ lyrics)> End of the Road> Der Bluten Kat, Partyin’ Peeps, Come Closer
Encore: Can’t Find My Way Home, Wizard Burial Ground
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Happy Birthday — Peter Noone
This is for my mother-in-law. She tells me that she had a HUGE crush on Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits and VH-1′s My Generation, back in the day. He turns 61 today. Here he is with the ‘Hermits and their smash of 1965, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”:
