The ascension continues for Chicago's Umphrey's McGee, not only in terms of their commercial success but in creative accomplishment and instrumental achievement as well. Their performance on Live at the Murat (SCI Fidelity), their first official live release, is as impressive as anything they've recorded to date, with the power and finesse, the yin and the yang, that have come to characterize their by-now classic material.
The current list of confirmed Umphrey's McGee tour dates is as follows:
February 07 Richards on Richards Vancouver BC
February 08 The Showbox Seattle WA
February 09 Roseland Theater Portland OR
February 11 Majestic Ventura Theater Ventura CA
February 12 House of Blues San Diego CA
February 13 Crash Mansion LA Los Angeles CA - with Dub Trio
February 15-17 Fillmore San Francisco CA
February 27 People's Court Des Moines IA
February 28 Capital Theater Davenport IA
February 28 - March 02 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
March 07 Langerado Music Festival Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, Everglades National Park FL
March 14 Carling Academy Islington London England - with The Disco Biscuits
March 16-18 Jam in the 'Dam Amsterdam Netherlands
May 23-25 Summer Camp Chillicothe IL
Additional dates to be announced.
Live at the Murat is the latest feather in the cap of the dazzling sextet. They followed their highly touted spring 2006 studio release Safety In Numbers with the magical odds and sods The Bottom Half in the spring of this year. The album, with its outtakes, alternate versions, and other nifty bits, reached #26 on Billboard's coveted "Heatseakers" Chart and received high marks from the music press.
HARP magazine recently noted "…The Bottom Half delivers creamy studio work infused by diabolical skill."
Also in 2006, Umphrey's McGee sold out shows in theaters coast to coast, appeared at Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, and made their late night TV debut on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
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