Lightening Strikes ~ Umphrey's McGee Set
If you were a faithful follower here at The MJ Blog last year you will remember one of the cooler things we do here is to get you all the latest real-time updates from each and every set! Not just a list of the songs played but I make every attempt to grab the actual set list written up by each band after their set, scan it and post it to the blog. This year will be no different as I'll get to you photos, quotes and inside scoop from behind the scenes.
The Umphrey's McGee set was a total rocker. As the rain fell the crowd at the main stage just grew larger. The black clouds started to roll in and the forecast was for massive thunderstorms.
During the encore as the band segued into Led Zep's Immigrant Song... the threat was too great and people were asked to take cover. It took a good few minutes for security to get the band to stop playing, so the power had to be pulled for everyones safety. With a wet & crazy ending to a great Mountain Jam set the band was ushered off stage. But not after one hell of a show. I'm glad to see that they will be back again this year. I think they should open their festival set this summer with the ending of Immigrant Song and finish where they left off last year!
So... since the area was cleared I couldn't get a stage set list, but I did track down Brendan Bayliss right after the set and over a beer he kindly wrote the set list pictured above himself on a paper plate. Notice he wrote... "pulled the plug" at the end of the listClassic!
Jake Cinninger later that night jaming with Gov't Mule
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