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Jake Cinninger- guitar, synthesizer, vocals |
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| Formed in December
1997, in South Bend, Indiana, Umphrey’s McGee is a Jamband according
to many, a Prog band according to some, a Jazz combo according to
a few and a rock band according to themselves. “A little bit
of everything played at an aggressive volume,” says guitarist
Jake Cinninger. “We put on a rock show.” Umphrey’s McGee is the second cousin of band member Brendan Bayliss. A lawyer in Southern Mississippi, Mr. McGee has absolutely nothing to do with the band except having lent it his – and its – name. The moniker is clearly the odd choice of a young band in search of the right name. There is little doubt they would have dumped it but for the inconvenience of their success. Playing 150 shows a year, the band has performed at such high-profile gigs as the Bonnaroo Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, and South By Southwest, among others. These shows have been the highlights of the road but it is the everyday gigs that have forged the band. It is these live performances that are the Umphrey’s McGee R&D lab. It is live and on stage that the band experiments for all to see – no wires, no net. "No one," says Village Voice critic Richard Gehr, "is doing anything else as ambitiously musical as Umphrey's McGee." The attention they command has also prompted Michael Deeds of the Washington Post to call the band "rock's undisputed lord of sonic shape-shifting." |
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Listen to Umphrey's McGee |
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Live at the Murat (2007) " 4 STARS…a diligently constructed experience, combining songs and medleys…that proves Umphrey's McGee always have destination on their minds, even when they fly free. " - Rolling Stone |
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The Bottom Half (2007) "...a glimpse into the minds of one of the hardest working, and most respected, bands on the road. " - Honest Tune |
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Safety In Numbers (2006) "FOUR STARS - that rare Jam-Nation dispatch whose tunes and lyrics surpass its grooves " - Blender |
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Wrapped Around Chicago : New Year's at the Riv (DVD 2005) This legendary New Year's performance is immortalized in a RAWKING 2-DVD set |
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Anchor Drops (2004) "a prog-rock masterpiece of face-melting beauty" - Washington Post |
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Live
from the Coast Skyline Stage (DVD 2003) Filmed July 26-27, 2003 at the Skyline Stage in Chicago |
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Local Band Does O.K.
(2002) "All I could do was think who I would tell about this band next... Local Band Does O.K. is likely to induce the same reaction." JAMBASE |
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