2004-07-13
Chicago-based jam-band Umphrey’s McGee make their national splash with “Anchor Drops”, their new disc available from Sci-Fidelity Records.No secret among Midwestern jam-fans, Umphrey’s Mcgee has broadened their audience through recent appearances at Bonnaroo, South by Southwest and the High Sierra Music Festival.
The six-man band brings a progressive-rock precision to a genre stereotypically dominated by extended Grateful Dead-style jams.
GOT A GIRL
I love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
John Ralston
Needle Bed
TIFT MERRITT
ANOTHER COUNTRY
The Quests
Re-Quested : Back to the Garage
MATT COSTA
Unfamiliar Faces
STRAWBS
DANCING TO THE DEVIL'S BEAT
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