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.
THE BIRD & THE BEE
Interpreting the Masters, Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
Umphrey's McGee
Anchor Drops
THE WHITE STRIPES
Icky Thump
MARK KNOPFLER
KILL TO GET CRIMSON
MATES OF STATE
Re-Arrange Us
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
All The Love You Need
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