December 30 Roundup | Mule, moe., Panic, UM & More

December 30 is always a busy night in the jam world and last night was no exception. Here’s a quick look at what went down on Tuesday night.

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Umphrey’s McGee

Umphrey’s opened a five-night stand at The Tabernacle in Atlanta on Tuesday night with a show featuring a number of heavy hitters including “Mantis,” “Blue Echo,” “Ocean Billy,” “The Triple Wide” and “Divisions.” They also worked in the return of the “Frankie Zombie” mash-up and rarities “Padgett’s Profile,” “Nipple Trix” and “Thin Air.”

Set One: Nipple Trix > Andy’s Last Beer, Padgett’s Profile, Thin Air, Blue Echo > 40’s Theme, Preamble > Mantis > Proverbial > Miss Tinkle’s Overture

Set Two: Educated Guess, Ocean Billy > Frankie Zombie, The Triple Wide^, Pay the Snucka^^, Divisions > Ocean Billy

Encore: Much Obliged > Mantis

^ -with Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac) and Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) teases
^^ -with Stranglehold (Ted Nugent) and Mantis teases

[Setlist via All Things Umphreys]

PhilRAD

PhilRAD, featuring Phil Lesh and four-fifths of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead continued a three-night stand at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on Tuesday night with plenty of Grateful Dead classics and a few Beatles tunes thrown in for good measure.

Set One: Beat It On Down The Line, Althea, Brown Eyed Women, Pride of Cucamonga, China Cat Sunflower, Casey Jones

Set Two: Help on the Way > Slipknot > Franklin’s Tower, Mountains of the Moon > Revolution #9 > The Other One > Revolution #9 > St. Stephen > The Eleven > I Am the Walrus

Encore: Reuben and Cerise

[Setlist via TaperRob on PhilZone]

The String Cheese Incident

The String Cheese Incident continued a three-night New Year’s Run at 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado last night, where they continued a focus on “newish” material and threw in a few fun covers such as “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” and “Birdland.”

Set One: Best Feeling > Restless Wind, Betray The Dark, 45th of November, Master Blaster (Jammin’) > Drums > Joyful Sound > Texas

Set Two: Valley Of The Jig, Sometimes a River, Howard > Birdland, Here To Stay, Close Your Eyes > Colorado Bluebird Sky

Encore: Freedom Jazz Dance, Little Hands

[Setlist via Friends Of Cheese]

Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic’s annual Tunes For Tots benefit concert went down last night at The Fillmore in Charlotte, where they were joined by Randall Bramblett and the Megablasters horn section for portions of the show. As expected, Duane Trucks was on drums.

Set One: Let’s Get The Show On The Road, Radio Child, Holden Oversoul, One Arm Steve, All Time Low, Mercy** > Fishwater**, Ophelia*, Bust It Big*

Set Two: Driving Song > Little Lilly > Rock > Vacation > Driving Song > Drums > Familiar Reality*, Tall Boy, Up All Night*, One Kind Favor > North

Encore: Tail Dragger*, Life During Wartime*

* -w/ Randall Bramblett and The Megablasters
** -w/ Randall Bramblett

[Setlist via @WidespreadPanic]

The Disco Biscuits

The Disco Biscuits continued a lengthy New Year’s Run back at Best Buy Theater in NYC last night, where they inverted “Above The Waves” and continued a “Munchkin Invasion” started in Chicago a few nights prior.

Set One: Neck Romancer, Strobelights and Martinis > Cyclone > Above the Waves* > Munchkin Invasion^

Set Two: Magellan, Mindless Dribble > Spacebirdmatingcall^^ > Spraypaint^^^ > Spacebirdmatingcall

Encore: Morph Dusseldorf

* -inverted
^ -Completes 12/27 version
^^ -Shadow teases
^^^ -unfinished

[Setlist via PT Bisco]

Gov’t Mule

Last night, Gov’t Mule began a New Year’s Run that starts with two nights at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Warren Haynes and Co. didn’t waste time welcoming guests to join them as The Better Half Singers (Machan Taylor & Mini Carlsson) helped out on “Bird On A Wire” and “The Letter” to end the first set, while Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke emerged for “Mr. Big,” “The Hunter” and “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” in the second set. For the encore, drummer Carmine Appice emerged for renditions of “Hot Legs” and “Stay With Me.”

Set One: World Boss > Whisper In Your Soul, Stoop So Low (Outro 2), Forsaken Savior > Stratus, The Joker, Bird On A Wire* > The Letter*

Set Two: Done Got Wise, Broke Down On The Brazos > Tributary Jam, Mr. Big^, The Hunter^ > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl^ > The Hunter^, Gameface (with Birdland & Mountain Jam Teases), Thorazine Shuffle > Funny Little Tragedy (with Message In A Bottle lyrics) > Thorazine Shuffle Reprise

Encore: Hot Legs^^, Stay With Me^^^

*with The Better Half Singers (Machan Taylor & Mini Carlsson)
^with Simon Kirke & without Matt Abts
^^First time played, with Carmine Appice & without Matt Abts ^^^with Carmine Appice & without Matt Abts

[Setlist via Jambands Box Scores]

moe.

moe. kicked off a two-night New Year’s Run at The Palace in Albany with a career-spanning collection of tunes from the past 25 years as well as a cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper.”

Set One: Skrunk > Timmy Tucker, Do Or Die > Water > Puebla > Wind It Up

Set Two: 32 Things > Paper Dragon, Kids > The Bones Of Lazarus, This I Know, Buster

Encore : Don’t Fear The Reaper, Captain America

[Setlist via @moeperiod]