Follow Friday | Joel Cummins Of Umphreys McGee
By Andy Kahn Apr 24, 2015 • 10:10 am PDT
An @umphreysmcgee teaser: 2 more June dates TBA: 6/20 & 6/28. 1 more in Aug & 4 more Sept shows TBA, 9/13 & 9/25-27. 5 Oct shows 10/26-10/31
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 22, 2015 Updated ticket warning for @umphreysmcgee @FirstAvenue Friday: less than 100 tix remain. Get em now! http://t.co/sdbFq6MkkI
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 21, 2015 Today @umphreysmcgee will announce something you could not have predicted in a million years. Most of you will be into this, I suspect.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 Joel’s not shy about inviting other musicians to join the band for a sit-in, and sometimes it comes to fruition.
Hi @JBONAMASSA, we’re following each other on tour. @umphreysmcgee playin around the corner @FirstAvenue this weekend, would love to have ya
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 23, 2015 Hey @PrinceTweets2U we saved your spot @firstavenue, see ya soon. pic.twitter.com/9DpgXDRwFh
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 24, 2015 @jasonfladager @thephunion @umphreysmcgee come on man, you’re great & we love ya. See ya tonight Jason!
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 23, 2015 Yes @jasonfladager that was the shit! Thanks for playin with us.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 24, 2015 He often interacts with other musicians, including friends from within the scene and fellow UM bandmates.
@Marc_Brownstein @ryanstasik @DRHolidaze I mean, it’s only the party of the year at one of the coolest resorts in the Caribbean in winter.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 23, 2015 @goldlikejoel are you self congratulating your own damn sets ?? Just sayin….??
— chuck garvey (@chukg) April 19, 2015 @goldlikejoel wait, what do you mean by that? Are there invisible “sarcasm air quotes” around that?
— chuck garvey (@chukg) April 19, 2015 @chukg quite possibly! But in all seriousness I guess I’m just saying I like you & Al as people. And jk re BB & Jake, those guys like bros.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 19, 2015 @jamezkris yes that was a @thenewdealband Glide tease I threw in there on Saturday. @ryanstasik hinted at it, I did my best @jamieshields70!
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 14, 2015 Cummins also gives insights behind the logistics that go into being a touring rock band, such as scheduling shows and picking setlists, as well as other insider notes regarding the band.
@RageRestRepeat we named it Rocker 2 because our boy deserved something more uptempo & intense. He brought the best out in all of us.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 @alexmello945 when we don’t have room for my V piano, I use a Nord Stage, which has a decent clav sound. Also using clav in a new UM song!
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 @BoshJennett @umphreysmcgee updated setlist read Waiting Room / Taylor meaning either or. He played golf w/Ryan & Andy yesterday.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 @JNReports @umphreysmcgee not a perfect song to end tour for the drummer! (He asks for it to be earlier in the night)
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 Here’s the original @umphreysmcgee set list I made for last night. Texas storms said no. pic.twitter.com/G59T3JkPsE
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 19, 2015 @lastubbe @umphreysmcgee we’ve done a few shows with just a song list (no set list) but not all of the band members are into that format.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 19, 2015 @lastubbe @umphreysmcgee it’s more about creating a flow & arc for each set than anything. We have a lot of weird songs.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 19, 2015 @leschnosebest @pfcidb @BoshJennett in Lockn’s defense, Baltimore was inside the radius clause but we worked out a deal to let us play there
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 22, 2015 @dgarvich due to stage size & time constraints I believe it will be just UM that night in Birmingham. Maybe an official aftershow?
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 20, 2015 @bottomhalfed you can’t plan things like lyrical stews. It’s whenever Bayliss feels it.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 17, 2015 A few years ago Joel and former baseball slugger Jose Canseco (and Canseco’s girlfriend at the time) had a couple of intriguing exchanges via a series of tweets with Cummins attempting to get the Bash Brother to attend one of UM’s Las Vegas gigs.
@JoseCanseco -tix & passes under your name at will call. If you’d like to come in from backstage we can make that happen no problem.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) March 21, 2013 @goldlikejoel @Knowofmanything @umphreysmcgee love to see you guys in vegas. would love to contribute lyrics be an honor lots in my head
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 20, 2013 .@JoseCanseco @Knowofmanything @umphreysmcgee let’s discuss in Vegas & we’ll go from there. Have a great night Jose, here’s to 2013.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) January 20, 2013 @goldlikejoel @umphreysmcgee @HOBLasVegas cant wait can you get me a stage dive? Kill it at the Met on Thur you guys are already sold out!
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 12, 2013 Then you will love umphrey’s McGee. I will be at their show at the house of blues in vegas on march 21st. #umphreak
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 18, 2013 @andkat84 @umphreysmcgee i bet they open with wine women and song. Hope you hear flamethrower and plunger and wappy sprayberry. I am jealous
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 15, 2013 @goldlikejoel @umphreysmcgee sorry joel had some problems outside of vegas all good now. heard you guys crushed it again. rawk
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) March 24, 2013 .Good morning @JoseCanseco. You know you really should bring @ModelLeila to Hard Rock for @umphreysmcgee on Fri 3/21. Hope you’re well bud!
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) February 17, 2014 @goldlikejoel @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee what is that ?
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) February 17, 2014 @ModelLeila @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee we’re one of Jose’s favorite bands. It’s a rock show/dance party that I think you’d like too.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) February 17, 2014 @goldlikejoel @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee he says he has no idea what that even is . lol his favorite band
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) February 17, 2014 @ModelLeila @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee Jose you playin me? Last year you said you wanted to write lyrics w us. I invited you last year too.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) February 17, 2014 @goldlikejoel @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee sorry he talks to a million ppl everyday he does not remember .
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) February 17, 2014 .@ModelLeila @goldlikejoel @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee tell Jose to watch @AroundTheHorn on @espn today to refresh his memory. #umphreys
— jeffersonwaful (@jeffersonwaful) February 17, 2014 @brett_conners @jeffersonwaful @goldlikejoel @JoseCanseco @umphreysmcgee jajajaja He says he either has amnesia or his manager tweeted that
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) February 17, 2014 It’s not just music and UM that Joel tweets about, the avid Chicago Cubs fan and traveler often shares his experiences with both.
Shucking raw oysters…. Not recommended for musicians. Thanks for the help @wineramerGeo! pic.twitter.com/DV7sgDtBSw
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 13, 2015 Hey it’s @nlutesguitar & me hangin at the @cubs game! Happy that Nathaniel says he’s now a Cubs fan cc: @MESanders. pic.twitter.com/5bq9N82qOJ
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 8, 2015 Ernie Banks at Wrigley. Pretty good use of the new jumbotron. #Cubs @Cubs pic.twitter.com/VhJkbWpqLa
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 6, 2015 @southpawsands wife & I did Thailand, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. Beaches, temples & amazing food + kind people.
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 19, 2015 Hey at least the jumbotron worked. #Cubs
— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) April 6, 2015 