Full Show Audio & Video: Umphrey’s McGee Welcomes Anders Beck & Paul Hoffman In Asheville

Last night Umphrey’s McGee concluded a two-night stand at Exploreasheville.com Arena in Asheville, North Carolina that featured support from Greensky Bluegrass. For the second night in a row, UM brought up Anders Beck and Paul Hoffman of GSBG for a classic rock cover.

Greensky kicked off the action with a nine-song set that included fan favorites “Jaywalking,” “Demons” and “Kerosene” as well as an exploratory cover of Traffic’s “Light Up Or Leave Me Alone” and more. Umphrey’s opened their first of two sets with the instrumental intro “Gurgle” ahead of “Higgins.” Saturday’s first UM set also featured a wild “Puppet String” that saw guitarist Jake Cinninger play keys and a jammed-out “In The Kitchen.” The Chicago rockers welcomed Beck on dobro and Hoffman on mandolin and vocals at the end of the first set for a take on the Marshall Tucker Band classic “Can’t You See.”

Umphrey’s started their second set with “Mulche’s Odyssey” and then delivered an impressive “Hajimemashite” > “JaJunk” > “Miami Virtue” > “Remind Me” sequence. A quick romp through “Professor Wormbog” followed and then the band played “Much Obliged” before ending both “In The Kitchen” and “JaJunk.” The sextet had one more treat in store for the encore as they dusted off a cover of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” for the first time since January 22, 2016. Tonight, UM plays the cozy confines of The Orange Peel in Asheville.

Watch UM team with Anders and Paul for “Can’t You See” thanks to Gregory Marcus:

Full Show Audio (Taped by NSL)

Setlists

Greensky Bluegrass (Compiled by Laura Hood-Hadsell)

Set: Past My Prime > Run or Die, Room Without a Roof, Jaywalking (1), Light Up or Leave Me Alone (2) (3), I’d Probably Kill You, Demons, Forget Everything, Kerosene (4)

• (1) ‘Foxy Lady’ tease
• (2) ‘Reuben’s Train’ tease
• (3) ‘Tweezer Reprise’ tease
• (4) ‘Let it Grow’ tease

Umphrey’s McGee

Set One: Gurgle > Higgins, Make It Right, In The Kitchen -> White Man’s Moccasins, Puppet String, Can’t You See(1)

Set Two: Mulche’s Odyssey, Hajimemashite > JaJunk -> Miami Virtue > Remind Me, Professor Wormbog, Much Obliged -> In The Kitchen > JaJunk

Encore: Tom Sawyer

(1) – with Anders Beck on dobro and Paul Hoffman on mandolin and vocals