Umphreys McGee Debuts Monstrous Mash-ups In Boston

Update: Head here for Andrew’s full report and photo set.

We have JamBase contributor Andrew Bruss on scene at this weekend’s Umphrey’s McGee shows at the House Of Blues in Boston, so we’ll have a full report soon but we wanted to share the setlist from the band’s annual mash-up-filled Halloween performance. UM debuted a total of four mash-ups this evening.

Yup. #umphreys

A photo posted by Kevin Browning (@soundcaresser) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:47pm PDT

[Brendan was Run-D.M.C.C. DeVille, Jake was Devo Snyder, Joel was Clark Kent Tekulve > Super Manny Ramirez, Andy was Slaxl, Kris was Weird Al Pacino, and Ryan was Hasidic Julia Roberts]

The first set came to a close with the evening’s first mash-up, “Walk This Sweet Funk Emotion,” which combined “Sweet Emotion” (Aerosmith) with “Walk This Way” (Run– D.M.C.) and “Funk 49” (James Gang). Umphrey’s opened the second set with “The Triple Wide” and worked only their second version ever of Modest Mouse’s “Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes” within the instrumental. Next up was the evening’s second mash-up, “Give It To Me Mama Jama,” which combined She’s A Bad Mama Jama (Carl Carlton) + Give It To Me Baby (Rick James). The dream sequence of “All In Time” > “Glory” > “Ocean Billy,” “Nothing Too Fancy” > “All In Time” served as the meat of the closing stanza. After “Puppet String,” the second set came to a close with “National Loser Anthem, Tonight;” a mash-up of Radiohead’s “National Anthem,” Beck’s “Loser” and “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. For the encore, UM served up a cover of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” and the evening’s final mash-up of “Strangletage” (“Sabotage” by Beastie Boys x Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold.” Check back tomorrow for a photos and on-scene analysis.

Here’s a look at the setlist via All Things Umphreys:

Set 1: 1348 > In The Kitchen, Ocean Billy > 1348, Hajimemashite > Mail Package, Bad Friday, Educated Guess, Walk This Sweet Funk Emotion[1]

Set 2: The Triple Wide > Tiny Cities Made of Ashes > The Triple Wide, Give It To Me Mama Jama[2], All In Time > Glory > Ocean Billy, Nothing Too Fancy > All In Time, Puppet String, National Loser Anthem, Tonight [3]

Encore: Lenny, Strangletage[4]

[1] debut; Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith) + Walk This Way (Run–D.M.C.) + Funk 49 (James Gang) mash-up; Brendan, Jake, Joel, and Ryan on percussion
[2] debut; She’s A Bad Mama Jama (Carl Carlton) + Give It To Me Baby (Rick James) mash-up
[3] debut; National Anthem (Radiohead) + Loser (Beck) + In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins) mash-up
[4] debut; Sabotoge (Beastie Boys) + Stranglehold (Ted Nugent)

Videos

[National Loser Anthem, Tonight -shot by Nevaklass]

[Walk This Sweet Funk Emotion -shot by Nevaklass]

[Strangletage -shot by Sharon Shiner]