Umphrey’s McGee Goes Acoustic For Led Zeppelin Cover Bust Out

Prog-jammers Umphrey’s McGee continued their national tour with TAUK last night at the historic Fox Theater in Oakland. The performance included a segment featuring guitarists Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss on acoustics that contained a huge bust out.

Umphrey’s opened the night with the instrumental “You Got The Wrong Guy” ahead of one of their newest originals, “Speak Up.” In typical fashion, UM moved from dark to light with swiftness in connecting “JaJunk” and “Hajimemashite.” Later in the set, Cinninger and Bayliss dusted off their acoustics for a three-song segment of “Susanah,” “Bron-Yr-Aur” and “Gone For Good.” “Bron-Yr-Aur” was performed by just Jake and Brendan and marked the return of the rare Led Zeppelin cover for the first time since April 2, 2008 – a span of 879 shows. “Susanah,” from Bayliss’s 30db project, was also a bust out as it hadn’t been played since 2014.

The second set was chock full of heavy hitters including “Bad Friday,” “Ocean Billy,” “In The Kitchen” and “Mantis.” UM also concluded an “All In Time” they had started in the first set and worked “Cut The Cable” into “Ocean Billy.” For the encore, the Chicago sextet dusted off a cover of “Cheap Sunglasses” by ZZ Top after a 135-show layoff before ending “JaJunk.”

The tour continues tonight at The Wiltern. Both UM and TAUK’s performances can be heard live on SiriusXM’s Jam On channel this evening, while a video webcast of Umphrey’s McGee’s sets is available via TourGigs.

Setlist (via All Things Umphrey’s)

Set One: You Got the Wrong Guy > Speak Up, JaJunk > Hajimemashite, Higgins, All In Time[1] > Day Nurse, Susanah[2], Bron-Yr-Aur[3], Gone for Good[2], Make It Right

Set Two: Bad Friday, Ocean Billy > Cut the Cable > Ocean Billy, In The Kitchen, Preamble > Mantis, The Linear > All In Time

Encore: Cheap Sunglasses > JaJunk

• [1] with Divisions tease
• [2] with Brendan and Jake on acoustics
• [3] just Brendan and Jake, on acoustics