Dropped Among This Crowd

Tune in this week for the final episode in the complete coverage of UMBowl 2021! In this episode I give a final rundown of the weekend, including my personal thoughts, highlights, fun facts and more! Check out the episode notes for a link to a nugs.net playlist featuring my favorite moments from the weekend.

This week; my final conversation about UMBowl 2021 weekend with returning guest, Josh from Umphreaks Anonymous!

We start things off with:

* The band choice sets from both nights

* All night wrong and his thoughts on what they played. Josh also shares what made an appearance on his ballot

* Josh and I continue our conversation with the S2 set and his highlights, of course Keyboard Galaxy, what the future holds for it and the potential/probability of it appearing on a future HOF album.

* We also talk about the acoustic set, that Divisions and what made his ballot

* His feelings on the absence of raw stewage

* and more!

Continuing with the UMBowl discussions this week on the show: my conversation with Kyle Miller who was also in attendance for the two nights. Kyle and I start our conversation with:

* His favorite set, S2, and his incredible contribution that everyone is talking about, Keyboard Galaxy

* Kyle shares that Keyboard Galaxy was not his only submission, in fact he offered 21 different ideas and he shares a few of them in our chat.

* Kyle shares what two events in UM history inspired him to make the keyboard galaxy contribution and the excitement he felt when it popped up on the screen and they played it

* We get into all night wrong set and the redemption of Senor Mouse

* We talk about the acoustic set, choose your own adventure and Kyle recalls the mix of emotions from the crowd when the choices were revealed on the screen

* Kyle shares his other highlights from the weekend, of course that two song set, the band choice from night 2

* and more!

Continuing with the UMBowl discussions, this week on the show: my conversation with TJ Bannon who offers his insight of the weekend from the couch touring perspective. This time around we start off with:

* The acoustic all request set

* His personal highlights from all night wrong

* Choose your own adventure set specifically the great Front Porch vs Wizard's Burial Ground encore debate

* We get into the s2 set and TJ recalls the time he went to an S2 event and had his contribution “Jaco’s Modern Life” was played

* We also talk about the two song set night one, the band choice set night two and how Umphrey’s McGee always manages to give us exactly what we wanted and needed

* TJ also brings to our attention that this weekend would be the second time UM would cover a song titled “Mother” but by a different band

* and more!

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Continuing with the UMBowl discussions, this week on the show: my conversation with Drina Hartmann and Alex Pinto, who share their thoughts on the two nights. We start out with:

* The all night wrong set and what made their ballot

* The joy of finally getting Senor Mouse

* How Umphrey’s has helped broaden our musical horizons

* We get into that delicious two song set

* The return of Search 4

* The S2 set, theirs and their friend’s contributions and of course Keyboard Galaxy

* Their thoughts on UMBowl being two nights 6 sets instead of one night 4 quarters

and of course we have to shout Bobby and his shorts, holding up the card before each round during the weekend. If you didn’t get the stream and didn’t see, you really missed out!

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This week on the show begins the massive, comprehensive recap of UMBowl 2021! Starting this week and continuing the following two weeks, two episodes will be coming your way! Six episodes total, Tuesday and Thursday!

Five of them including this week, will be conversations I’ve had with umphreaks about the weekend, followed by a full recap episode where I breakdown the weekend, share random facts, shenanigans and more of my personal thoughts and highlights!

In our first UMBowl discussion, my conversation with fan Patrick Dwyer, he share his thoughts on the all night wrong set, his highlights, what was on his ballot that they didn’t play, and more.

We dive into the stew art set, his friend’s contributions, and fall down the rabbit hole discussing Keyboard Galaxy.

We also talk about that glorious two song set on night one, the acoustic set and the hidden gem Divisions, and so much more!

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Tune in this week to hear my conversation with Umphrey's McGee lighting crew chief, Louie Meyette! We cover a lot of ground during our conversation!

* Louie tells me what it was like growing up in Bay City Michigan

* How music came into his life

* What he listened to growing up and his first concert experience

* We also talk about college, what drove his decision to become a mechanical engineer and how that background helped him with his job with Umphrey’s McGee.

* He tells me about his first UM, MIDWEST Peeps and how that lead right to working with the band, first with merch then moving along to his current position of lighting crew chief.

* Louie tells me about what it’s been like working with Ben Factor and talks a little bit about the audition process.

* What he’s up to while the guys are playing and what show day looks like for him.

* He tells me what he never leaves for tour without, Summer Camp Music Festival, Rothbury Music Festival, some of his favorite music venues, and annoying parts of his job

* Louie shares his favorite UM original to hear live + what he’d love to hear them cover

* The lessons he learned during his time off in 2020, and the new perspectives that he gained toward himself, his relationships and life in general.

* What other band in music history he would love to be on the crew for

* Where his nickname Louie came from

* AND so, so much more!

Tune in this week as we get into the Umphrey's McGee show at the newly revamped TCU Amphitheater At White River State Park in Indianapolis, IN on September 18th + at the Afterburner Festival in Huntington Beach, CA on October 1st.

* watch a free video of the whole show from 9/18 on Umphrey's McGee's YouTube page *

Tune in this week to hear a run down of the two night's Umphrey's McGee played at Resonance Festival in Masontown, WV on September 16th & 17th.

Tune in this week to hear a complete recap of what went down during Summer Camp Music Festival August 19th - 22nd 2021. You'll get caught up on what the band played during their 6 sets, what happened with side projects and other shenanigans & sit ins that unfolded over the weekend.