Umphrey's McGee - Aragon Ballroom - December 30th, 2006

Umphrey's McGee
12.30.06
The Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois

Set I: The Fuzz > Dear Lord > Ringo*, Morning Song > Hurt Bird Bath, Thin Air^

Set II:The Crooked One, Walletsworth, Der Bluten Kat > Cinnamon Girl** > Der Bluen Kat, Robot World^^, Intentions Clear^^, Instant Karma$

E: In the Kitchen$$^^ > Bloody Well Right%^^

Notes:
Los Lobos opened (Jake sat in on guitar for Not Fade Away > Bertha)
* with Takin' It to the Church
^ with David Hidalgo on guitar and Steve Berlin on saxaphone
** first time played, Neil Young
^^ with Jeff Coffin on saxaphone
$ first time played, John Lennon; Kris on vocals, Jake on drums, and Brendan on acoustic
$$ unfinished; with Third Stone from the Sun jam
% first time played, Supertramp

Jim Pollock Disco Biscuits NYE 06>07

(During the celebration of Año Viejo, Ecuadorean citizens burn anthropomorphic figures made of wood, newspapers, and rags, which are then stuffed with fireworks. These figures, known also as Año Viejo, represent symbolically the detritus of the old year and are generally references to noteworthy events during the past year. Often these have included hated political figures, pop-culture references, etc.)

5 Color using Yellow 114, Red 032, Process Blue, Orange 021, PMS 189
Vanguard Living Tree Recycled Plus Natural White 80#
Limited Edition of 500 (first 50 going to PollockPrints subscribers)
Special Edition x100 on Windmill Stock (first 50 going to the band -
next 25 going to PollockPrints Premium Subscribers)
Produced at Rohner Letterpress

Umphrey's McGee - Aragon Ballroom - December 29th, 2006

Umphrey's McGee
12.29.06

The Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, Illinois

Set I: Ocean Billy > Nothing Too Fancy > Much Obliged > Mullet (Over)^, August* > Plunger, Abacab**

Set II: All In Time$, Push the Pig^^, Mulche's Odyssey > Blue Echo > "Jimmy Stewart"$$ > Blue Echo > 2nd Self > Nothing Too Fancy

Encore: I Want You (She's So Heavy)%, Glory%% > Ocean Billy

North Mississippi Allstars opened

^ with Cody Dickinson on washboard
* with Linus and Lucy tease
** first time played, Genesis
$ with We Want the Funk jam
^^ with Chris Chew on bass and Ryan on keys
$$ with Funky Monks (Red Hot Chili Peppers) tease
% first time played, The Beatles; with Luther Dickinson on guitar
%% with Luther Dickinson on guitar

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Jim Pollock Umphrey's McGee NYE 06>07 Part 2

Jim Pollock Umphrey's McGee NYE 06>07

Part 2: Production Photos
Rohner Letterpress

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Sam Wilder (Press Operator),
Jim Pollock & Bruno Rohner

Pollock finesses the final block in the run

Sam Wilder lays ink in the trough on
the Heidelberg Press in preparation
for the final split-fountain technique.

Stack O' Posters

Jim Pollock & Bruno Rohner
inspect the finished productsJim Pollock surveys the final
prints rolling off the press

Final Prints rolling off the press

Split-Fountain on press rollers

Photos of the Disco Biscuits NYE 2006>2007
Poster & Production Coming December 30th.

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Jim Pollock Umphrey's McGee NYE 06>07 Part 1

Jim Pollock Umphrey's McGee NYE 06>07
Part 1

Yellow Linoleum Block

Orange Linoleum Block

Red Linoleum Block

Purple/Blue Split Fountain Linoleum Block

Original Marker Rendering

Finished Uncut Poster

Photos of the Disco Biscuits NYE 2006>2007
Poster & Production Coming December 30th.

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Vegoose, Baby, Vegoose!

My wife and I set forth this past Friday, October 27th for our seemingly annual Halloween Week Las Vegas Vacation. Starting Halloween '05, we flew into sin city to attend the 3 day Vegoose music festival which featured acts such as Beck, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Ween, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh & Friends, Trey Anastasio, The String Cheese Incident, Dave Matthews and more. This years festival highlighted many of the same artists like Phil Lesh (performing with Trey Anastasio), The String Cheese Incident (featuring Keller Williams) and Widespread Panic again but added new talent such as The Killers, The Raconteurs & The Mars Volta. Though we decided the daily festival line-up wasn't anything urging us to leave the casinos, we did decide to catch a few late night shows this year including Keller Williams House of Blues performance in the Mandalay Bay which started a bit late around 1:30am Saturday morning along with Phil Lesh & Trey Anastasio who were joined by special guest John Medeski at the Orleans Arena early Sunday morning which went until nearly 5am. It's Vegas though so you never realize it’s the morning until you start to see the sun coming up.

Early Sunday afternoon, after grabbing a few hours of sleep following the previous mornings concert, we packed our bags and jumped in our rented convertible to drive through the desert in route to California in order to visit with some of our best friends Ben & Marisa who have been house sitting a wealthy relatives million dollar mansion in the incredible mountain views of Rancho Cucamonga. The house had the most amazing pool I've ever swam in for a private property. The hot tub, which overflowed directly into the pool, stayed at a warm 99 degrees while the pool remained a comfortable 80 degrees throughout the sunny day. Directly behind the pool, bordering the property line, sat a private trail used by residents to ride their horses through the beautiful mountain wilderness. At night a gas fire pit could be lit as you enjoy a BBQ on a built-in island watching the changing lights inside the pool and hot tub as fountains danced nearby under the stars of the mild California night sky. Inside the house you could enjoy the amenities of a home movie theatre complete with 107" projection screen and leather theater style chairs or escape to the game room and play shuffle board, darts or Las Vegas style card games. Speaking of Vegas though, we had only 2 days remaining of this vacation so we had to get heading back the next morning if we wanted to see the sites and still have time to strike it rich!

Tuesday morning, rested and ready to topple the town, we began hitting attractions & casinos, rolling the dice and hoping the day would last forever. After battling the Borg Invasion and riding the Klingon Encounter at the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton Hotel & Casino we stopped by the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino to ride the three highest thrill rides in the world, the Big Shot, X-Scream & Insanity. First the Big Shot catapults 16 riders from a 921-foot high platform up the tower's mast to a height of 1,081 feet. Traveling at 45 miles per hour, riders experience 4G's as they reach the very top. Next was Insanity - the Ride which lets thrill seekers experience a centrifugal force of three 'G's' while being spun out 64 feet past the edge of the Stratosphere Tower overlooking the city of Las Vegas more than 900 feet below. Finally there’s X-Scream which is an open coaster vehicle that propels riders head first, 27 feet over the edge of the Stratosphere Tower and dangles them weightlessly above the Strip before pulling it's riders back and over again for more. I am not too proud to say, I skipped this one though my wife Deb rode as I managed to get some incredible pictures from the safety of the viewing deck.

The evening was concluded by dinner at the Paris Hotel & Casino along with a few final rounds of Craps back at our hotel where we managed to come out right about even after winning several hundred, losing several hundred and finally gaining back all of our losses. We went home the big winners in the respect that we paid for our visit though losers when you take into account how much sleep we lost.

It was great visiting with some many old friends while in Vegas including Al & Heather, Matt & Alexis and Ben & Marissa. Though there were many other friends who’d flown into town too for the concerts and other events, the odds weren’t in our favor for getting together this time but hopefully next year when we come back for our annual Halloween extravaganza we’ll all have an opportunity to see everyone.

Brain Damaged Eggmen ~ August 5th, 2006

What started out on the high seas aboard Jam Cruise 4 featuring members of Umphrey's McGee and the Disco Biscuits performing sets of the Beatles & Pink Floyd covers has once again spawned a late night Lollapalooza showcase that had Chicago jamband fans whistling a familiar tune early Sunday morning as they left the Vic Theatre.

The Brain Damaged Eggmen features Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger, and Kris Myers from Umphrey's McGee along with Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner from the Disco Biscuits.

The concert was a benefit for the Ustorm Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at raising funds to help needy children and young adults improve their lives by providing access to various music and art educational programs. The Foundation was formed by Umphrey's own Brendan Bayliss, a popular Chicago musician named Barry Brown known to perform in Jack Straw, Mike LeMaistre of Jam Productions & Kevin Kostelecky, owner of The Store, the popular north Halsted bar that's not only a hit after 3 a.m. bars in Lincoln Park close but has also been known to have been frequented regularly by members the Umphrey's McGee.

Set I: Come Together > Baby You're a Rich Man > Norwegian Wood, I've Got a Feeling, Tomorrow Never Knows, Dear Prudence, I am the Walrus, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End

Set II: In the Flesh > Good Buy Blue Sky > Another Brick in the Wall > Have a Cigar, Fearless, Breathe*, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb, Pigs on the Wing^, Nobody Home#, Brain Damage>Eclipse

E: Hey Jude%

* w/ a dub section
^ w/ only Brendan on acoustic and Jake on vocals
# w/ only Jake and Aron
% w/ Jake on drums, Jon Gutwillig (Disco Biscuits) replacing Jake on guitar