By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen

Chicago’s Umphrey’s McGee, on the heels of its first live album, “Live at the Murat” (SCI Fidelity), is back on the road with another round of dates, including appearances at music festival Vegoose in Las Vegas, Caribbean Holidaze in Jamaica and Jam in the Dam in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Recorded in Indianapolis this past April and produced by longtime “sound caresser” / honorary seventh member Kevin Browning, the two-disc set features fan favorites like “Push the Pig,” “The Triple Wide,” “In the Kitchen,” and “Nothing Too Fancy” along with rare tunes like the set-ending “Padgett’s Profile” and the brief but torrid “Angular Momentum,” centered on the combo of drummer Kris Myers and guitarist Jake Cinninger. The band also dusts off tunes like “Hajimemashite” from ’98s Songs for Older Women, and the Yes meets Little Feat-influenced “40’s Theme,” a live favorite for the band and its fans.

In 2006, Umphrey’s McGee sold out shows in theaters coast to coast, appeared at Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, and made their late night TV debut on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The band recently sold out three nights at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom, two nights at Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza and San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium. They perform about a 100 shows a year.

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Umphrey’s McGee’s itinerary:
October 04 Liberty Hall Lawrence KS
October 05 Granada Theater Dallas TX
October 06 Stubb’s BBQ Austin TX
October 14 The Echo Project Fairburn GA
October 16 Toad’s Place – Lady Byrd Hat Building Richmond VA
October 17 Nightclub 9:30 Washington DC
October 18 Magic City Music Hall Johnson City NY
October 19-20 Nokia Theater Times Square New York NY
October 22 Harro East Ballroom Rochester NY
October 24-25 Higher Ground Ballroom Burlington VT
October 26 Orpheum Theatre Boston MA
October 27 House of Blues Las Vegas NV
October 28 Vegoose Las Vegas NV
October 31 Fillmore Auditorium Denver CO
November 09 IU Auditorium / Univ. of Indiana Bloomington IN
November 10 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee WI
November 15 Amos’ South End Charlotte NC
November 16 City Hall Nashville TN
November 18 Bear Creek Music Festival Quincy FL
November 29 Orbit Room Grand Rapids MI
November 30 Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Columbus OH
December 01 Michigan Theatre Ann Arbor MI
December 13-17 Caribbean Holidaze Runaway Jamaica
December 29-31 The Aragon Ballroom Chicago IL
March 16-18, 2008 Jam in the Dam Amsterdam Netherlands

More dates to be announced.

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