Bonnaroo AOTD #4 – Umphrey’s McGee

All aboard the hype train for Bonnaroo 2023! Only 119 days until we are all on the Farm again. Today’s Artist of the Day is the one and only Umphrey’s McGee. Learn more about the artist below. Don’t forget to check out all of our artist spotlights! Check back in with us tomorrow!

Artist Biography

Umphrey’s McGee is a jam band that blends funk, metal, prog rock, electronic, jazz, and folk into their own unique blend of genre-bending goodness. Starting back in the late 1990s out of South Bend, Indiana, the band has built a cult following by doing intentional fan-friendly things such as releasing recordings to fans immediately after live shows and starting the Hall of Fame series where fans vote on the best performances of the year to be released as a live compilation. The original four members, keyboardist Joel Cummins, guitarist Brendan Bayliss, bassist Ryan Stasik, and drummer Mike Mirro, played in various bands around Notre Dame’s campus before forming Umphrey’s McGee in December of 1997. The band was named after a cousin of Bayliss. Another percussionist, Andy Farag,  joined the gang in 1999 and was on their first live album Songs for Older Women released in 1999. The next year singer and guitarist Jake Cinninger joined the band right before they all moved to Chicago. In 2003, Mirro left the band and was replaced with Kris Myers. From there, the band blew up with many festival appearances around the country and even appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Huey Lewis. In 2008, Umphrey’s McGee started their ritual of doing mashups of their songs with songs from pretty much every genre during their Halloween shows. This has carried over into their other sets in surprising twists. Today, the band is a jam staple for many festivals around the country. They will be a treat at Bonnaroo.

Genre

Jazz, Jam, Funk

Scheduled

Sunday (Link to Daily Schedules)