Jam Bands

[onthewall2983]

My favorite is local guys Umphrey's McGee (based in Chicago, but originally out of South Bend), who have been at it over 20 years now. They recently remixed what I think is their best record, Anchor Drop, a turning point that got them more attention nationally as a jam powerhouse.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcOJbFtvM5I

One group I am becoming a little more familiar with is TAUK. They are an instrumental group, who have played several shows with UMG, often jamming together. It's very keyboard-based and a little more jazzy than rock but the guitar does make it's presence known.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYfCJ5Yot_k

[Jon]

My favorite is local guys Umphrey's McGee

A jam band thread? I love you...

Umphrey's is amazing. Hailed as the "successors" to bands like Grateful Dead, Phish, and moe., these guys bring the goods every set (Summer Camp is 4-5 sets of UM). Ryan and Jake are huge NIN fans, which culminated in a tribute set to NIN at Summer Camp 2018:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JawXeLWs4K4

I really enjoy EOTO and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Brainchild and Family Groove Company are family, as I went to school with most of the guys. On a folk front, Chicago Farmer and Jaik Willis are buddies.

[onthewall2983]

I got into some of these groups listening to a show on our NPR station which plays a lot of jammy stuff as well as jazz, r&b and classic rock deep cuts.

Gov't Mule has been around a long time, and I'm more familiar with their stuff which maintains a quality all it's own apart from their influences. Warren Haynes is equally lauded as a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter and stands pretty tall in the jam community for those reasons and more.


https://youtu.be/oymqKghLukY

[onthewall2983]

I finally saw Govt Mule for the first time love, on their Dark Side of the Mule tour this year playing an extended set of Pink Floyd covers. The first set was a tight retrospective of the Mule catalog that suffice to say went down great with me. Especially one song from their latest album Peace…Like a River, that might be one of the best Haynes has ever written, in a pretty deep catalog of great songs from one of the best guitarists of the last 5 decades too.


https://youtu.be/IYeTCRuHrS4?si=pyLfq6CEH4ZKKIKB

[henryeatscereal]

I 'member Gov't Mule, they sure were something.

Does "My Morning Jacket" counts? I used to listen to them a lot!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_73v32i5Ik

[imail724]

I've tried to get into every "new" jam band under the sun, but at the end of the day no one does it for me like the good old Grateful Dead. They were truly one of a kind.