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Umphrey’s McGee Live at Fenway Park!

Monday, August 04, 2008

Posted in: Artist / Heroes

This is another report by the elusive, intrepid and fearless CEO of Source Audio, Roger Smith.


Another beautiful day/night at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston!    This venue is one of the most attractive outdoor places to see live music.  It is right on a pier in Boston Harbor and offers views of financial district buildings in one direction and the harbor and ocean beyond in the other.  There is a huge tent covering the seating, and then concession stands around the edge.  This is what it looks like when you are on stage (that would be me).

They recently started serving Stella, and there are a bunch of nice seafood places right nearby to hit before the show.  So far this summer I have seen Widespread Panic, STS9 and Umphrey’s McGee in a double bill, and Sheryl Crow and Toots and the Maytals in a double bill.  Next week we have Return to Forever and Bela Fleck and then in September My Morning Jacket.  In many cases these are Source Audio artists, or they want to meet with us to see what we are up to.

STS9 and Umphrey’s have been artists working with us for quite some time.  In addition to shooting some video at the show (this is the link to the YouTube vid), we also gave Hunter Brown and David Phipps of STS9 a run through with the Multiwave Distortion.  Hunter tells me that it has subsequently been integrated into his rig and it now used regularly.  They were seeking a palate of new distortion sounds, and the Multiwave seems to have fit the bill.

After the sound check I drove the members of Umphrey’s to their first to Fenway Park and the Red Sox experience.  The UM organization are big baseball fans (some Cubs some White Sox), and they have sung the National Anthem multiple times at Wrigley and the new Comiskey Park.  In an amusing moment, the Red Sox organization tipped the cap to the visiting artists from Chicago…..but they did not get the spelling quite right.  (See below)

Until next time!

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