Local Band Does OK is Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

's second studio album (fourth overall), and the first studio album to feature Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...

 and Andy Farag

Andy Farag

Andy Farag is the percussionist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He was brought into the band by original drummer Mike Mirro in late 1998, shortly after the release of their debut album Greatest Hits Vol. III...

. This album also marks the final studio appearance of original drummer Mike Mirro, who has since been replaced by the band's current drummer Kris Myers

Kris Myers

Kris Myers, originally from Palatine, Illinois, is an American musician.He is the drummer for the Chicago-based progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He joined the band in 2003, replacing original drummer Mike Mirro. He first appeared on disc with Umphrey's McGee on the 2003 live album Local Band...

. The album contains extensive forays into progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 and large-scale composition. At the inaugural Bonnaroo Festival

Bonnaroo Music Festival

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four day music festival created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, held at Great Stage Park on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. It hosted its tenth annual event June 9–12, 2011...

 in the summer of 2002, the album sold more copies than any other album over the weekend.

This is the earliest available Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

 album on CD, as the band's three previous efforts are all out of print except as part of the CustUm Flash Drive released in December 2009.

Track listing

1. "Andy's Last Beer" (Brendan Bayliss, Joel Cummins) – 5:30
   • Michael "Maddog" Mavridoglou on trumpet
     Trumpet
     The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
     
     
   • Rich Cohen on alto saxophone
     Alto saxophone
     The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
     
     
2. "Uncle Wally" (Bayliss) – 4:16
3. "Hurt Bird Bath" (Bayliss, Jake Cinninger, Mike Mirro) – 6:01
4. "Headphones & Snowcones" (Mirro, Ryan Stasik) – 2:27
   • Michael "Maddog" Mavridoglou on trumpet
     Trumpet
     The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
     
     
5. "Ringo" (Cinninger, Stasik) – 4:20
6. "Blue Echo" (Cinninger) – 6:08
7. "The Empire State" (Cummins, Umphrey's McGee) – 1:10
8. "White Man's Moccasins" (Bayliss, Cinninger, Cummins) – 6:55
9. "Prowler" (Bayliss, Cummins) – 5:23
10. "2nd Self" (Bayliss) – 4:45
11. "Roulette" (Bayliss, Cinninger) – 4:49
12. "Dough Bro" (Cinninger, Stasik) – 1:52
13. "Water" (Bayliss, Cinninger) – 5:28
14. "Nothing Too Fancy" (Cinninger) – 10:47

Personnel

• Brendan Bayliss
  Brendan Bayliss
  Brendan Bayliss is an American musician, the founder, a lead guitarist alongside fellow guitarist and band member Jake Cinninger, and primary vocalist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He formed the band in 1997 and took its moniker from the name of a distant relative he met at a wedding...
  
   - guitar, vocals, rattlesnake tails
• Jake Cinninger
  Jake Cinninger
  Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...
  
   - guitar, Moog Taurus II, dobro, drums, talking box, vocals, djembe
• Joel Cummins
  Joel Cummins
  Joel Nathan Cummins is an American musician, and founding member/keyboardist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee....
  
   - electric piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer, kalimba, vocals
• Ryan Stasik
  Ryan Stasik
  Ryan Fabec Stasik is the bassist for progressive rock group Umphrey's McGee. Stasik originally hails from the Pittsburgh area, though he grew up in Portage, MI and is now based out of Chicago, IL. He is a founding member of Umphrey's McGee, having played in the group Tashi Station with guitarist...
  
   - bass guitar, jaw harp, rainstick
• Mike Mirro - drums, marimba, vocals
• Andy Farag
  Andy Farag
  Andy Farag is the percussionist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He was brought into the band by original drummer Mike Mirro in late 1998, shortly after the release of their debut album Greatest Hits Vol. III...
  
  - congas, bongos, timbales, percussion, groovebox

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