some notable UM moments from the Canopy:
First show at the Canopy Club:
FRI, JUN 30TH, 2000 THE CANOPY CLUB CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
Set One
Example 1*, Mamu, Muff II: The Revenge, Cantaloupe Island > Jam, The Other Side of Things > Drums > You Can't Blame the Youth, 2x2, Big Bottoms, Nachos for Two
Set Two
Jam > Andy's Last Beer, Prowler > Q*Bert, Cripple Creek > Jam > The Fussy Dutchman > Raymond, Wabash, 2nd Self > Jam > Chevrolet, Front Porch
Notes
* with Flying tease
First 2 night run:
THU, SEP 11TH, 2003 THE CANOPY CLUB CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
Set One
Trenchtown Rock, Soul Food I* > Divisions -> Sociable Jimmy > Divisions, "Jimmy Stewart" > Prowler > Uncle Wally, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Walletsworth
Set Two
Front Porch$ > Orfeo^, Professor Wormbog^^, Last Man Swerving > Sycopated Strangers, Hangover, The Haunt > #The Fussy Dutchman, ##Wife Soup
Encore
Ten Years Gone** > In the Flesh
Notes
* with Much Obliged jam
$ with Jake popping balloons that he gathered on stage to the beat; before the song, the band joined in as One (Metallica) is played over the PA
^ Joel solo; with a John F. Kennedy speech played over the PA as Orfeo began
^^ with Jake and Brendan on the keys
# with It's About That Time tease
## with Fly By Night (Rush) tease
** first time played, Led Zeppelin; one verse, with Jake on guitar and Brendan singing
FRI, SEP 12TH, 2003 THE CANOPY CLUB CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
Set One
Uncommon > Glory > Smell the Mitten, 13 Days > Padgett's Profile$ > "Jimmy Stewart" > Water > Padgett's Profile, Push the Pig, Ring of Fire* > Bron-Yr-Aur > Moby Dick$$
Set Two
It's About That Time, Resolution** > Hurt Bird Bath > Sweetness -> Phil's Farm%, The Triple Wide > Pay the Snucka
Encore
Der Bluten Kat^
Notes
$ with a capella Three's Company theme for John Ritter, who passed away the night before
* first time played, Johnny Cash; in memory of Mr. Cash, who also passed away the night before (Daddy Sang Bass was played over the PA during the encore break)
$$ with The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) teases; Kris played the beginning of his solo without drum sticks
** with Fletch theme tease
% with jam similar to one from 06.19.03
^ with a Wesley Willis tease along with one verse of Start Me Up to open; with Stairway to Heaven teases later; also with "duel off" between Joel and Ryan which Joel won
last Bron-Ay-Aur 02.08.02
My First Show
FRI, APR 15TH, 2005 CANOPY CLUB URBANA, ILLINOIS
Set One
August > Jazz Odyssey > August > Jazz Odyssey > Utiopian Fir > Passing > Andy's Last Beer > 13 Days, Runnin' with the Devil > All In Time
Set Two
Miss Tinkle's Overture* > Resolution > "Jimmy Stewart" > Sociable Jimmy, Atmosfarag, Black Water, Prowler** > Glory, Last Man Swerving > Dump City, Mulche's Odyssey
Encore
A 5th of Beethoven
Notes
* with Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell) teases
** with America, Fuck Yeah tease at the beginning, and The Star Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix), Who Knows, and Stranglehold teases later
last Runnin' with the Devil 03.27.04
The Last show I thought UM would ever play at the Canopy. The place was sooooo packed, but the energy was unlike any show I've been to:
WED, MAR 14TH, 2007 THE CANOPY CLUB URBANA, ILLINOIS
Set One
Got Your Milk (Right Here), All Things Ninja, Much Obliged > Utopian Fir > Bright Lights > Utopian Fir, Mullet (Over)
Set Two
2x2, Alex's House > Nothing Too Fancy > Masoka Tanga* > White Man's Moccasins, I Am the Walrus^ > Red^, Ocean Billy
Encore
Soul Food I > Thela Hun Ginjeet^**
Notes
Adrian Belew opened
* first time played, The Police
^ with Adrian Belew on guitar and vocals
** first time played, King Crimson
one of the best jams and best segues I have seen/heard:
WED, APR 30TH, 2008 CANOPY CLUB URBANA, ILLINOIS
Set Two
40's Theme > Resolution* > 40's Theme
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