| 2021-06-15 | The Empress Of Organos | 19:54 | Goose |
Silver Lake Twin Drive-In Theatre |
Perry |
NY | Breaks out of "Empress" proper into a driving groove. Peter hits the clav and things go to another level before Rick grabs hold and REALLY pours on the gas. Absolutely insane jam and peak before they take their time with the outro progression. |
| 2021-06-19 | The Empress Of Organos | 19:31 | Goose |
Legend Valley |
Thornville |
OH | Great extended tension-build in this atypically-placed first set Empress. |
| 2021-11-12 | The Empress Of Organos | 21:49 | Goose |
Historic Scoot Inn |
Austin |
TX | Rick and Peter REALLY extend the intro with some solo-trading, Jeb gets "they're all bongos" treatment, and the whole jam just RAGES. Incredible version. |
| 2022-01-29 | The Empress Of Organos | 18:53 | Goose |
Regency Ballroom, The |
San Francisco |
CA | Fairly standard minor-key groove that downshifts into a cool half-time segment with "Jive II" and "Don't Do It" teasing. Returns home for a strong finish. |
| 2022-04-30 | The Empress Of Organos | 13:52 | Goose |
Sweetwater 420 Festival |
Atlanta |
GA | The name of the game is efficiency. Trevor plows forward into the minor key out of his solo and the drummers develop a deep pocket. Peter hits the clav and Rick hangs back for a while to let him rip before taking the reins himself. Goes straight for the jugular and doesn't let up for a second. |
| 2022-06-25 | The Empress Of Organos | 18:14 | Goose |
Radio City Music Hall |
New York |
NY | Rick and Trey once again shine with their immediate guitar chemistry, harmonizing lick after lick and closing out the historic sit-in set with a boom. |
| 2022-06-30 | The Empress Of Organos | 21:19 | Goose |
High Sierra Music Festival |
Quincy |
CA | Peter expertly controls the mood on this festival highlight encore, moving the jam sections along from clav, to vibraphone/piano, to an unconventional and experimental arpeggiator transition into the ending breakdown. |
| 2023-04-25 | The Empress Of Organos | 25:27 | Goose |
McDonald Theatre |
Eugene |
OR | Getting 2nd set opener treatment, jam turns darker and more exploratory than we’ve seen from "Empress" to date after typical rocking start. After soaking in this space, Ben goes double time and Pete turns on lasers for shredding alien abduction. |
| 2023-07-01 | The Empress Of Organos | 18:51 | Goose |
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park |
Garrettsville |
OH | The Umphress Of Organos (Umphrey’s McGee sit-in): after the typical beautiful Trevor solo, Joel Cummins & Pete trade off on keys wonderfully then hand over to Jake Cinninger & Rick for a diabolical, multi-part shredfest. |
| 2023-07-07 | The Empress Of Organos | 21:48 | Goose |
Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
Saratoga Springs |
NY | Extended, spicy Trevor and Peter solos to start the jam as crowd energy comes through the recording. Rick comes in hot for a minute but band decides to shift and explore. Dynamic, energetic rocking continues to build in intensity until darker chaos takes over, finally releasing into joyous finish. Will take set opener Empress any day! |