Disco Biscuits

Umphrey's McGee

$25.00: General Admission
*Plus $2.00 Facility Fee

doors 6:00 show 6:50 ALL AGES

Disco Biscuitshttp://www.discobiscuits.com: With the release of The Wind at Four to Fly on SCI Fidelity Records, the Disco Biscuits enter their second decade as one of the most successful acts on the jam-band circuit.

In the years since the band sprang out of the University of Pennsylvania party scene in the mid-'90s, the Disco Biscuits have brought together the worlds of jam bands and electronic music with its "trance-fusion" sound that mixes the free-form improvisations of jazz with the hypnotic rhythms which provided the soundtrack for rave culture.

In the process, the band has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal fanbase. Its 2002 effort, Senor Boombox, was named the "best studio record of 2002" by Relix magazine and one of the "10 best Jam band records of all-time" by Guitar Player. The band closed out 2003 by selling out New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on New Year's Eve, capping a holiday season run in which more than 12,000 tickets were sold.

Umphrey's McGeehttp://www.umphreys.com: Those eager to partake of Umphrey’s McGee’s fruitful outpouring during the recording sessions that resulted in 2006’s Safety In Numbers can rejoice. On April 3, 2007 the sextet plans to release The Bottom Half, a double-disc of unreleased songs, bonus material and odds and sods that will essentially tell the whole story of those extraordinary sessions.

Upon its release in the spring of 2006, Safety In Numbers, their third studio album, helped Umphrey’s McGee attract new waves of attention. The highly anticipated release charted on Billboard’s Top 200, peaked high on the Heatseekers Chart, and received a “4 Star” review in Blender. Umphrey’s sold out shows coast to coast in support of the album, appeared at both Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, and made their late night television debut on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Contrary to its name, The Bottom Half is a top-rate sequel to Safety In Numbers. The double album is full of spontaneity and intrigue, fresh ideas, and the kind of dazzling musicianship we have come to expect from Umphrey’s. The first disc packs ten recordings that didn’t make it onto the initial work, while the second serves up over two-dozen outtakes, alternative versions, dialogue, a cappella recordings, and other offerings designed to sneak glimpses into the band’s creative process. As with Safety In Numbers, famed album artist Storm Thorgerson designed the cover of The Bottom Half.