Tagged: summercamp + festivals

In Umphrey's McGee's early days they would often cover moe.'s Rebubula. In the middle of 1999, just about 18 months after forming, UM stopped performing Rebubula and the song remained on the shelf until this past Memorial Day Weekend, when the Chicago-based sextet busted out the moe. classic at the 2013 Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL. Umphrey's delivered an impressive, spot-on version of the moe. song and today have shared pro-shot footage of the cover featuring the work of former moe. and [...]

On the Friday of this year's Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL; Keller Williams performed on the Sunshine Stage with his new band More Than A Little. During their set, the group covered the Grateful Dead classic West L.A. Fadeaway with the help of two very special guests - Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten and Umphrey's McGee guitarist Jake Cinninger . The resulting version is funky as hell and has been shared by AxVault : [...]

For the third year in a row the Summer Camp Music Festival ran its Camp Counselor program at last weekend's festival. S'camper Kyle won the honors and as such had a unique view on the fest. Part of his prize was getting to a backstage set from moe. that he shared with the rest of us via the Summer Camp YouTube channel . We've assembled a playlist of the three kickass vids that Kyle has shared on the Summer Camp channel. [...]

While the big story from Umphrey's McGee's Friday night set at the Summer Camp Music Festival was that they busted out their cover of moe.'s Rebubula for the first time in 14 years, let's not forget that Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic guested on an over-the-top version of Bright Lights, Big City. Lalli helped direct the jam into a dark and intense jam space that rated high on the danceability scale. Just a few days after the sit-in took place, UM has posted pro-shot [...]

We have one of our first announcements for the 2013 Summer Festival season and it comes from the Summer Camp Music Festival organizers. Trey Anastasio and TAB will play two sets at next year's festival as per a note on the event's Facebook page . Summer Camp 2013 will take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois over Memorial Day Weekend (May 24 - 26). More artist announcements are expected soon.

Back at this year's Summer Camp Music Festival, Chuck Garvey hosted a Rock The Earth workshop in which moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey mixed sharing his thoughts on the environment with a few acoustic performances. For the finale of the 50-minute workshop Garvey welcomed his moe. band mate Vinnie Amico and Umphrey's McGee guitarist Brendan Bayliss for a cover of Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton... Chuck Garvey, Vinnie Amico, Brendan Bayliss - Bell Bottom Blues Here's the full 50-minute workshop featuring performances of moe. tunes Where [...]

Dot To Dot | Bristol 02.06.12 Dot To Dot has come a long way since occupying three venues across Nottingham on the May bank holiday weekend, 2005. Now spanning three cities – Bristol joined in the fun in 2007, Manchester jumped aboard in 2010 and a brief flirtation with London in 2008 lasted only a year – and over 20 venues this travelling festival has become a must for the up and coming hopefuls of the UK’s alternative scene. So while the headliners of the larger venues include The Drums and Pulled Apart [...]

After four packed days and nights of music, the Summer Camp Music Festival came to a close on Sunday in a fitting way, by extending into the sunrise hours during sets by Pretty Lights and Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble. Sunday also saw two sets from moe. and a set from Umphrey's McGee as well as performances by a bevy of HT faves including Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Galactic, Jane's Addiction and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. [All Photos by [...]

The Summer Camp Music Festival continued on Saturday with a full day of music that included two sets a piece from headliners moe. and Umphrey's McGee (who also played a private set in the venue's church) on the Moonshine and Sunshine stages respectively and the return of Gov't Mule and ALO to the festival as well as performances from plenty of up-and-coming acts such as Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, The Lumineers, Tauk and Orgone. [All Photos by Mike Sherry] One of the [...]

One of the first big sit-ins of Summer Camp took place last night at the Moonshine Stage where Grateful Dead / Furthur guitarist Bob Weir came out during the Primus set for The Other One at the second day of the annual festival in Chillicothe, Illin. The Primus/Bobby connection stems from drummer Jay Lane who has been the drummer in Ratdog since Weir formed the group and currently mans the kit for Primus as he did from the group's start until 1988. In fact, Les takes credit for introducing Lane to original Ratdog bassist Rob Wasserman [...]

The Summer Camp Music Festival is well underway at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illin. where Floodwood, The Infamous Stringdusters, Digital Tape Machine, Van Ghost, Caravan of Thieves and The Werks were among the acts who played the six stages hosting sets on Thursday. [All Photos by Mike Sherry ] Bassist Rob Derhak sat in with his moe. band mates Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico during Floodwood's set, while UM members Jake Cinninger, Brendan Bayliss, Ryan Stasik and Andy [...]

Dot to Dot 2012 By Paul Faller Website / Tickets It's arguable that the UK is beginning to suffer from festival fatigue – even big names like Sonisphere have fallen victim to the tough financial climate. With that in mind, city-based festivals are looking like more and more of an attractive proposition, providing the opportunity to pick from a myriad of bands for a fraction of the price of larger events, and with the added bonus that you can worry less about [...]

Year In Review - Music & Photos, Exhibit A Since starting the PhD program we haven't been able to hit the number of shows we used to (over 110 p/ year in '06, '07 and '08). But we still make...

Just when you thought the festival season was over, that it was safe to hang up any notion of seeing in one sitting a full working day’s worth of bands until next year, along comes Constellations to sweep away the November blues. (The 12th of November, to be exact.) In the style popularised by ATP’s Butlins jaunts, this is a single-venue indoors one-dayer, using the fantastic facilities at Leeds University as a base for a five-room shindig. At this stage in the year one might be wary of repetition; and whilst there are some [...]

Constellations 2011 By Russell Warfield November 12, 2011 This year’s Constellations Festival was a double-decker treat for me. Not only was it a second straight year of excellent music at Leeds University Union (and only the second year in total, to boot), but it was also the first time that I managed to get back oop n’rth after graduating from the university earlier this year. Gorgeously decorated stages aside, it was a joy to roam around the place, enjoying performances, supping on pints which didn’t require [...]

It’s time for the autumn leaves to start to fall and the clocks to go back, but whilst most people will be letting the weather get them down and picking out a new winter coat, at Never Enough Notes we’re simply looking forward to the new wave of touring bands and latest releases. Living in Leeds means that... Read more..

The start of my belated Glastonbury review - I needed some time to recover! Unlike perhaps 95% of the 175 thousand punters who now go through Glastonbury's doors (surely too many) I arrive early on Thursday and spend the first few hours doing undoubtedly the worst thing of the weekend, walking (and walking) with a heavy bag and camping gear finding a suitable place to pitch up. The less said about the better, I spend most of the day wandering around the green fields having a couple of drinks and enjoying an extended afternoon's rest - after the [...]

• Oh Land - White Nights
• Summer Camp - I Want You

Summercamp Photos with Fun Comments/Stories on the Weekend Slight delay in getting these up. But it's worth the wait. Enjoy the set of pics from three legendary nights at Camp.

Words : Ryan Maher Photos : Tammy Wetzel Ah, Summer Camp . Last year you turned 10, this year you had quite the growth spurt at 11. Attendees quickly realized as they lined in that they'd be camping in tighter quarters with many new neighbors, as record numbers made their way to Chillicothe. [All photos by Tammy Wetzel] Thankfully mother nature gave us a break by ending the early rain in time for a dry load-in. The [...]

by Jon Stone | @jwstone I got a speeding ticket when I was about five miles from Three Sisters Park , the site just north of Peoria, IL where Summer Camp Music Festival has been held every year for the past ten. I was going nine over the posted 45-miles-per-hour speedlimit but there was a nice little stretch of road along the Illinois river and I was gazing out over it wondering what to expect from the weekend. A few minutes into the traffic stop, I was informed by the officer [...]