TVD Live Shots: Umphrey’s McGee at the House of Blues, 1/30

As I was wandering around the House of Blues Cleveland taking in the sounds and sights (and, ahem, herbal smells), I suddenly felt something sticking to my right shoe. I looked down to find a dreadlock attached to my Vans. An actual dreadlock.

And that, my friends, briefly sums up an Umphrey’s experience: such a party, such an ecstatic jam that dreadlocks are literally flying off of peoples’ heads. Unreal. So is the light show.

As usual, my Chicago dudes delivered, bringing the crowd to a dancing frenzy, particularly during “Wizard Burial Ground,” “Pequod,” and “Piranhas” (which hadn’t been played in quite some time, “231 songs,” according to the über fan standing next to me).

Their current tour lasts through March, where they’ll end the run at Rockjavik in Reykjavik, Iceland.