Win tickets and a meet and greet with Umphrey's McGee!

by Laura Zarro, Royal Oak Music Theatre Examiner

The Royal Oak Music Theatre is giving you a chance to win tickets and a meet and greet with Umphrey’s McGee on March 12. Go to our myspace page and click on our blog to find out how you can win.

Umphrey's McGee’s brings the progressive instrumental chops of Zappa and the stylistic savvy of Steely Dan to every live show. Though the band's approach to their live performances have much in common with Phish and the Grateful Dead (ever-changing set lists, constant improvisation, two sets per night, open-taping policy), they are also influenced musically by progressive rock bands such as King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, and Genesis, as well as heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden. The band identifies The Police, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin as primary influences. Umphrey’s McGee has been known to shuttle between styles with precision, from straight-up pop and rock to jazz, progressive-metal, and classical. If you can name it, chances are Umphrey’s can play it. It is innovative without being indulgent, exhilarating without losing control. As David Fricke notes in his four-star review of their album "Live at the Murat" in Rolling Stone, Umphrey’s McGee “always have destination on their minds, even when they fly free.”

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Umphrey's McGee will arrive at The Royal Oak Music Theatre on March 12th, 2009. Tickets are on sale now! Tickets are $22 and can be purchased at the Royal Oak Music Theatre Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, tickets.com, ROMTLIVE.com or charge by phone at 800.919.6272.