Back home again for guitarist, band Cinninger moves to South Bend
By TOM CONWAY
Tribune Correspondent
Although Jake Cinninger moved to Chicago when he joined Umphrey’s McGee in 2000, the Niles native almost always came home to write music.
“I needed a quiet area,” he says. “It is really where I did all of my creating throughout the past 20 years or so, so it just seemed really natural that when it was time to buckle down and do some songwriting, I would always come back to my place up in Niles, Michigan, which is a nice, little studio. That is where everything sort of would happen. It seemed like the creative stream was dried up in Chicago.” READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
Bringing the heat in the Tennessee sun 6/19/08
Rudi Greenberg and Zachary Herrmann
After the band segued from the trance-based "Wappy Sprayberry" into newer song "The Floor," things turned dark as the clouds overhead foreshadowed the night's eventual rainfall. Once the three-part, 10-minute instrumental "Wizard Burial Ground" hit, it was clear the band was set to shred and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon. Guitarist Jake Cinninger's soaring leads continued with a set-closing sequence that featured "Bridgeless," "Miss Tinkle's Overture" and an experimental "Higgins" with Jeff Coffin (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) sitting in on saxophone. Later, UM played a shorter, much more relaxed set to a few hundred fans (and two members of the Disco Biscuits) at the smaller Sonic Stage. Coupled together, the band proved jam still has a place in Manchester. - R.G. READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
Grand Street News, NY - Jun 1, 2008
LES’ers in the Big Easy
by Jonathan Leeder
Lower East Sider Warren Haynes is the brain behind Gov’t Mule, one of the most powerful hard rocking bands playing today. He cut his teeth as a cog in the Allman Brothers Band before leaving the safe and steady gig to create something of his own.
The first set began with Australian guitarist John Butler, who joined the Mule for the classic blues number Smokestack Lightning. Jake Cinninger, from the explosive "improg" band Umphrey’s McGee, traded licks over The Beatles’ Dear Prudence. Warren Haynes then invited local jazz pianist Henry Butler and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band into the fold. Finally, the stage was packed with the turntables of his Bronx buddy DJ Logic. READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
Day one at Mountain Jam IV: Gov't Mule, Grace Potter and ... the Beatles?
By Sandy Tomcho
Times Herald Record
Headliners Gov't Mule went on a little after 10 p.m. and, with a 20-minute intermission between, ended a second set at 1:30 a.m. The band was in a '60s frame of mind, beginning with the Beatles' "She Said She Said" and teases of "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Taxman," and "Dear Prudence," which featured Umphrey's Jake Cinninger, followed by Haynes' "Patchwork Quilt" (a tribute to Jerry Garcia that he recorded with Dead bassist Phil Lesh's band) and the Grateful Dead staple "Sugaree." Haynes invoked Jimi Hendrix in a guitar solo, and Grace Potter came out to collaborate on Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE
Cover Wars: A Decade Of Hits (1969 - 1979)
Glide Magazine, MA - May 27, 2008
Though you cannot vote for it, it’s a well-performed and mostly true to the original cover here from UM. This is one of the tunes in the repertoire where Jake Cinninger yields the shredding solo over to stage-left and gives Brendan Bayliss the honor of lighting up the guitar improv. This is coming off a run of two shows at the Fox Theater in Boulder which quickly became fan favorites. This one’s from night two of the run, and a free Matrix is available on The Archive. Why not, here’s night 1 too
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Jammy Awards Reunite Phish, For A Moment
Billboard, NY - May 8, 2008
The evening was closed-out by a jam super-group put together for the occasion and dubbed the HeadCount All-Stars, which included Disco Biscuits' Marc Brownstein and Jon Gutwillig, String Cheese Incident's Kyle Hollingsworth, Umphrey's McGee’'s Jake Cinninger and Benevento Russo Duo’s Joe Russo. The group ran through a series of well-played Phish covers including "Wilson," "Run Like An Antelope," "2001" and an excellent, near 20-minute "Maze," which also featured Disco Biscuits' Aron Magner.
Here is a complete list of Jammy award winners:
Live Album of the Year: Umphrey's McGee, "Live at the Murat"
New Groove of the Year: Cornmeal
DVD of the Year: Disco Biscuits, "Progressions"
Download of the Year: Phish, "Headphones Jam"
Mimi Fishman Community Sservice Award: Rock the Earth
Song of the Year: Keller Williams, "Cadillac"
Tour of the Year: the Disco Biscuits/Umphrey's McGee, "D.U.M.B Tour"
Grahmmy Jammy (Industry Award): Lee Crumpton, Homegrown Music Network
Archival Release of the Year: The Grateful Dead, "Three From The Vault"
Studio Album of the Year: moe., "The Conch"
Live Performance of the Year: Gov't Mule and Guests, Bonnaroo
Lifetime Achievement Award: Phish
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Jazz Fest At Night | 4.30-5.04 | NOLA
JamBase, CA - May 16, 2008
Umphrey's Jake Cinninger got a head start on his own late night festivities by joining in on "Dear Prudence." New Orleans got in on the fun when the Dirty Dozen Brass Band appeared, as did Henry Butler and Roosevelt Collier. Opener Grace Potter helped on covers of Ike & Tina's "Nutbush City Limits" and Zep's "Whole Lotta Love." Walter 'Wolfman' Washington, Ivan Neville and Papa Mali got in on the act, too, and Cyril Neville closed out the numerous sit-ins on night one.
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Gas prices may help spark tourism here
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI - May 25, 2008
Umphrey's McGee band members Ryan Stasik, Jake Cinninger, and Brendan Bayliss, left to right, gave it their all at the 2007 Muskegon Summer Celebration. Tourism officials say with surging gas prices they hope to convince out-of-state tourists headed elsewhere to stay in Muskegon County.
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