_Photo: Stuart Levine_

In the midst of a lengthy west coast tour, Umphrey’s McGee took the time last night at The Wiltern in Los Angeles to collaborate with their opening band. The California Honeydrops, an Oakland-based blues and R&B outfit, joined UM on stage to add horns to a frequent cover of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough.” Umphrey’s has performed the Michael Jackson tune with a guest horn section every time since the band first debuted it in 2008.

Other highlights from the show include a first set that relied heavily on the band’s newer songs. Save for the set opening “JaJunk,” “Ocean Billy” and “Tribute to the Spinal Shaft,” the band delivered post-2010 cuts such as “No Diablo,” “Day Nurse,” “The Linear” and “Bad Friday” (which once again featured extended improvisation) before closing with “Don’t You Forget About Me.”

During the popular Simple Minds cover originally played by The Omega Moos (the UM side project with Brendan Bayliss, Ryan Stasik and now Kris Myers), Bayliss took the time to deliver an Eddie Vedder-like speech, recounting the tale of a night in high school when he was too nervous to ask a girl to prom, prompting him to drink way too much.

The second set was also stacked full of highlights. Along with the aforementioned California Honeydrops collaboration, the band also delivered standout versions of “The Floor,” which featured the uplifting instrumental “Glory” sandwiched in between. A 21-minute standalone “All in Time” anchored the middle of the set before the band played the Honeydrops out with a return to “Nothing Too Fancy.”

Umphrey’s will return to Belly Up in Aspen, CO this week for a pair of shows, both of which will be available via webcast courtesy of TourGigs.

Here’s a look at the setlist as it appears in our Box Scores section:

Umphrey’s McGee, March 15, 2014, The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

Set I: Bathing Digits > JaJunk > No Diablo, Day Nurse > The Linear > Ocean Billy, Bad Friday, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Don’t You (Forget About Me)

Set II: Nothing Too Fancy > The Floor > Glory > The Floor, All In Time, Resolution > Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough* > Nothing Too Fancy

Enc: Hajimemashite > JaJunk

Notes: *with The California Honeydrops horns

Source: http://allthings.umphreys.com/