Scott Bernstein

‘Tis the season for gift giving and the fellas from Umphrey’s have kicked down quite the stocking stuffer. Head to the band’s download portal, Umlive.Net, to download a free holiday EP of never-before-released material spanning holiday shows from the last few years. The Chicago-based sextet and their organization sent this note to fans announcing the gift…

Dear Friends,

The holidays are upon us and after enjoying a good balance of work and play at Holidaze, our preparations continue to ensure we close out the year in style. While the palm trees and white sandy beaches of Chicago in December aren’t quite as nice as those in Jamaica, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the end of 2008 with fans, friends and family in our beloved hometown.

As we said in the Umphdate that announced Mantis, we are eternally grateful to have your support, and are humbled by your relentless dedication and energy. Thank you so much for making it possible for us to do what we do. In appreciation, we’ve decided to give away a free holiday EP of never-before-released material spanning holiday shows from the last few years. Please click here for the free download. If you already have a umlive.net account just add the tracks to your shopping cart and download. If you don’t have an account, signing up is free and fast after you add the gift to your cart. Please, please, please tell your friends as we’d like to put this in the hands of everyone, but we would appreciate if you would send them to UMLive.net to sign up and download rather then sending the files yourself through email or by file sharing.

READ ON for the rest of the band’s note to their fans…

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