Umphrey's McGee

Awesome band! Fantastic venue and great drink selection. I’ve been going to BPB since it opened, and I have seen it evolve. In fact, my band has played on the current stage, in September 2024 (All The Right Heroes). Love the additions to the stage and outdoor space, it has a great backyard chill vibe, very unique. Couple crits too: the high end was not great on the piano sound specifically (not the synths and organs, but specifically when he was trying to sound more acoustic) and I noticed a similar thing with the guitar. It got screechy and caustic and not pleasant (not criticizing the player, I’m sure the tone had in his ear was different- just talking about outward audience sound). I was upfront pretty close and those big stacks on either side of the stage sounded a little tired. I heard some buzz and just not great clarity, sometimes with vocals also- maybe they weren’t carrying the load. Hate to say it, but I would put some of this on the sound guy- and I’ve noticed the board has moved to the side, not sure if you’re just trying to have better visibility, but it would make more sense to me to have someone farther back- in the center. I assume maybe you are looking to beef up your speaker array, might be a good idea. The lows sound great. My other criticism would be there’s not much airflow up by the stage, it was really hot. You have those big awesome fans, but they’re far away, I would recommend figuring out some way to get some air moving through of your outdoor space- especially where people are up dancing. You don’t want some drunk hippie passing out and getting hurt 🙃