Name: Puppet String by Umphrey's McGee
Duration: 6 min 29 s
Description: Musicianship for the Masses

2019.11.16 Buffalo, NY

Hot Tea

Freeker By the Speaker - Keller Williams

Featured track from the latest UM album Similar Skin. UM is musicianship for the masses. 

Similar Skin

No Diablo

Puppet String

It’s easy to be resentful. I carry resentment around with me everywhere I go. It’s alway been my default. Things don’t always go the way I want them to, life doesn’t always break the way I want it to, I can’t always do the things that you want to, and I start keeping score. It builds up. And then I find myself being miserable, and being a miserable person. 

During one recent session my therapist suggested that I practice gratitude. He suggested that, rather than keeping score of the bad things I start keeping score of the good ones. Sounds pretty simple and intuitive, right? What do I need to pay him for?

As I started practicing gratitude I became increasingly aware of all of the good things that I have in my life, and that inspired me to write this song. Maybe it’s a little sappy. Maybe it’s a little obvious. But it works. 

It’s a pretty simple song. I recorded the progression and the hammer harmonic part on my Black Pearl Telecaster and used the neck pickup on my Cherry Sunburst Heritage H150 for the lead. I absolutely love the tone. That guitar sounds huge. It is easily one of the best guitars I have ever played and I can’t believe that I am fortunate enough to own it and to be able to play it anytime I want. 

I am, ahem, incredibly grateful to be able to make music. I try not to take my ability and opportunities for granted. It is so easy for me to see the things that I don’t have the time and/or energy to do. Being able to write, play, and record a song like this just shows me how good I’ve really got it. 

My life has taken some unexpected turns over the years. I haven’t taken the easiest or most direct path to get to where I am now. But I am exactly where I want to be. I have a great life, and I am grateful for it.

Gratitude

Silver Sun

Howdy everybody, here's another brand new track from the SCI Sound Lab!  This is an easy, breezy, summertime feel good track featuring some hot tele picking by our good buddy Tyler Grant.  Que it up, grab your sweetie and "get tight"!

"Get Tight" (Single) - SCI Sound Lab

Garcia (Compliments) (Expanded)

That's What Love Will Make You Do

Hattie's Jam> WIRIP live from 9/29/17 at Mainstage Morgantown in Morgantown, WV.  Purchase the full show at www.livetwiddle.com
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This version of "Best Feeling" is off of Keller's album 'Breathe' with the String Cheese Incident.

Puppet String

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