I had the absolute pleasure this last week to hang out with Jefferson Waful, lighting designer for Umphrey's McGee, at Dallas' House of Blues establishment downtown. It was great to see Jefferson again – he and I spent some quality time together at SeaChanger's booth at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas [...]
Read More Bob Ston, concerts, Dallas, Don Richards, House of Blues, Jefferson Waful, Kevin Browning, lighting designers, photography, Robbie Williams, Umphrey's McGeeSo, while I'm writing this article about my experience hanging out with outstanding lighting artist Jeff Waful of Umphrey's McGee last night at House of Blues in Dallas, I want to tease your vision with some crappy iPhone pics I tweeted frequently throughout the show last night. Lots, lots more images, video, and other stuff [...]
Read More Dallas, House of Blues, Jeff Waful, Jefferson Waful, June, Lighting Design, Umphrey's McGeeI made a new friend this week at NAB in Las Vegas after having three days to wax poetic about lighting and Phish with Jefferson Waful from Umphrey's McGee. You get to know somebody better over drinks, and after all, we were in Vegas. By the way, Patrick Woodruff's lighting installation at the Wynn is [...]
Read More concert, jambands, Jeff Waful, Lighting Design, lighting designers, Umphrey's McGeeI am sitting in the Vegas airport waiting for my flight to board, thinking of all the absolutely awesome times I had over the last 72 hours. The NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center was a HIT for me – lots of people, lots of interviews, and tons of fun. A word to [...]
Read More Jefferson Waful, John Gates, Jon Griffin, NAB, National Association of Broadcasters, Ocean Thin FIlms, SeaChanger, TJ Gerckens, Umphrey's McGee, VegasTalking to fellow lighting designers and seeing how they do things is one of my favorite parts of writing JimOnLight.com – just recently I had the absolute pleasure of having a nice long chat with Jeff Waful of Umprey's McGee, and this morning I awoke to an email from Jeff about a two-part video he's [...]
Read More A Day in the Life, concert lighting, GrandMA, Jeff Waful, lighting designer, Lighting Life, touring, Umphrey's McGeeAnother episode of the JimOnLight.com podcast hits the airwaves! I was fortunate enough to interview Jeff Waful – a lighting designer who's been out with moe. and is currently lighting the excellent jam band, Umphrey's McGee. I got to talk to Jeff right before New Years' Eve 2010 as he was programming Umphrey's New Years [...]
Read More concert, GrandMA, Jeff Waful, JimOnLight, lighting designers, mac III, moe., The JimOnLight.com Podcast, Umphrey's McGeeFolks, I just cannot hold off on posting these images any longer. I am editing a phone interview I just had with Jeff Waful of Umphrey's McGee right now into a podcast, but I just felt I was actually depriving the world of these awesome images by not posting them. Jeff Waful posted some info [...]
Read More concert lighting, Jeff Waful, New Years Eve, New Years Eve 2009, Umphrey's McGeeI posted a while ago about a lighting designer to watch – a guy named Jeff Waful. Jeff is the lighting designer for the band Umphrey's McGee, a great improv rock band that falls into the Jam Band category in my head. You know me and the jambands, I love it. Jeff's work with Umphreys [...]
Read More concert lighting, Designers, Jeff Waful, Umphrey's McGeeThe jamband Umphrey's McGee underwent a change in lighting designers in the last 9-10 months, from Adam Budney to Jeff Waful. Adam has moved on to pursue other interests, and Jeff has taken on the task of lighting Umphrey's. Music mag Glide Magazine's Hidden Track section posted some images of their performance at NYC's Nokia [...]
Read More jambands, Jeff Waful, lighting designers, New York City, Nokia Theatre, rock and roll, Umphrey's McGee