PaniCast 73 - Playa Quatro Highlights DOS

The final two nights of Playa contained many treats and amazing guest performances.

The Jam out of Drums before Barstools that we open with in this podcast sounds to me like a new original instrumental.

Enjoy!

January 26, 2015
Drums >
Jam >
Barstools and Dreamers

Christmas Katie,
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
(with Dirty Dozen Brass Band)

January 27, 2015
Time is Free
Turn on Your Lovelight
(with Col. Bruce Hampton, George Porter, Jr. and Randall Bramblett)

Red Hot Mama >
Arlene,
Fishwater
Vacation
(with George Porter Jr., Grant Green Jr., Ivan Neville, Nikki Gillespie, Randall Bramblett)

January 26, 2015
You Can't Always Get What You Want
End of the Show
(with Bloodkin)


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PaniCast 39 Playing to 10 or 10,000

A listener wrote in asking to hear selections from the Stone Balloon or Hammerjacks - unfortunately I only had one of the two in the archive, the Stone Balloon.
This classic college bar no longer exists, except in the hearts of it's former patrons.



While I was looking for this show on disks and drives I ran across a show from a few days earlier at the Imperial Room, Concord Resort Hotel in Kiamesha Lake, NY. The location itself sounded interesting so I checked it out. The venue is one of the old classic 'Catskills' hotels in it's hey day. It has since fallen into disrepair.

Imperial Room at the Concord Resort

It sounds like there are maybe 50 people at this show - you can hear banter between band members at the start of Maggot Brain and JB thanking some one, presumably a crowd member, for a beer; "Probably be warm by the time you got up here. Cheers." In any case, this is another one of those examples of the band playing to 10 as if they are 10,000, if I may once again misquote Col. Bruce. The Let's Get the Show on the Road is started by JB before the feedback has died down at the end of Chilly Water, and I am guessing he is playing ONE MORE before the club shuts them down. You may need to TURN UP the Let's the Show on the Road - it is pretty quiet.

And finally there are a few selections from a classic and still vibrant venue, Ziggy's in Winston-Salem. Todd is ON FIRE for these two songs and the jam between the two songs remind me of Blight.... ENJOY!

Intro Music
November 8, 2001
Happy Child

March 16, 1994
Stone Balloon, Newark, DE
Wondering >
Proving Ground

March 14, 1994
Imperial Room, Concord Resort Hotel, Kiamesha, NY
Raise the Roof
Maggot Brain >
Jam >
Chilly Water >
Let's Get the Show on the Road (JB solo)

November 3, 1992
Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
It Ain't No Use >
Jam >
Better Off

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PaniCast 37 FebruRarities

July 26, 1997
Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
It Was You

February 3, 1996
Zephyr, Salt Lake City, UT
Junco Partner,
Solace,
Junior

October 20, 1986
Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA
Cardboard Box >
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

September 23, 1993
The Music Farm, Charleston, SC
Rebirtha (instrumental)

November 19, 1988
Little Five Points Pub, Atlanta, GA
Jam > Lullabye For NYC
Ophelia

This week I am bringing you a selection of obscure tunes... some more obscure than others. We start everything off with It Was You, sung by Todd. It Was You was only performed 6 times in 1997 and once in 1998.

Junco is a New Orleans traditional, and Solace is a Ragtime traditional.

For the longest time I thought Cardboard Box was a phantom name for a jam, along the lines of Snorkle Search. There is no Snorkle Search but there IS a Cardboard Box!

The Lullabye for NYC can also be heard on Houser's solo album, Door Harp. I HIGHLY recommend this disk.

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PaniCast 34 Serendipity

No real theme this week - I just pulled together some kick ass jams from early '97.
I recently exchanged emails with Ned Stein, which reminded me of the Rochester 97 show.
Which reminded me of the Indy show for some reason....
So I then decided to stay in spring 97 mode and
listened to Michael Wilker's remaster of the April 8, 1997 Las Cruces show.

And then I heard from Fred Adams via email this week -
and I remembered that Houser's birthday was the 6th.

Happy birthday Mikey!

May 2, 1997 Indianapolis
Stop -Go >
Better Off >
Stop-Go
Holden Oversoul >
Love Tractor

April 8, 1997 Las Cuces, NM
Dear Mr. Fantasy
City of Dreams >
Hope in a Hopeless World

April 29, 1997 Rochester, NY
Jam >
Pilgrims >
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
The Take Out >
Porch Song

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PaniCast 32 New Year's Special Part 1

We're brewing up another blizzard here in Colorado, but in Atlanta it is 60 degrees. This NYE Special is dedicated to those who have been before and cannot make it to the New Year's festivies this year (like me). For those of you who were planning on it but physically could not leave Denver International Airport, for you I dedicate part 2!

1996 was a memorable year for me and the Everyday Companion. In spring 96 I received my Master's degree and in Winter 1996 we published the first Everyday Companion. The New Year's Eve shows at the Fox Theatre would be the debut of this first hand made, home made volume. I had the good fortune of seeing Panic at a small intimate gathering at the Morton Theater in Athens on December 28th but did not realize the best was yet to come! Lisa and I had good fortune looking down on us, or maybe a guardian angel. Third row in front of Houser for all three nights at the Fox in Atlanta in 1996.

After the shows I wrote on Spreadnet that I thought some part of me 'would always be in row CCC' and I still feel the same way. I met so many great people at these shows, folks who would end up being even better friends. I feel a warm glow sweep over me whenever I remember the fog in Athens on the night of the 28th and when I recall hugging Lisa in the swaying orchestra pit.

Without further ado - New Year's Eve run 1996 brought to you in two parts.

PART ONE
Highlights 12/29/96 and 12/30/96

Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

12/29
Jack,
Last Straw >
Wondering (with David Blackmon)
Greta >
Diner

12/30
Junior >
Ain't No Use
JAM >
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl >
Dream Song



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Lucky #13

Podcast Lucky #13

Earth shattering news today from the Widespread Panic organization;
George McConnell has left the band
Jimmy Herring has been hired

This week's playlist
4/17/93 Jam
9/9/00 Give Me Back My Wig
9/15/98 Time is Free
2/3/01 Protein Drink > Sewing Machine

This week's podcast starts off with a highlight featuring Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe and Matt Mundy.
This is a Jam out of drums and I think this may be the only time the band has ended a show with a Jam.
4/17/93 Football Field, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

We then go to Lyons, CO for a special performance of Give Me Back My Wig featuring Col. Bruce Hampton, Drew Emmitt and Jeff Sipe on September 9, 2000.

This version of Time is Free features a Thought Sausage rap by JB. It comes from a performance by Stained Souls at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA on September 15, 1998.

And we finish off this unintentional 'guest special' with a performance of Protein Drink > Sewing Machine performed by brute. at 40 Watt in Athens, GA on February 3, 2001.

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