PaniCast 66 ... and we're back

Is it really November?
Well I certainly did not intend to be away for so long...

What have I been up to?
Let's just say I've been busy.

Let's hop back in by playing the rest of the second set from that 1996 Oak Mountain show we featured way back in March. And then we'll feature a few tracks from the November 2000 run through the Pacific Northwest. There are some sick jamming during that One Kind Favor and I ma not sure who keeps making the kissey noises, but all in all a very spirited version of that song. The Bowlegged features the obligatory JB rap, but this one includes a line about the events transpiring in Washington at the time (of course the recount and legal battle of election 2000 were in full swing at this point).

We'll do our best to bring more music every week - sorry we were away for so long!

June 28, 1996
Oak Mountain
with David Blackmon on fiddle

The Take Out >
Blackout,
Proving Ground >
Arlene >
Hatfield >
Porch Song

(Pusherman tease by Schools before Hatfield)

November 10, 2000
Bozeman, MT
Astronomy Domine Jam >
One Kind Favor,
Blue Indian

(Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun tease by Schools before Astronomie)

November 11, 2000
And It Stoned Me >
Bowlegged Woman

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PaniCast 61 Wide Awake in San Diego

U.S.S. Midway, docked at Navy Pier, San Diego, CA

A recent business trip put me in the heart of downtown San Diego near the airport. My first night there I saw Atlanta's Black Lips at a club named Casbah. Maybe 125 people in attendance.

Widespread Panic has played some small shows in San Diego, or more precisely, Solana Beach. We've featured some songs from the legendary Belly Up Tavern before (the first Pilgrims was performed at this venue in 1992). We'll also feature a few tracks from the Navy Pier appearance. Houser has some problems finding his voice during the Waker, but the jam into Arlene is worth every cringe.


Here's how the Podcast goes down this week:

November 12, 1993 Belly Up Tavern,
Solana Beach, CA
Who Do You Belong To?
Hatfield

June 13, 2001 Navy Pier,
San Diego, CA
Pleas >
The Waker >
Arleen >
Driving Song >
Genesis >
Driving Song

November 17, 1994 Belly Up Tavern,
Solana Beach, CA
E: Get Up Early In The Morning >
Chilly Water

November 12, 1993 Belly Up Tavern,
Solana Beach, CA
E: Postcard

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PaniCast 36 New Blue Rolling in Between Doors Records

Another week another Cast...

You folks have all been so supposrtive of what we are doing here and at the main site... here are a few songs for a few of you who have sent kind words lately.

We start off with the obscure original New Blue (click here for lyrics). Only played three times in fall 2001, JB pulled this out in his performance with Sam Holt last weekend at Hannah's Buddies. We then are treated to an old school Hatfield featuring a Riders on the Storm tease and JB rapping about Hatfield's mama playing Doors records. And then a song of my choosing, Diner. This monster from 1998 may be my favorite version of this song.... Then some silliness from Dave with the Who cover Magic Bus and finally we round out the classic rock tributes with a guest performance. Robby Krieger of the Door plays guitar on this sprawling version of Light My Fire.

November 2, 2001 Dane County Coliseum Madison, WI
New Blue

October 14, 1996 Civic Center Monroe, LA
Hatfield (with Riders on the Storm Tease)

April 3, 1998 Borderline London, England
Diner

November 30, 2000 MSU Regional Special Events Center Murray, KY
Drums > Magic Bus

November 2, 2000 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Light My Fire (with Robby Krieger)

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PaniCast #33 New Year's 1996 Part 2

Ted and Lisa (and Daniel Gold)

in Ben, Ned and Sasha's room
12/31/96
(photo by Dave Bredal)

Ned Stein has just posted a great review of these shows on his blog - as always his review is well informed and entertaining to read. He also has a review of 12/30/06 up there for all of you missing the festivities in good ole A T L.

Just behind the Orchestra Pit 12/31/96

(photo by Thomas G. Smith)

I hope you have enjoyed this YEAR'S offering of the Everyday Companion PaniCasts. I've had alot of fun bringing them to you - and am looking forward to bringing you MORE MORE MORE in 2007. May your family share laughter and your glasses be filled!

Houser and Nance 12/31/96
(photo by Thomas G. Smith)

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Vic Chesnutt and John Keane with

Widespread Panic 12/31/96
(photo by Thomas G. Smith)

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PaniCast 23 House of Blues Orlando SPECIAL

I've been obsessively downloading and listening to as much of the recent Jimmy Herring Widespread as I can possibly get my hands on. The recent House of Blues run in Orlando looked like a series of smokers and from what I've been able to hear the setlists don't lie!

David Schools, Macon 10/7/06, photo by Michael Saba


There were so many highlights that I found myself with more material than one Cast could contain - so it has been extended to an hour! The band is by no means playing perfectly, but they sure are taking chances and letting the music play the band.

Highlights in this cast include:
C. Brown with Jimmy Herring on Acoustic guitar
the Barstools is the first with Jimmy
the Hatfield rap is freaky
and JB continues his antics during the Fishwater
Finally - what can I say about Little Wing?!!

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October 9, 2006
This Part of Town >
Contentment Blues

October 10, 2006
C. Brown
Radio Child >
Barstools and Dreamers

October 11, 2006
Hatfield >
Fishwater

October 7, 2006
Macon, GA
Little Wing

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Red Rocks Special 3 - June 25, 2000

'Never miss a Sunday show'

June 25, 2000 Red Rocks
Bear's Gone Fishing > Ride Me High > Hatfield

I've seen every WSP show they've headlined at Red Rocks and this show ranks as one of the most memorable.

Despite JB's obvious lyrical flub during Bear's Gone Fishing the band takes the nervous energy of that miscue and finds inspiration. They slither through the second half of the song with gusto and fly into the jam after Ride Me High with reckless abandon.

The rain that developed during that jam out of Ride Me High seemed to summon Hatfield's spirit -
And what transpired during that first set has since gone down in WSP lore as one of 'those' moments when it is hard to discern between the band, the song, the audience, the weather and the venue.

'Blue start rolling between the clouds, feeling of wonder, some water drying up, some water just sinking into the skin'
JB, Hatfield 6/25/2000

Charles Hatfield's Business Card

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Gov't Mule sit in and More JB Solo - Podcast #3

This edition includes:

7/20/97 Birmingham, AL
Nobody's Fault But Mine (with Amazing Grace rap) > Feeling Alright

JB Solo 7/29/95 Jackson, WY
Hatfield

The JB solo performance contains an extended Hatfield's Mama rap - 'One more thing about Hatfield's mama...'
The DJ announces that he's pouring a 'cold one' at the beginning and JB seemingly addresses this during the Hatfield's mama rap - 'take a sip and sit back, and learn!' The small audience in the studio even helps keep the beat with some hand claps. We'll bring you the final song from this performance in a future cast.

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Podcast #1 is Available!

The real reason I started this blog was to start podcasting some great Live Widespread Panic -
And the first Podcast is now ready - it's a little rough around the edges but contains some great music.

This edition features
Can't Find My Way Home from 7/20/92
Tie Your Shoes > Disco from 4/1/95
and
Aunt Avis > Hatfield from 12/29/95

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