Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring. The band's original guitarist and sometime songwriter, Michael Houser, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, and the original drummer, Todd Nance, left in 2016 and died in 2020. The band was formed in Athens in 1986, and is influenced by southern rock, blues rock, progressive rock, funk and hard rock genres. They have been compared to other jam bands including the Grateful Dead and Phish. Widely renowned for their live performances, they have held the record for number of sold-out performances at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Genre: southern-rock, jam-band, athens-indie
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Top Tracks
- Lawyers, Guns, and Money
- Life During Wartime
- Holden Oversoul
- Jaded Tourist
- Airplane
- Little Lilly
- No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature
- Let's Get Down To Business
- Makes Sense To Me
- Bust it Big
- North
- Love Tractor
- Little Kin
- Blue Indian
- Disco
- I'm So Glad
- I'm Not Alone
- The Last Straw
- Ain't Life Grand
- One Kind Favor
Albums (40)
- Snake Oil King (2024)
- Boone 1999 (Live) (2023)
- Hampton 1999 (Live) (2023)
- Miss Kitty's Lounge (2022)
- Sunday Show (Live) (2020)
- October 31, 2019 Live in New Orleans (2019)
- 11/17/98 Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA (2018)
- 12/31/17 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (2018)
- 10/20/17 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI (2017)
- 10/29/17 Park Theater, Las Vegas, NV (2017)
- 10/28/17 Park Theater, Las Vegas, NV (2017)
- 07/03/16 Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR (2016)
- 05/05/16 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL (2016)
- Street Dogs (2015)
- The Essential Widespread Panic (2014)
- 12/31/13 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA (2014)
- 09/15/95 Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA (2013)
- 04/13/13 UIC Pavillion, Chicago, IL (2013)
- Wood (Live) (2012)
- Live Wood (2012)
- 01/31/12 Panic En La Playa, Puerto Morelos, MEX (2012)
- 10/31/11 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL (2011)
- 10/20/98 City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO (2011)
- 10/20/10 Grand Sierra Theatre, Reno, NV (2010)
- Live In Classic City II (2010)
- Dirty Side Down (2010)
- 05/05/10 Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, SC (1970)
- 12/31/09 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA (2009)
- 11/22/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI (2009)
- 12/01/00 Southern Illinois University Arena, Carbondale, IL (2008)
- 05/03/08 Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX (2008)
- Free Somehow (2008)
- Choice Cuts: The Capricorn Years 1991-1999 (1970)
- Earth to America (2006)
- Jackassolantern (2004)
- Uber Cobra (2004)
- Night of Joy (Live) (2004)
- Ball (2003)
- Live from the Backyard in Austin, TX (1970)
- Live in the Classic City (2002)
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