![]() Bassist Dave Schools met Bell and Houser in 1984 and first played with them on February 24, 1985, at the A-Frame house on Weymanda Court in Athens. They began living together and collaborating on music in that year, writing still-popular songs such as "Driving Song" and "Chilly Water" together. Bell had been playing guitar as a solo act, and invited his new friend Houser, also a guitarist, to join him. ![]() John Bell and Michael Houser met in 1981 in their dorm at the University of Georgia. Band history 1981–1995: Early years and rise to national attention Widely renowned for their live performances, as of 2018, they hold the record for number of sold-out performances at Red Rocks Amphitheatre ( Morrison, Colorado) at 66 and State Farm Arena ( Atlanta) at 20. They have been compared to other jam bands such as the Grateful Dead and Phish. The band was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1986, and is influenced by the Southern rock, blues-rock, progressive rock, funk and hard rock genres. 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 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. ![]() Hope this helps.Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. You can find most if not all of these on I highly suggest catching some of them, and if afterwards your still not interested, well at least ya tried, I am the same way with phish, never got into them but i tried really hard. I thought this show would be your typical wsp city festival show, but they sounded amazing, best I have seen them in a long time. The Disco>Diner>Tall Boy opener is fantastic. Second set opens with a Yer Blues into Low Riderġ1-20-2001 Johnson City TN- Schoolgirl>The Waker>She caught the katy>Gimmie second set closer with encore of chunk of coal is fantastic and will get your bones shakingġ1-08-2013 Asheville NC- Night one of two with a killer Slippin into darkness with Karl Denson, and a Dream Song>Take Out> Porch song encore (rare stuff right there)Ħ-7-2014 Chattanooga TN- Riverbend festival set earlier this year, panic tends to play "greatest hits" at things like this, much like the dead use to do and much like phish does at a jazz fest or the like when your playing to fans and people who have never seen you before. Encore of Can't Find My Way Home is incredibleĢ-7-1996 Jackson Hole Wyoming- Take Out>Tall Boy>C.Brown>Chilly H2O opener is to die for. ![]() The Diner>Porch Song>Pleas second set opener is fire. Huge widespread fan and these shows are the ones I usually suggest for folks trying to get into widespread:Ĥ-3-1996 Huntsville Alabama- Always bring the heat in Huntsville. Widespread is and always will hold a special place in my heart, my mom was really close to those guys when they were first getting started, and my uncle chris is good buddies with john bell, and to top it all off, i was born in a hospital room with space wrangler playing. I am just seeing this, idk if you are a member of cuddle puddle collective on facebook but they have tons of free wsp to download from there.
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