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Warren Haynes Christmas Jam 2010 | Photos

Images by: Dino Perrucci

Warren Haynes Christmas Jam :: 12.11.10 :: Asheville Civic Center :: Asheville, NC

This past Saturday Warren Haynes hosted the 22nd Warren Haynes Christmas Jam in his hometown. Joining Haynes and his soulful new solo band were the Gregg Allman Band, Steve Miller Band, Widespread’s John Bell, Umphrey’s McGee and more, all of whom donated their time and talent to a worthy cause. All proceeds from the Christmas Jam will go to Habitat For Humanity. To date, Haynes’ annual event has raised close to $850,000 for the organization.

Find the extensive setlist here. There’s nifty roundup for this year’s event by Scott Bernstein over at Glide, and we’ve got these prime shots from the very talented Mr. Perrucci.

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Widespread Panic | Halloween | Review | Pics

Words by: Frank Etheridge | Images by: Ian Rawn

Widespread Panic :: 10.31.10 :: UNO Lakefront Arena :: New Orleans, LA

WSP Fan Love by Ian Rawn

In a town where truth often out-freaks fiction, the serendipitous convergence of football, festivals and fun the last weekend of October in New Orleans – coupled with warm, gorgeous weather and clear skies – proved why this is the best American city to celebrate Halloween. Elegant yet decadent, gothic yet Catholic, the City of New Orleans thrives within its paradoxes, particularly during All Hallows’ Eve. Bustling with traffic and ringing with cash-register sales, NOLA on October 31st could not have provided a better backdrop for NBC’s primetime coverage of a game between the last two Super Bowl champs, the Saints and Steelers, with a circuses-not-bread feast that also featured countless celebrations, live music 24/7, the Voodoo Experience, and a Mardi Gras-scale parade.

Commenting on his city’s capacity – on merits of its haunted vibe, love of costumes and penchant for excess – to corner the Halloween market, parade organizer and float creator extraordinaire Blaine Kern told the Times-Picayune: “Everybody should want to come here for HalloweenÂ…Right now, Halloween is a $6 billion industry. In five to six years, I see it being $100 billion.”

Such unchecked optimism is only buoyed by Voodoo inking a deal to remain in a resurgent City Park through 2019, meaning dependable, significant revenue for a public green space doggedly recovering from Katrina (i.e. having planted 4,000 trees to replace the 2,000 lost in the storm). Peering back toward the genesis of all this spooky synergy, Voodoo founder Steve Rehage has acknowledged in interviews that Widespread Panic‘s annual NOLAweek run, and the profitable need to create 72 hours of entertainment to nourish the carnival surrounding its concerts, really started it all.

The Georgia-based band returned for a tradition that began 13 years ago, brewing its own perfect storm along the southern shores of Lake Pontchartrain with this trifecta of goodies in its gumbo: A tour-closer. In New Orleans. On Halloween.

Entering a stage of sublime, subdued decor evoking bayou hoodoo with graves, Spanish moss and palmetto shrubs, WSP bassist Dave Schools was greeted with a roaring response to his big pimpin’ white suit. “You know when you say, ‘Trick or treat,’ you know the answer is going to be trick,” Schools said.

Tricking, treating and tripping the light fantastic, Widespread Panic then commenced four face-melting hours of music and delivered an A+ performance worthy of placement on the pedestal with such NOLAween gems as 1998 and 2000.

Jimmy Herring by Ian Rawn

While a sinister, yet sensuous, reverb hung in the UNO Lakefront Arena rafters all night, the first set kicked off with a nod to Ozzy Osbourne, who was performing just a few miles south down Bayou St. John at Voodoo, with a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots.” A rollicking “Big Wooly Mammoth” followed, this now-rare number showing John “JoJo” Hermann (dressed as Jason from the Friday the 13th movies) in fine form and the audience mercifully restrained in tossing just a few benign lighters as JoJo sang, “Somebody throw me a fire / So we can burn New Orleans down.” “BWM” segued into a musical space of spun cohesion, an abstract weirdness giving way to definite riff on Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” Jamming this into “Worry” and through “Machine >Barstools,” Panic kept the mood dark and intense, but then switched gears with “Visiting Day,” a long-standing staple that’s been reworked into a upbeat, catchy tune on the latest album, Dirty Side Down.

A scarecrow for the evening, guitarist Jimmy Herring tuned up to playfully strum the bluesy twang that opens Muddy Waters’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” Herring’s interplay with JoJo, combined with Bell’s enjoyment in singing the blues, made this cover shine. Many WSP fans perhaps overextend logic when trying to decipher hidden themes in the Halloween cover selections, but it’s impossible not to tie this to recent rumor and innuendo that the band, marking its 25th anniversary in 2011, will possibly be on hiatus after next year.

Oozing into a melt preceding JB’s rap in “Diner,” the light show, superb all weekend, transformed UNO into a Dali-esque landscape – waves of purple and red cresting above the crowd; kaleidoscopic rainbows covering the floor audience; green floral arrangements twirling behind the band. Evoking departed friend Vic Chestnutt, JB whispered lyrics from his “Sewing Machine”: “I wanna be a vampire on HalloweenÂ…Mama makes the cape on the sewing machineÂ…sewing machineÂ…sewing machineÂ…SEWIN’ MACHINE!”

John Bell by Ian Rawn

Split down the middle between his typical rock-star garb and flowing women’s clothing and a wig, Bell jumpstarted the second set by belting out the best sing-along about sexual ambiguity: The Kinks’ “Lola.” Another highlight came with the thick, percussive madness led by Schools and percussionist Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz that moved into “Rock.”

“Now it’s on,” Schools prophesized as longtime Panic friends and collaborators the Dirty Dozen Brass Band took the stage for covers of the Talking Heads’ “Swamp” (debuted on this stage by WSP and DDBB on 10.31.98) and Bill Withers’ sexy romp “Use Me.” Trumpeter Efrem “E.T.” Towns masterfully blew his horn to psychedelic heights, a cherry on top of seeing these two legendary bands share the same stage in New Orleans once again, reveling in their pure bond and joyous musical compatibility.

Opting not for the usual classic rock anthem and paying homage to a contemporary band younger in age, Panic’s next cover was The Black Keys’ “Strange Times,” a rocker perfect for WSP in tone and muscle, though dragged out too long here. The wistful, blissful “Jack” reeled the madness back in before the band pummeled the hard-rocking “All Time Low” to the point that Schools’ pants fell down around his ankles. Not missing a beat, the Notorious DAS kept rocking in his drawers, bounding about the amps behind his rig. To close the set, JB caressed the mic, nailing the harmonica intro to Led Zeppelin’s “Bring It On Home” before Herring teed off on its hallmark Jimmy Page riff, knocking that sum-a- bitch out of the park.

With an encore 32 minutes long, Panic pushed 1 a.m. with the DDBB joining them for “Christmas Katie” (which they performed on for the Til the Medicine Takes studio version), followed by a monster “Superstition,” which the two bands also first debuted on this stage together in 1998. A funktastic, though a bit meandering, as it clocked in over 11-minutes, take on Stevie could only by topped by Panic’s paean to all things New Orleans, “Fishwater.” Halfway during this closer, someone must have flipped Schools’ insanity switch, as a thump of the thumb turned this version into a jaw-dropping monster, while JB’s free-verse “God bless, New Orleans” wail dotted the show’s exclamation point.

While Widespread Panic’s annual NOLAween run is undoubtedly an engine of economic development in New Orleans’ drive to carve its slice of the pumpkin pie, who knows if this lucrative tradition will be counted in Caesar’s kingdom. Or is the truth found in the lyrics to “Jack”: “Where the fools go, the rich don’t mind.” Perhaps NOLAween is best destined to continue its drift outside of the quantified, existing in a realm of freaks, geeks, light shows and adults as Sesame Street characters that digs deeper than the wallet as it walks, erect and proud, on the march through consciousness evolution.

Setlist
Set I: Fairies Wear Boots > Big Wooly Mammoth > Inagoddadavida Jam > Worry, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers, Visiting Day, You’re Gonna Miss Me, Disco > Diner > Porch Song
Set II: Lola, Pilgrims > Tall Boy > Rock, *Swamp > *Use Me, Strange Times > Drums > **The Other One Jam > Jack, All Time Low, ***Bring It On Home
E: *Christmas Katie, *Superstition > *Fishwater

Notes
* with Members Of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
** with Terrence Higgins From The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Percussion
*** with John Bell on harmonica

Continue reading for the full gallery of photos from Widespread NOLAween 2010…

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Warren Haynes Christmas Jam: Steve Miller, Umph, DBT, Gregg

GREGG ALLMAN, JOHN BELL, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND,
& THE DEBUT OF THE WARREN HAYNES
BAND ON DECEMBER 11


Warren Haynes

Over the past 22 years Warren
Haynes
‘ Christmas Jam has blossomed into a tradition held each December in the guitarist’s hometown of
Asheville, NC. Bringing together both bona fide living legends and some of the best young artists touring today,
Christmas Jam has raised nearly One Million Dollars to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

The event’s reputation as a marathon concert featuring stellar performances and collaborations will be bolstered this
year on December 11th with a line-up highlighted by the legendary Steve Miller Band and the debut performance of The Warren Haynes Band, along with an
incredible array of musicians and bands.

INITIAL LINE-UP:
THE STEVE MILLER BAND
The Debut of THE WARREN HAYNES BAND
GREGG ALLMAN

JOHN BELL of Widespread Panic
JOHN “JOJO” HERMANN of Widespread Panic
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
UMPHREY’S MCGEE
THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND

There will be a 2-Day Pre-Sale through Christmas Jam Ticketing
beginning this Thursday October 14 at Noon EDT and running until Friday October 15 at 8p EDT, while supplies last.
During the Pre-Sale we will be offering a limited number of 4-Pack Tickets, where you will be able to save $10 per
ticket when purchasing 4.

VIP & Hotel Packages will also be available starting Thursday October 14th at Noon Eastern here and will be available as long as supplies
last.

For all info on the Christmas Jam, please head to: www.xmasjam.com.


Jazz Fest After Dark | 04.29-05.02 | New Orleans

Words by: B. Getz | Images by: Casey Flanigan

Jazz Fest Night Shows :: 04.29.10-05.02.10 :: New Orleans, LA

The wise superhero SuperDee once told me, “Judge your Jazz Fest not by what you saw, but what you were forced to miss.”

Those who have been to Jazz Fest know that it’s extremely difficult to decide what shows to see. Head-to-head, there is simply so much incredible music, and rare treats, to indulge in over the course of ten days. Therefore, there will be plenty of fantastic music NOT covered in these dusk til’ dawn highlight. This is simply one boy’s second weekend journey to the musical Mecca that is Jazz Fest… After Dark.

Thursday, April 29

KDTU :: 04.29 :: Tipitina’s

No better way to start Fest then Dauphine and Lesseps in the Bywater, Thursday night at Vaughn’s. Though we arrived too late for his BBQ, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers welcomed us to town like only they can. A joyful mixture of brassy jazz, sultry R&B swagger and modern day braggadocio, Ruffins’ band mixed The Isley Brothers with Gnarls Barkley, with some Mystikal to boot.

Backbeat Foundation hosted another HBO star/brass band alum session at the Blue Nile, where Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave seized their star turn, tearing down the Quarter for nearly three hours of nonstop NOLA stomp. His crack band, expanded for the occasion, more than ably laid a local foundation for Troy Andrews to delve deep into the Treme, unleashing blistering cuts from new album Backatown. Shorty cooked up a jambalaya of choice local brass anthems with a crunk-rock edge; a mammoth Marvin Gaye cover brought the house down.

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe‘s Thursday late night show is always the place to be at Fest. The first in five years (and only KDTU Jazz Fest booking) was no different. Playing Tipitina’s Uptown until sunrise, Denson reminded us all of why he remains the King of Late Night Jazz Fest. The Tiny Universe dropped mammoth sets, balancing older favorites “Family Tree,” “Make it a Cosmopolitan” and “Because of Her Beauty” with blazing new joints like the blaxploitation banger “Brother’s Keeper Pt..II,” a lengthy dub-drenched take on “Mighty Rebel,” and an otherworldly keyboard battle between Robert Walter on Hammond B3 and Marco Benevento on Fender Rhodes.

Howlin Wolf held a benefit for the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, a huge post-Panic party with keyboardist Jojo’s Mardi Gras Band as the hosts. “Down on the Bayou II” included WSP bandmates Sunny Ortiz and John Bell (highlighted by a brief Panic set). Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and NOLA monarchs George Porter Jr., Anders Osborne, John “Papa” Gros, Papa Mali, Jon Cleary, Big Chief Bo Dollis, and Alfred “Uganda” Roberts all lent their skills. Gov’t Mule‘s Warren Haynes, Jorgen Carlsson and Danny Louis joined hard hitting local skinman Russell Batiste Jr. for an exciting short set.

Friday, April 30

Pretty Lights :: 04.30 :: Republic

The new frontier of live electronic music was on display throughout Friday night, a tribute to both the evolution of the genre and the breadth of the Jazz Fest palette. With respect to the Rusko/Big Gigantic party that went late the night before, for this writer, Friday was about pulsating beats. With a new take on dubstep delivered Live PA style, Uprise Dub kicked things off with proper wobble at Dragon’s Den; dark drum & bass deep in the Quarter. A progressive minded dubstep swagger with Bukem-informed jazzy jungle, Paul Knight is a breakout waiting to happen. Big t’ings in store for this rumbling conglomerate.

Pretty Lights set it off substantially at Republic. With the sold out massive getting crazier by the song, kids were crowd surfing and bouncing off walls; absolute bedlam as dancing spilled into the street. Mixing bombastic originals with seriously dirty reinterpretations, Derek Vincent Smith knows how to rock a crowd. “More Important than Michael Jordan” ignited the fuse, but the set closing “Rumpshaker” remix was a five alarm fire.

Both Friday and Saturday nights, Bear Creek Presents hosted Break Science at One Eyed Jacks to teeming late revelers. Both shows kicked off at the ungodly hour of 4 a.m. Drummer wunderkind Adam Deitch knows no boundaries, and clearly the Rusko set had inspired him; Friday night’s set leaned heavily on dubstep wobble and thunderous bottom end. Saturday saw a more diverse assortment, with Borahm Lee unleashing a ridiculous array of skills amidst mountains of keyboards, samplers and laptops. Highlight: choice tribute to the late Guru, in the form of a punishing take on Gang Starr‘s “DWYCK,” demolishing of Public Enemy’s seminal “Bring the Noise” in a way that would make Hank Shocklee proud.

Saturday, May 1

Superfly Presents always provides a quintessential NOLA experience on the Creole Queen Boat Cruise; and this year’s Greyboy Allstars hoedown was the ideal soundtrack. While Kirk Joseph’s 504 Brass Band held down the deck with typical Crescent City flair, a newly recharged GBA came correct indoors. Incorporating new rare groove styles amidst a sea of classic West Coast boogaloo, the Allstars were back on their mojo. A spooky, enchanting version of “Nautilus” was the highlight for this writer.

Bear Creek Presents delivered another stellar gig at One Eyed Jacks with Dr. Klaw, a malicious conglomerate of NYC meets NOLA crunk. Nick Daniels led the boys into battle, welcoming local cats Andrew Block, Maurice ‘Mo Betta’ Brown and Clarence ‘Trixzey’ Slaughter to the fold. Eric Krasno (MVP?) wailed above the gumbo funk with reckless abandon, with Deitch and Nigel Hall grinning feverishly as they pushed the grooves along.

Backbeat Foundation hosted two killer Saturday shows at Tipitina’s French Quarter. Bonerama killed the raucous room with a smattering of funky brass and rock energy. Joined by Scott McCaughey (guitar), David Silverman (sousaphone), and R.E.M.‘s Mike Mills (bass) the troupe tore thru an Alex Chilton tribute, and spirited takes on “Cabbage Alley” and “Lovelight.” Later, the eclectic grouping Some Cat From Japan interpreted the works of Jimi Hendrix with a fresh take, and a lot of mojo. Led by Will Bernard and Nigel Hall, and ably assisted by Scott Metzger, Ron Johnson and Bonerama drummer Eric Bolivar, the spirit of Jimi was on full display with unique new vision.

Sunday, May 2

A sisterhood of cities was on display at Howlin Wolf for The Royal Family Ball. George Porter and his Running Partners, Zigaboo’s Funk Revue and Break Science held things down early for the vicious combination of Soulive and Lettuce. Soulive delivered one of the final slamming Jazz Fest performance, ripping as a trio or when rolling augmented. But quite frankly, the finest hour belonged to a reinvigorated Lettuce, whose only performance of the weekend was a rage to remember. Welcoming back Boston OG’s Adam ‘Shmeans’ Smirnoff and E.D. ‘Jesus’ Coomes, the boys tore the roof off the Wolf. As if they didn’t already have enough ammo, Ian Neville, Maurice Brown and Khris Royal joined the fray, as did Skerik for the final banger. Lettuce had conquered Jazz Fest once again, sending off the masses with relentless, colossal funk jams.

Like a whirlwind, it was over just as suddenly as it started. Jazz Fest will do that to ya. Once again, it was an epic adventure of giant proportions. Special thanks to Paulina Trujillo and the Backbeat Foundation, Megan Sabella at Newsom Management, Paul Peck and Superfly Productions, Paul Levine and Bear Creek, as well as all the venues and promoters that join together to provide these rich experiences. Most of all, a heartfelt thank you to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the City of New Orleans, without whom none of this would be possible.

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Widespread Panic: Summer Tour

RADIO CITY, CHICAGO THEATER AND RED ROCKS GET THE TREATMENT

WSP’s John Bell by Josh Miller

Widespread Panic has announced dates for their 24-date, 17-city Summer tour, tagged “The Dirty Side Down Tour”. The tour kicks off with a three-night stand at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison CO, and includes headlining festival dates, a three night run at the Chicago Theater and a date at New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall.

Dates in Boise, Chicago, Boston, Knoxville and Charlotte (nine different shows) will feature the ‘Feeding People Through Music’ Food Drives, where fans will be able to make donations to the local area food banks at the venue. For more information on the program, go here.

Dirty Side Down is the title of the Widespread Panic’s 11th studio album, which is set for a May 25th release on ATO Records. Dirty Side Down was produced by John Keane along with Widespread Panic, and recorded in his Athens, GA studio.

Widespread Panic “The Dirty Side Down Tour”

June 25 Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO
June 26 Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO
June 27 Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO
June 29 Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR
June 30 Paramount Theater Seattle, WA
July 2 High Sierra Music Festival (Headlining) Quincy, CA
July 3* Outlaw Field at the Botanical Gardens Boise, ID
July 6 Orpheum Theater Omaha, NE
July 7 Orpheum Theater Minneapolis, MN
July 9 Forecastle Festival (Headlining) Louisville, KY
July 10 All Good Festival (Headlining) Morgantown, WV
July 13 Promowest Pavillion Columbus, OH
July 15* Chicago Theater Chicago, IL
July 16* Chicago Theater Chicago, IL
July 17* Chicago Theater Chicago, IL
July 20 Tower Theater Philadelphia, PA
July 22 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY
July 23 Ives Concert Park Danbury, CT
July 24* Bank of America Center Boston, MA
July 26* Tennessee Theater Knoxville, TN
July 27* Tennessee Theater Knoxville, TN
July 28* Tennessee Theater Knoxville, TN
July 30* Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte, NC
July 31* Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte, NC

* = “Feeding People Through Music” food drives

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Widespread Panic: New Album Dirty Side Down Due 5/25

NEW WIDESPREAD PANIC STUDIO ALBUM DIRTY SIDE DOWN

TO BE RELEASED BY ATO RECORDS ON MAY 25

Widespread Panic

Dirty Side Down, the 11th studio album from Widespread Panic is set for a May 25 release on ATO Records. Dirty Side Down is comprised of 12 songs that incorporate Panic’s unique blend of rock, jazz and blues inspired textures into songs flowing with melody, rhythm and emotion.


After 24 years, Widespread Panic remain one of America’s best live bands, and most successful touring acts. Aside from their legendary live shows, they continue to raise the bar in their genre through their songwriting, and Dirty Side Down is a prime example. Band members John Bell (vocals/guitar), John Herman (keyboards/vocals), Jimmy Herring (lead guitar), Todd Nance (drums/vocals), Domingo Ortiz (percussion) and Dave Schools (bass/vocals) combine their efforts by writing, or co-writing, 10 of the album’s 12 tracks.


Songs, such as the dark, multi-layered opener “Saint Ex,” the boogie blues of “Jaded Tourist” or the laid back Southern nature of “When You Comin’ Home” showcase Widespread Panic’s dynamic range as songwriters and musicians.

One of the highlights of Dirty Side Down is the hauntingly beautiful cover of “This Cruel Thing” written by the late Vic Chesnutt, whose songs the band has recorded and performed for years. Widespread Panic has previously collaborated with Chesnutt on two albums under the name Brute. “I guess Widespread Panic and Vic aren’t quite done with each other yet,” says Panic lead singer John Bell.

Dirty Side Down was produced John Keane along with Widespread Panic. Keane also engineered, mixed and mastered the album, as well as contributed pedal steel and acoustic guitar.

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Chris Berry Trio with Kimock | 03.01 | Ukiah

Words by: Zack Sampsel | Images by: Rob Burgess

Chris Berry Trio with Steve Kimock :: 03.01.10 :: Ukiah Brewing Company :: Ukiah, CA

Kimock & Berry – CB3 :: 03.01 :: Ukiah, CA

The Chris Berry Trio returned to the certified organic confines of the Ukiah Brewing Company once again, this time with guitar legend Steve Kimock in tow, and gave the Redwood Empire crowd a lesson in feel-good fun and psychedelic exploration.

The evening began with a solo set from Steven Bates on acoustic guitar, who at first struck me as a woodsy version of James Blunt mixed with the voice of Bob Dylan. As the crowd packed in, Bates utilized a strong catalog of covers to raise the temperature on a damp Monday night. Launching into a strong rendition of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” Bates evoked some Phish-y thoughts and a sing-along from the eclectic and equally colorful crowd. Bates also showed off his mandolin skills with a heartfelt rendition of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” that immediately had this Widespread Panic fan thinking of John Bell and the Marley raps he peppers throughout versions of “Stop-Go.”

Previously when CB3 visited Ukiah last summer, Berry brought with him longtime friend and Panjea member Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident fame, but the revolving door of CB3 guest musicians had turned and with it came Steve Kimock. Throughout the nation, and the West Coast in particular, Kimock has made guest appearances with a plethora of bands and brings with him a legion of loyal followers – for good reason, too. Kimock, Berry and Aaron Johnston and Jesse Murphy, both of Brazilian Girls (though Murphy is no longer an active member), took the stage to show Ukiah just what they had up their sleeves.

Kimock – CB3 :: 03.01 :: Ukiah, CA

Opening with “Come Away,” Berry wasted no time in getting out his unique mbira and filling the Brew Co. with its xylophone-meets-organ sound, and the crowd loved it. From Kimock’s upstroke guitar riffs to the bouncy, rolling tones of the mbira, the inimitable sound of CB3 was locked in and the kettle was starting to boil. I’ve come to expect that the soundscapes Berry and the band create can often be so rich that they’re almost visual, and this show was more of the same.

The previous CB3 show in Ukiah featuring Kang kept with a mostly island-like, calypso groove, but Kimock brought an entirely different flavor. With a row of effects pedals in front of him that looked like he could launch rockets, Kimock did just that. Following the opening verses of “Start Over Again,” Berry said, “Take it, Stevie,” and the ensuing solo dipped into an inspired jam that resonated through the room leaving mouths agape. Creating an almost Egyptian feel, Kimock took the jam into the depths of world beat downtempo before igniting the crowd with his fluid style of searing electronica and spacey interplay. Johnston and Murphy kept the first set flowing with a quick drum and bass solo as Kimock’s nimble fingers danced up and down the fretboard over the top. From there, the band uncorked a track that sounded like something from The Disco Biscuits‘ catalog thanks to the flavorful combination of guitar and pedal magic.

If CB3′s first set was all about structure and composed rhythm, then the second set was an experimental free-for-all with Kimock let loose on almost every track, stirring the crowd like a bowl of psychedelic soup. While Berry made up lyrics on the fly about the sky splitting Redwood trees of Mendocino County, the crowd stayed engaged as they fist pumped in unison. As the set drew to a close, Berry was in typical madman form onstage, multitasking between the bongos and mbira while keeping up with the vocals the whole time. With one track left, Kimock and Berry squeezed out the last of the crowd’s energy with a huge jam that touched on elements of jungle, calypso and some old fashioned rock & roll. As the jam reached its final crescendo with Kimock’s guitar placed in his lap, a good friend turned to me and gave a colorful conclusion about the show: “Steve Kimock is the Doctor Digital of the lap licks on guitar.” I think that about sums it up.

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John Bell & Sunny Join JoJo For NOLA Jazz Fest Show

John Bell & Domingo ‘Sunny’ Ortiz Join JoJo’s Mardi Gras Band For NOLA Jazz Fest Show

JoJo Hermann

Half of Widespread Panic will come together for a Jazz Fest night show on Thursday, April 29 at The Howlin’ Wolf. Billed as DOWN ON THE BAYOU II, the night will include JoJo’s Mardi Gras Band featuring John Hermann, John Bell, Sunny Ortiz, George Porter Jr., Anders Osborne, Papa Mali and more artists to be announced.

Tickets and further details available at www.ticketweb.com.

Widespread Panic will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival earlier that day. Complete Jazz Fest details available at www.nojazzfest.com.


Widespread Panic At Work On New Album for 2010

Widespread Panic At Work On New Studio Album for 2010

Jojo at work in Keane’s Studio
Photo by John Bell

Widespread
Panic
has announced that they are “hard at work at John Keane Studios working on songs for a new release later on in the year.”

Of particular note is the fact that the band is once again recording in Athens, GA with longtime producer and collaborator John Keane. The past two albums (2006′s Earth To America and 2008′s Free Somehow) were recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas with Terry Manning. The last album Panic recorded with Keane was 2003′s Ball.

In other Panic news, the band recently announced the first live dates of 2010 with three nights at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC March 25, 26, and 27. The home of some legendary shows, these are sure to be a hot ticket. Ticket on sale now.

Complete Widespread Panic tour dates available here. And for more on WSP, see our review from an epic show in Oakland last November here.


Leftover Salmon: Celebrating 20 Years Part 4

By: Michael ‘Jersey’ Gerity

Download the final part of our Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler here.

Every once in a blue moon, a group of musicians will get together and find that they have unleashed a spark of musical and personal compatibility that will not only change their lives but the many lives of the people around them as well. They might not see the longevity of what they are creating at that point, but as the years roll by and the band endures, the magic shines through in their music and amongst the troupe of fans that returns their energy.

If you’ve been following the first three parts of this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) then you have come to realize that Leftover Salmon is a band of this ilk. And like Salmon instinctively do, the band recently returned to the exact site of their spawning some 20 years ago. It was at The Eldo in Crested Butte, Colorado in December of 1989 where the journey began, so it was only natural for the band to kick off their four-show holiday anniversary run back where it all got started.

Here in part four of “Celebrating 20 Years” it seemed fitting to have Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt recall the recent run of shows and what it meant to the both of them.

“It was taking it all the way back to the beginning,” explains Emmitt. “There was a lot of intense energy in that little room. I don’t think I’ve seen that many people in The Eldo before. It was a wall of sound in a very small space.”

Vince Herman :: 12.28 :: The Eldo by Jackson Photo

“For me, it was huge personally. I’ve been here now in Crested Butte for almost ten years. So for me to be able to play with Salmon in my hometown for all my friends and give that to my community was huge. I was so psyched we were doing it here,” adds Emmitt. “It was incredibly significant and really fun.”

For a band that has nearly 375 songs in their repertoire, it was any one’s guess what they might play that first night in Crested Butte.

“Vince just really wanted to be old school and he said, ‘You know what? Let’s play everything that really slams.’ Because he really wanted people to slam dance,” Emmitt says. “And I agreed with that.”

The band brought out many of those early slam-grass zingers to get things going down in Crested Butte, saving their ballads and long epic jams for the Boulder and Denver shows.

“For me, it did reveal what’s happened over the years,” says Herman. “It was like, ‘Mission accomplished!’ And it was so cool to see a lot of the same people that were at that first show and what’s become of their lives and you know, up to the same tricks kinda thing – in brand new ways.”

“One of the things that was a revelation to me was thinking about getting there in the beginning and not having a repertoire. You think twenty years later there is this whole repertoire of tunes and all this stuff. But we had absolutely nothing when we rolled into there that we had played together,” Herman recalls. “Lefthand [String Band], at that point, had been playing really fast and the Salmonheads were playing fast but with a drummer and an accordion player, so we just figured out what it was we could pull off. It turned out the more bluegrassy, rowdier stuff caused slam dancing; and probably to the crowd’s surprise and to ours. But slam dancing was kind of a thing at the time. It didn’t have any intention, but it was obvious where to go once those people showed up. And then they showed up again.”

Leftover Salmon & Friends :: 12.30 :: Boulder Theater
By Jackson Photo

Of course what Herman is talking about is the birth of their sound, an amalgamation of music that they coined Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass, which would ultimately go on to help pioneer the jam band scene.

After the Crested Butte show, the band returned to Boulder, their other Colorado home, where they played two nights leading up to New Year’s Eve at the historic Boulder Theater. It was a family gathering and the vibe was one of optimism and hope as the Emmitt-Nershi Band took to the stage to open things up.

As we awaited Salmon’s arrival, it seemed appropriate that just Herman and Emmitt appeared first on the stage for an acoustic rendition of a Woody Guthrie tune and a heartfelt welcome and thanks for twenty wonderful years.

“Everybody came out of the woodwork, all the old friends. It was wonderful,” says Emmitt. “To be honest with you it was a little more overwhelming when we did our last shows at the Fox before the hiatus. That was intense, with a lot of emotion. This was more relaxed and happy. I think this was more of a beginning, with a sense of something we are going to keep doing, and finally after twenty years we have figured out how to do it and have it make sense and have everybody still be able to do their other projects. And it’s great. It was a real nice way to kick off a new era for us.”

Leftover Salmon & Friends :: NYE :: Boulder Theater
By Jackson Photo

Like many New Year’s shows, the anticipation began building early and the room was charged with a special glow. It is said in Salmon folklore that it was a blue moon the night of their first show in 1989. So, it was only appropriate to celebrate twenty years of this band in a special, surreal way on the night of another blue moon. It seems with these fish, things really get done, well, twice in a blue moon.

Salmon was scheduled to play three sets with no opener. When the lights dimmed, we were off. There are many simultaneous things happening to make this sound called Leftover Salmon and if you have been to a Salmon show, you know the carnival atmosphere I’m speaking of. So, peruse the setlist (at the end of the story) and use your imagination to envision how this band rejoiced in their rebirth at twenty years and how this following of LoSers helped bring in the New Year.

To commemorate this historic four-night run, the band and their management went the extra mile to accommodate the fans. The Eldo show in Crested Butte was broadcast on KBUT and streamed live on their website. It was a great way for all the folks that didn’t get tickets to this intimate show or just couldn’t make it out to Colorado to listen. Likewise, the Boulder shows were streamed in High Definition and will be available through the On Demand stream throughout the month of January. Both shows were also filmed for a possible future DVD.

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Leftover Salmon & Friends :: NYE :: Boulder Theater
By Jackson Photo

“The Millennium Hotel was Salmon headquarters over the New Year’s run in Boulder. Most of the band and many fans were staying there,” explains John Joy of Salmon’s management team. “An organized poster signing on New Year’s Day took place at the hotel bar and it was dubbed ‘Bloodys with the Band.’ Longtime Leftover Salmon artists Jason Rizzi and Scramble Campbell, who collaborated on the poster art and the set design that went with the 20th celebration run, where both on hand displaying their work. It was a fantastic event where the entire band was there signing posters for over three hours straight with a constant flow of fans, some great storytelling, and even some picking going on in the hotel lobby with some of the members of Elephant Revival along with Vince Herman’s two sons, Colin and Silas. It was the perfect way to erase the hangover from the night before and to reminisce on what a great twenty years it has been.”

“Painting with Leftover this New Year’s was like riding a roller coaster into a new decade,” says Scramble Campbell. “There were plenty of friendly, familiar faces with the music, which simply made my brushes dance. Friday’s gathering was the perfect way to start the year off smooth. It was an honor to be invited to be in their historic 20th anniversary.”

Emmitt & Herman :: 01.02.10
Ogden Theatre by Jackson Photo

“Needless to say it was a trip to work with Scramble to commemorate twenty years of LoS,” says Jason Rizzi. “Scramble has a deep respect for music, art and culture; I appreciate that about him. It’s a blast just to be around him. He’s got amazing intuition, a big heart, and a swell sense of humor if you catch him at the right moments. This three piece project was a joy to work on and has certainly ‘Scrambled’ my mind up real good in the process.”

“I feel this 20 Year Celebration undoubted marks a new era for Leftover Salmon and their Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass following family,” adds Rizzi. “The band is really playing at the edge of magic, and honestly embodies the spirit of renewal and celebration.”

But just when you think it can’t get no better, it does! The final show at the Ogden Theatre in Denver on January 2 was billed as “Salmon and Friends” with Herman and his Great American Taxi opening.

“From the twenty year perspective, it was really cool to be able to do that, because that is where my focus is now, [with] Salmon being a thing we revisit at times,” says Herman. “It’s a great repertoire of tunes that I would hate to see go away because it’s really fun to play them and share them with the family we’ve had listening to those tunes. But, the focus of my writing now is in Taxi.”

“I think we might start integrating some of our newer stuff since Salmon stopped touring and there might be the possibility of introducing some other stuff, here and there. I think as we get more in the groove with this that will begin to happen,” says Emmitt. “In my opinion, I think it’s still okay to put this thing back together as it is and as it was. By in large, that’s what people really want to hear anyway. I think we are playing some of these songs better than we ever have. There is always the possibility for something new. Just let things unfold. I think at this point with this band we don’t need to push it, just let it all happen – just see what happens and what develops and go from there.”

There were many guests and friends that sat in with the band in Boulder and that began right from the start of the final night. Just sighting two drum kits onstage, the crowd knew we were in for a rousing treat. It was an underlying tribute and benefit for Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward, who is suffering from severe liver disease. With both longtime Salmon drummers, Jeff Sipe and Jose Martinez, behind the kits, the band sounded better than ever.

“It was like a monster – powerful, with a light laughter thing over the top of it,” remarks Herman about the two-drummer set-up.

Leftover Salmon & Friends :: 01.02.10
Ogden Theatre by Joe Belinky

Guests kept filling up the setlist, with Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival on washboard, the Peak To Freak horns (Danny Sears and Justin Jones), Joe Jogerst on accordion, and Yonder Mountain String Band‘s Jeff Austin on mandolin as well as Sally Van Meter, who played a big role in the evening, ripping through many tunes on the pedal steel.

“It had been so long since we played with Sally. You hear her play the acoustic stuff and you kinda forget she gets absolutely raunchy on that thing,” says Herman. “Her and Drew definitely had a great dueling, slippy-slidey thing going on.”

Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick was also a friend that sat in on a number of songs, bringing a real full circle moment for Herman.

“It had been way to long since I had seen Pete,” says Herman. “Hot Rize is the reason I moved to Colorado, wanting to get out of West Virginia and get into some new bluegrass scene. And Hot Rize was the center of that. I thought it was incredibly poignant to have Pete there.”

But, the bulk of the evening was dedicated to the numerous rousing renditions with Cracker‘s David Lowery and Johnny Hickman, who’d once played a New Year’s gig in Denver with Leftover, then stayed on to recreate some of the magic found on the collaborative 2003 O’ Cracker Where Art Thou? album. Herman sums it up, “The Cracker stuff was just so fuckin’ fun.”

As the Ogden show wound down four magical nights, you could see the infectious joy across the faces of everyone on the stage and in the crowd. The music spoke for itself and now after twenty years of ups and downs, it might be said that Leftover Salmon may have found a new niche.

The LOS family has now grown to encompass a number of side projects, and the delicate balance of these influences has set a new direction. Salmon has always been a unique and special sound and gathering, so it should be no surprise that when this bunch assembles the magic is sure to follow.

They are bringing the goods and are once again throwing the special kind of party that they’ve become famous for. So, when the call comes, both band and fans will be ready to reconvene and come together in the church of Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass.

This video is from the Boulder Theater HD Live stream that was offered the night of the shows. Both Boulder Theater shows are available now for on demand streaming in HD. Details available at leftoversalmon.com.

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Collaborative Art by Scramble Campbell & Jason Rizzi – Celebrating 20 Years of Leftover Salmon

Show poster available here.

12.28.09 :: The Eldo :: Crested Butte, CO

Set I: Intro, Ain’t Gonna Work, Zombie Jamboree, Whiskey Before Breakfast > Over The Waterfall, Rabbit In Log, Tu N’as Pas Aller, Gold Hill Line, Soul Shakedown Party >
Hot Corn/Cold Corn, Squirrel Heads And Gravy, Almost Cut My Hair, Bosco Stomp >
Rocky Road Blues > The Shape I’m In > Hell Yea I Drink > Rocky Road Blues

Set II:
Tangled up in Blue > Sing the Blues > Funky Town > God Save The Queen > Sing the Blues > Tangled up in Blue, Jugband Son, Bill’s Boogie, Other Side, Dear Ole Dixie, Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes, Down In The Hollow

E: Band Introduction, Steam powered Airplane, Rise Up

Download the 12.28 Eldo show here.

12.30.09 :: Boulder Theater :: Boulder, CO

Set I: Woody Guthrie (acoustic w/ only Drew and Vince), Voodoo Queen Marie (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Look Mama A Boo Boo (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Get Me Outta This City, Hot Burrito Breakdown, Get ‘er Rolling (w/ Tyler Grant & Joe Jogerst), Zydeco Boogaloo (w/ Joe Jogerst), Blue House (w/ Joe Jogerst), Let’s Give A Party (w/ Joe Jogerst), Delta Queen (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Hard To Handle (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Doing My Time > Danger Man > Doing My Time (w/ Andy Thorn), Y’all Come (w/ Guests)

Set II: Riding On The L&N, Midnight Blues, Tu N’as Pas Aller, Railroad Highway, Wild Bill Joes (w/ Silas Herman, Eric Torin, Eli Emmitt) Alfalfa’s, Whipping Post, Head Bag (w/ Joe Jogerst), She Caught the Katy (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Oklahoma (w/ Glenn Keefe, Gerry Cavagnaro, Joe Jogerst), Quinn the Eskimo (w/ Billy Nershi)

E: Iko Iko > Rise Up (w/ all guests in the house)

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12.31.09 :: Boulder Theater :: Boulder, CO

Set I (Acoustic): Rocky Road Blues, Come On In My Kitchen, Molly and Tembrooks, Lovin In My Baby’s Eyes, Shuckin The Corn (w/ Bonnie Payne), Blue Moon of Kentucky (w/ Bonnie Payne), Just Before The Evening, Blue Night

Set II: I Know your Mother > I Know You Rider > Jack London > Honkey Tonk Woman > Jack London > Honkey Tonk Woman > I Know Your Mother> I Know You Rider, Dance on your Head, 99 Years (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Washington at Valley Forge (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Just Keep Walkin, Breakin Thru, Carnival Time, Troubled Times, Rodeo Geek, Whispering Waters, Euphoria

Set III: Just when you think it can’t get no better (w/ Joe Jogerst), New Year’s Countdown > Auld Lang Syne, This Is The Time, Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie, Mama Boulet, River’s Risin, Two Trains (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Ooh Las Vegas (w/ Gerry Cavagnaro), Wheel Hoss (w/ Silas Herman), Going around the World (w/ Silas Herman), Madam Rosin (w/ Joe Jogerst & Gerry Cavagnaro), Big Mamou (w/ Joe Jogerst & Gerry Cavagnaro)

E: Let it Bleed (w/ Joe Jogerst & Gerry Cavagnaro), White Freightliner

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01.02.10 :: Ogden Theatre :: Denver, CO

Set I: Jokester, Down In The Hollow, Steamboat Whistle Blues (w/ Pete Wernick), Day Break in Dixie (w/ Pete Wernick), High On A Mountain Top (w/ Pete Wernick), On The Road (w/ Pete Wernick), Gimme Da Ting (w/ Sally Van Meter & Bonnie Payne), Bend In The River (w/ Joe Jogerst, Bonnie Payne & Sally Van Meter), Get Off This (w/ David Lowery & Johnny Hickman / Horns – Danny Sears & Justin Jones), Mr. Wrong (w/ David Lowery & Johnny Hickman / Horns – Danny Sears & Justin Jones), Teen Angst (w/ David Lowery & Johnny Hickman), 44 Blues (w/ Sally Van Meter / Horns – Danny Sears & Justin Jones), Better (w/ Sally Van Meter / Horns – Danny Sears & Justin Jones)

Set II: Let’s Give A Party (w/ Sally Van Meter / Horns – Danny Sears & Justin Jones), Lonesome Road (w/ Sally Van Meter), Who Put The Pepper In The Vaseline (w/ Pete Wernick, Sally Van Meter & Bonnie Payne), Out In The Woods (w/ Sally Van Meter), Little Maggie (w/ Sally Van Meter & Pete Wernick), Bosco Stomp (w/ Sally Van Meter & Joe Jogerst), Can’t You Hear Me Calling (w/ Jeff Austin & Sally Van Meter), Bill’s Boogie (w/ Jeff Austin & Sally Van Meter / Horns – Danny Sears, Justin Jones), Sweet Potato (w/ David Lowey, Johnny Hickmen & Sally Van Meter / Horns- Danny Sears, Justin Jones), Eurotrash Girl (w/ David Lowery, Johnny Hickman, Sally Van Meter & Jeff Austin), Lonesome Johnny Blues (w/ David Lowery, Johnny Hickman, Sally Van Meter & Jeff Austin)

E: Pasta On The Mountain (w/ all guest)

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Track Listing for Part 1 of the Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years Sampler

1. Blister in the Sun 3:59 – 05/04/1991 McCabe’s Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Gerry Cavagnaro, Michael Wooten, Rob Galloway

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Violent Femmes

2. Just Before The Evening 4:02 – 05/04/1991 McCabe’s Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Gerry Cavagnaro, Michael Wooten, Rob Galloway
Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt – Leftover Salmon

3. Whiskey Before Breakfast/Over The Waterfall 3:47 – 05/04/1991 McCabe’s – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Gerry Cavagnaro, Michael Wooten, Rob Galloway

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Traditionally arranged by Leftover Salmon

4. Who Stole My Monkey 4:42 – 05/25/1991 Stage Stop – Rollinsville, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Gerry Cavagnaro, Michael Wooten, Rob Galloway

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Zachary Richard

5. Mystery 4:19 – 10/02/1993 – Fox Theater – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North, Joe Jogerst

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Mark Hallman

6. Weights 3:53 10/02/1993 – Fox Theater – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North, Joe Jogerst

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt – Leftover Salmon

7. Dance On Your Head 4:12 – 10/19/1994 Music Farm – Charleston, SC

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Vince Herman / Mark Vann – Leftover Salmon

8. Head Bag 5:34 10/19/1994 Music Farm – Charleston, SC

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Vince Herman – Leftover Salmon


Track Listing for Part 2 of the Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler:

9. Hot Burrito Breakdown 3:47 – 08/07/1995 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Chris Ethridge / Gram Parsons

10. River’s Rising 6:59 – 07/14/1996 Great American Music Festival – Winter Park, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt – Leftover Salmon

11. Funky Mountain Fogdown (with Pete Sears) 4:43 – 04/14/1997 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Michael Wooten, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Mark Vann – Leftover Salmon

12. Up On The Hill Where We Do The Boogie 4:16 – 02/16/1998 JR’s Dickson Street Ball Room – Fayetteville, AR

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Jeff Sipe, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: John Hartford

13. Little Maggie 4:12 – 02/22/1998 Tipitina’s – New Orleans, LA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Jeff Sipe, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Traditional, Arranged by Leftover Salmon

14. Mama Look a Boo Boo (with Karl Denson) 4:11 – 04/22/1999 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Jeff Sipe, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Harry Belafonte

15. Ooh Las Vegas (with Trey Anastasio) 7:38 – 09/20/1999 Rialto Theater – Tucson, AZ

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Jeff Sipe, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Graham Parsons

16. Nobody’s Fault But Mine (with John Bell, Jeff Austin, Pete Sears and John Cowan) 8:47
09/09/2000 Planet Salmon – Lyons, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Jeff Sipe, Tye North

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Nina Simone


Track Listing for Part 3 of the Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler:

17. Austin Five (Mark Vann Original, Never Released) 5:53

03/26/2001 The Canopy – Urbana, IL

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Mark Vann, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Mark Vann

18. Teen Angst (with David Lowery) 5:12
09/24 & 09/25/2002 David Lowery’s Studio – Richmond, VA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: David Faragher/David Lowery/John Hickman – Cracker

19. Dark Hollow (with Del McCoury) 4:09

11/09/2002 The NorVa – Norfolk, VA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Bill Browning

20. Rocky Road Blues (with Mike Gordon) 4:30

12/04/2002 Higher Ground – Winooski, VT

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Bill Monroe

21. Ain’t No Use (with David Grisman) 7:28

01/29/2003 McNear’s Mystic Theatre – Petaluma, CA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Joseph Modeliste/Arthur L Neville/Leo Nocentelli/George Porter Jr.

22. Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow (with Sam Bush and Ross Martin) 6:47

02/20/2003 Fox Theater – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Traditionally arranged by Leftover Salmon


Track Listing for Part 4 of the Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler:

23. Breakin Thru 7:36

12/31/2004 Fox Theater – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt – Leftover Salmon

24. Catfish John (with Michael Wooten) 7:55
12/31/2004 Fox Theater – Boulder, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Bob McDill / Allen Reynolds

25. Valley Of The Full Moon 4:02

07/28/2007 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jeff Sipe

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt – Leftover Salmon

26. Ask The Fish 11:00

07/28/2007 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jeff Sipe

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Vince Herman – Leftover Salmon

27. Vampire Blues 7:04

10/31/2008 Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jeff Sipe

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Neil Young

28. Rise Up, Wake and Bake 3:19

07/03/2009 High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA

Band: Vince Herman, Drew Emmitt, Noam Pikelny, Bill McKay, Greg Garrison, Jose Martinez

Songwriter/Composer Credits: Drew Emmitt/Vince Herman – Leftover Salmon

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Widespread Panic | 12.30 & 12.31 | Atlanta

Words by: Wesley Hodges | Images by: Michael Saba

Widespread Panic :: 12.30.09 & 12.31.09 :: Philips Arena :: Atlanta, GA

Widespread Panic :: 12.31 :: Georgia

Death. Taxes. Widespread Panic on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta. Some things are certain in life. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent the greater part of my existence as a Georgia resident, but order felt restored in the universe when John Bell and company returned to Atlanta to kick off their eighth New Year’s Eve run of this decade at Philips Arena after spending last year’s NYE in Denver. In what has been quite the anomaly from past years, the Atlanta shows were Panic’s first two of the year in Georgia and the Home Team seemed to play with added gusto on this run. Both performances came off as well-rehearsed, inspired and a great deal of fun. When you live in the Southeast, it’s easy to take Panic for granted because one could usually stay local and still catch a half dozen shows a year or more. The fact that these were the first shows in Georgia all year only added to the intense anticipation.

In what has been a roller coaster decade that saw the death of lead guitarist Michael Houser in 2002, an explosion in popularity aided by the American festival industry (headlining events like Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits certainly helped) and the addition of the mega-talented Jimmy Herring, Panic has pushed onward and upward releasing four studio albums and gaining a whole new generation of fans along the way. Through it all, Panic has continued to blaze a trail nationwide, crafting unique concert experiences and original setlists while delivering their muscular brand of psychedelic Southern rock.

12/30/09

The first night was undersold (with a black curtain blocking off access to the seats in 300s level) but luckily it didn’t affect the band’s performance. Multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett and the wonderful horn section The MegaBlasters added extra muscle to choice covers like “Chest Fever” and the Traffic classic “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.” This lineup of Panic often peaks when Dave Schools and Jimmy Herring play the game of musical one-upmanship as they did on “Stop-Go.” This dub heavy turn on the early period favorite featured Schools as a one man wrecking crew and is worthy of a second (or first) listen.

Mike Mills w/ WSP :: 12.31 :: Georgia

The chills-inducing first notes of “Aunt Avis” invoked the largest crowd response and was fitting as the first of several tributes to Vic Chesnutt during the two-night run. Chesnutt died from an apparent suicide on Christmas and there is no doubt the recent loss weighed heavily on the band during the shows. John Keane‘s pedal steel whined to the heavens as JB sang “Help me remember how to be good/ How to continue when I feel I really shouldn’t” as the crowd quickly grew quiet and the lighters went up. “Angels on High” and “Weight of the World” closed down the first of five sets and also featured the very professional MegaBlasters accompaniment. There’s just something about horns and New Year’s Eve that seems to class up the joint.

What came next was one of the strongest sets of music I’ve witnessed in eight years of seeing the band play. Of all the bust-out deep track random covers, perhaps there is none more bizarre than Warren Zevon‘s “Excitable Boy,” a song about a deranged usher biting murderer. With R.E.M.‘s Mike Mills on lead vocals and Randall Bramblett playing the sax parts from the original version, this track soared and kept fans on their toes. Staple songs like “Ain’t Life Grand” and “Blackout Blues” are generally hard to get overly excited about, having seen them countless times, but the added guest horns and quality of musicianship on display on this night made these extra special.

Bramblett’s sax solo on “Low Spark” was a full-on jaw dropper and his proficiency for the tune shouldn’t come as a surprise, as Bramblett was a touring member of Traffic at one point. Keyboardist John “Jojo” Hermann‘s soulful organ accented Bramblett beautifully making this one of the better tunes of the run. Yonrico Scott joined the action for “Fishwater” and piqued my interest in the usually bathroom break worthy “Drums” segment. An impressive bass-heavy jam out of “Drums” led back towards “Fishwater” before the Zevon cover and a great reading of R.E.M.’s “Don’t Go Back to Rockville” with Mills.

“Blue Indian” was oddly placed to open the encore but John Keane’s presence again catapulted this version above any I’d heard before. Finally, a take on The Band’s “Chest Fever” rounded out one of the more enjoyable Panic shows I’ve ever had the pleasure of attending.

12/30/09 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA (Setlist courtesy of EverydayCompanion.com)

Set I: Solid Rock > Stop-Go > Radio Child, Aunt Avis*, Climb To Safety*, C. Brown*, Rebirtha > Angels on High**, Weight Of The World**

Set II: Ain’t Life Grand*, Time Zones*, This Part Of Town*, Blackout Blues***, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys**** > Fishwater***** > Drums****** > Fishwater******, On Your Way Down******* > You Should Be Glad*******, Excitable Boy********, (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville********, Imitation Leather Shoes

E: Blue Indian*******, Chest Fever*******


* with John Keane on pedal steel

** with The MegaBlasters on horns

*** with John Keane on pedal steel, Randall Bramblett on saxophone

**** with Randall Bramblett on saxophone

***** with Randall Bramblett on saxophone, Yonrico Scott on percussion

****** with Yonrico Scott on percussion

******* with John Keane on pedal steel, The MegaBlasters on horns

******** with Mike Mills on vocals, Randall Bramblett on saxophone

[Only '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville', Only 'Excitable Boy'; Soundcheck: 'Expiration Day', 'Goin' Out West', 'Cream Puff War']

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12/31/09 – New Year’s Eve

Widespread Panic :: 12.31 :: Georgia

A slow-moving line at the CNN Center entrance to the arena prevented hordes of fans from seeing much of the acoustic set and we didn’t make it down to the floor until the fourth song. I’ve always enjoyed Panic’s acoustic sounds as much as the hard rock bombshells because it gives John Bell the rare opportunity to show his talents on the six-string and take a few more leads than usual. The set was heavy with mediocre throwaways from the band’s last few albums until busting out “Vacation” for only the second time in 2009. As was the case the previous night, perhaps the largest crowd response came as the band played Brute‘s (which features Panic backing Vic Chesnutt) “Expiration Day,” a song Panic and Chesnutt recorded on their 2002 album Cobalt. Standing much closer, it was easy to watch the band’s reactions and Herring looked on the verge of tears while paying tribute to their fallen friend. An excellent and surprising acoustic rendition of “Holden Oversoul” and a ho-hum “Porch Song” rounded out the hour long acoustic offering.

Although the third set is hard to beat on paper, in this writer’s opinion, the second set was when the playing reached its apex. The “Space Wrangler” > “Impossible” > “Jack” > “Action Man” run was a remarkable display of a jam band doing what they do best, building on a musical idea and crafting something that hasn’t been created before, i.e.: jamming. It seems like jamming isn’t as fashionable as it was at the beginning of the decade, when the jam world arguably reached a generational peak, so it was great to see Panic still willing to challenge itself by wandering out of the comfort zone into wholly unfamiliar musical territories. As it was the night before in the second set, the band hit a clear stride and clicked on all cylinders midway through set number two. Dave Schools’ playing has elevated since Herring joined the band and their sounds complement each other in a very exquisite fashion. While Schools sounds like a metal guitarist playing bass in a jam band, Herring is a technically gifted shredder with a penchant for playing the laaarge power riffs. Combine the two and you’ve got yourself a nice product. Dave Schools took the bull by the horns and turned “Impossible” into a wickedly dark and heavy metal nightmare after Herring absolutely destroyed “Space Wrangler” while still wearing the starry-eyed look of a man genuinely grateful to be a part of the Widespread Panic family.

Widespread Panic :: 12.31 :: Georgia

JB invited The MegaBlasters back for “Her Dance Needs No Body,” a song from 2008′s Free Somehow. This is one of the stronger tracks on the record and came out of the smoker well with the added brass. It wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve without the appearance of the band’s instant classic “Up All Night” as the green and red lights flashed while Bell sang “The best thing about New Year’s is the Christmas lights….” As they did on night one, The MegaBlasters provided backing for a Band cover. This time it was for “Ophelia,” a crowd favorite and staple cover in the rotation. Schools again dominated “Pigeons” and took the six-string for a few quick sprints playing the bridge at blinding speeds with great precision. With twenty minutes left in the decade, the band exited the stage for another short break.

Mr. Schools came out alone and led the countdown towards a new decade and as the clock struck zero confetti blasted from cannons onstage and rained down from the rafters. He said something about socks and then immediately started playing a robust and familiar bass line as Sunny, Todd Nance, and JoJo joined in the fun walking back onstage. When Herring started his riff (one that would make several re-appearances throughout the marathon set) I started getting the “Could it be?” feeling that Panic was about to cover a Michael Jackson song to start the new year. And that’s exactly what they did.

JB’s year got off to a bit of a shaky start as a fan in a really interesting jacket stumbled onstage, grabbed JB’s microphone and put his arm around him before being run off by security. Momentarily rattled by the incident, Bell quickly re-grouped and 2010 was off and running in a big way as he summoned his inner MJ on the classic “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.” Some of the best covers are when a band does a complete 180 genre wise and puts their own signature sound on it. The funny thing is the boys actually pulled it off and pulled it off quite well, and it’s worth a listen for those not in attendance.

Jojo Hermann :: 12.31 :: Georgia

The horns stayed on for “Tall Boy” and “Arleen” with an extended tease of Queen‘s “Another One Bites the Dust.” There was nary a dull moment during the monstrous third set. It was also the lengthiest New Year’s set I’ve ever witnessed, as the band plugged on past 2:00 a.m. Midway through the set I left the jam-packed floor to watch from further back and could appreciate the impressive light display (most notable during “Chilly Water”). Widespread Panic has never been known for their visual display, but the expanded rig for the Philip’s show provided some pretty fantastic eye candy.

The third set was pretty much a greatest hits Panic set with some very rare covers including Stevie Wonder‘s “I Wish” and a first-ever work out on Van Morrison‘s “Moondance.” Schools got weird on “Bust It Big” with some deliciously gooey bass pedaling and the cool, cool water flew as it always does during “Chilly Water.” Neither of these two songs were a surprise but there are certain tunes that the band just kind of has to play on New Year’s and “Chilly” is one of them. A debut performance of Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight” opened the encore and a final tribute to Chesnutt was paid as Panic closed out the festivities with the “Protein Drink/Sewing Machine” suite. I’ve always thought this combo was one of the best vehicles for Herring to make inspired guitar magic and it was no different on this occasion.

With another successful Philip’s run under the belt, these guys show zero signs of slowing down anytime soon and if the first set of 2010 is any indication of what’s to come, it’ll be another prosperous and prolific decade for Widespread Panic.

12/31/09 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA (Setlist courtesy of EverydayCompanion.com)

Set I (acoustic): Let’s Get Down To Business > Wondering, Already Fried, Tortured Artist, Clinic Cynic, Crazy, Vacation, Expiration Day, Holden Oversoul, Porch Song

Set II: Little Kin, Space Wrangler, Impossible, Jack, Action Man, Her Dance Needs No Body*, Up All Night*, Ophelia*, Pigeons

Set III: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’*, Tall Boy*, Arleen* > Surprise Valley > Drums > Surprise Valley > Driving Song > Disco > Driving Song > Rock, I Wish* > Moondance*, Bust It Big > Chilly Water > Jam > Chilly Water

E: Walking After Midnight, Protein Drink > Sewing Machine


* with The MegaBlasters on horns

[Only 'Walking After Midnight', Only 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'', Only 'Moondance'; 'Another One Bites The Dust' tease during 'Arleen'; Last 'I Wish' - 11/06/03, 412 shows]


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Most Important Shows of The Decade

JamBase’s Most Important Shows Of The Decade

Everything changed over the last decade. Never mind the political, social and economic upheaval, musically everything changed. Ten years ago we didn’t own iPods or Smart Phones; we rocked a Discman and in some cases an old yellow Walkman. We didn’t download tracks or stream shows; we bought albums and traded live Maxell tapes. Then technology set us free and the record industry collapsed. After peaking in 2000, CD sales have plummeted by more than 50-percent, dropping further into oblivion every year. Meanwhile, digital sales continue to rise and free music (both pirated and authorized) is everywhere, flooding hard drives like never before. Surely this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

The old model is dead. It’s a new game and the rules are still being defined. One thing, however, is for sure, the music industry needed a colossal change and it’s getting it. The days of boy bands selling 2 million units in a week are gone. And for that, you can thank the digital download. Online music is on the way to making radio irrelevant and no one seems sure if MTV even plays music anymore. It’s not that people listen to or want less music. The way we get it has simply evolved. We no longer need anyone to spoon-feed us lowest common denominator crap. Now we’ve got a billion ways to get turned on to the latest thing, and with advancements in how music is made there’s more to choose from than at any other time in history.

But one thing didn’t change in the past ten years. We still go see live music. As album sales fell through the floor, live music revenue has grown by 150-percent. Here at JamBase, we’ve always known the live experience is where it’s at, and now that all bands (not just the ones this site was founded upon) are forced to survive on touring dollars, the rest of the music world is catching on. That’s one change we’re happy to embrace.

At the beginning of the decade, JamBase was just starting to really take form. Surviving the dot-com bubble burst, we were a small team working out of an even smaller house in Mill Valley, California. Soon we sprouted legs, and as our vision and team evolved, we moved into a real office South of Market in downtown San Francisco, where we’ve been since 2003. Now JamBase has the most complete tour date information anywhere in the world, providing concert listings for AOL, Billboard, Spin, Rhapsody and many more, and our content has evolved into a leading source for live music editorial. Part of our mission has always been to use technology to help you get to the show and we know today’s music fan is often on the move, that’s why we created our lauded iPhone App that puts all our concert info straight into your pocket.

Even a cursory look at the articles on this website over the past decade indicates great change. From the way we look to what we cover, change has perhaps been the only constant at JamBase. Clearly, we report on more than just jam bands now (we like to think we cover the live music scene as a whole, with no genre being off limits), but if we go back to our roots and look at the band that started it all for JamBase (which grew out of Andy Gadiel’s Phish Page), we’re reminded that change is an essential part of life. It’s often hard, but almost always exciting, and if you aren’t changing and evolving, you’re probably dying.


In the past decade Phish quit (2000), came back (2002), quit again (2004), and finally got it right and resurfaced with purpose in 2009. For the most part, this was a messy decade for Trey, Mike, Page and Fish. With personal struggles taking center stage and the music falling off, when the band finished their final set at Coventry in 2004, in many ways, things couldn’t have been worse. The muddy fields were a metaphor for the state of the band and the sloppy performances an indication of just how bad it had gotten. But they overcame their challenges, and that’s certainly part of why we love them. Who amongst us hasn’t made poor decisions and paid the price? And if there’s one thing Americans love it’s a comeback story. During the ’90s this band dominated. The pressures of fame brought stress unlike anything they’d experienced, and in the 2000s they fell hard. But as we close the book on this decade, Phish is back on top in a major way. No band’s comeback has made a bigger impact on our world this decade than Phish, and we couldn’t be happier to have chronicled every step of their triumphant return.

But there’s more to Phish than just sick jams and transcendent rock shows. The ups and downs experienced by the band in many ways mirrored America’s path this decade. Coming out of the ’90s, everything appeared peachy. Mainstream music desperately needed help, but economically and politically, America was mostly doing great. September 11, 2001 thrust change upon us in ways we may never fully understand. Our collective psyche shattered, we’ve been at war ever since. Our economy has collapsed, and we’re facing a rising environmental crisis. Like Phish, America had a rough decade, but hopefully we can grab the strands of hope we’re starting to see and rise to the occasion like our favorite bands seem to do.

While it’s not likely that Phish’s trajectory had any tangible affect on our nation, it definitely affected the music scene. Phish’s hiatus (especially the first one) opened the door for a plethora of talent to flourish. With no one band filling the void, a wide array of acts like The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, The Disco Biscuits, Keller Williams, and many others were able to rapidly gain new fans and separate themselves from the pack as the premier new crop of jam bands.

Michael Jackson

The changing scene and lack of a clear improvisational concert king also allowed a host of bands hovering on the borders of jam to emerge more prominently in the live music space. With the help of festivals like Bonnaroo, websites like JamBase and open-minded fans like you, artists such as My Morning Jacket, Jack White, Drive-By Truckers, The Hold Steady, Arcade Fire, and The Mars Volta all experienced incredible breakthroughs.

But, that didn’t mean the pillars of the jam scene crumbled in the 2000s. The granddaddy of ‘em all, The Grateful Dead found ways to reform, reinvent and move on after Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. moe. proved to be one of the most consistent acts of the decade, Gov’t Mule survived the death of Allen Woody, and Widespread Panic managed to find new life with Jimmy Herring after Michael Houser passed away in 2002.

Though we lost some legends, including Johnny Cash, James Brown, George Harrison, Vic Chesnutt and Michael Jackson, we did get a bunch of reunions and even a few rebirths this past decade. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Cream, The Police, Van Halen, The Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Polvo, Meat Puppets, Smashing Pumpkins, Gang of Four, Rage Against the Machine, Leonard Cohen and The Stooges all returned to the stage, and all were in consideration (some more than others) for this feature.

In fact, there were pages upon pages of possibilities pored over while creating this list. Trying to determine 10 shows that stood out in a decade packed with powerful performances proved daunting, and we’re sure we left off something critical, which is why we’d love to see you set the record straight by sharing your own list in the Comments Section. But this is our list. After serious internal debate, discussions with artists and industry insiders, and careful consideration of your comments and emails, these are JamBase’s Most Important Shows of The Decade, presented to you in chronological order. It all starts with a special night in Florida that many fans spent the next decade reminiscing about or wishing they’d attended. (Kayceman)

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Phish | 01/01/00

Big Cypress | Seminole Indian Reservation | Everglades, FL

Photo of Phish at Big Cypress by Danny Clinch

The decade began with Phish performing for over seven straight hours from midnight until sunrise in the middle of the Florida Everglades. The band arrived on stage riding their trademark giant Hot Dog as it paraded through the audience to a recording of their song “Meatstick.” As they took to their instruments and finished the tune, the final moments of the ’90s came to a close and an audience over 85,000 strong was led in a Millennium Countdown before the band launched into their anthemic “Down With Disease.” About an hour later, “Heavy Things” (cheesecake!) would be telecast live on ABC Nightly News‘ special New Year’s Eve coverage from around the world to over 100 million people.


Significant for its timing, location and endurance, the show featured some of the most powerful and definitive versions of the band’s staple songs including “You Enjoy Myself,” “Slave to the Traffic Light,” “Reba,” “Sand,” and “David Bowie.” They also showcased several beloved covers including The Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll,” Talking Heads’ “Crosseyed and Painless,” The Who’s “Drowned,” and Ween’s “Roses Are Free.” The set was so powerful for the band that after leaving the stage at sunrise they opted not to return for an encore, instead leaving it to Mother Nature and a recording of The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun” to send the audience on their way. This ultimate “long gig” left those in attendance satiated, awe struck, and thankful that the world (Y2K) did not come to and end. (Andy Gadiel)

Setlist (courtesy of Phish.net)

Meatstick > Auld Lang Syne, Down with Disease > Llama, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Twist > Prince Caspian > Rock and Roll, You Enjoy Myself, Crosseyed and Painless, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Sand > Quadrophonic Toppling, Slave to the Traffic Light, Albuquerque, Reba, Axilla, Uncle Pen, David Bowie, My Soul, Drowned > After Midnight Reprise, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Bittersweet Motel, Piper > Free, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Roses Are Free, Bug, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Meatstick


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Phil & Friends | 12/31/00

Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium | Oakland, CA

Photo of Gordon, Herring, Lesh & Haynes on NYE 2000 in Oakland by Dave Vann

In no small way, this night was the relaunch of The Grateful Dead NYE tradition. Despite the fact that RatDog had been playing December 31st since 1998, after numerous lineups, Phil Lesh & Friends settled into a stunning aggregate in 2000 that happily reminded many diehards why this music endures. The Dead tribe had set their calendars for decades around where the band would land on key dates like NYE, Mardi Gras, etc. and the buzz leading up to this evening had the same run-away-to-the-circus, butterflies-in-the-tummy vibe that The Grateful Dead always engendered. “The Quintet,” as they came to be known, of Lesh (bass, vocals), Warren Haynes (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Herring (guitar), Rob Barraco (keys, vocals) and John Molo (drums) attacked this music like it was alive – rangy and unruly like days of old – and that in turn put the electrodes to this beloved catalog. For perhaps the first time since Jerry Garcia passed, it felt like there was a real tomorrow for this music. The heightened atmosphere was further elevated by the recent passing of Allen Woody, putting the future of Gov’t Mule in question and leaving Haynes and Matt Abts to open the night as an acoustic duo. Toss in several guest turns by Mike Gordon, which poignantly reminded one that Phish was not holding their annual NYE festivities, and you had a gathering that directly and indirectly grappled with death and rebirth in stirring ways. (Dennis Cook)

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The Concert for New York City | 10/21/01

Madison Square Garden | New York, NY

With the World Trade Center attacks of 9/11 still stingingly fresh in our collective memory, Paul McCartney gathered together The Who, Bon Jovi, Macy Gray, John Mellencamp, Backstreet Boys and more, plus film and political luminaries like Adam Sandler, Billy Crystal, Tom Daschle and Harrison Ford for a benefit concert that was a defiant affirmation of the United States’ ability to endure almost anything and thrive. Where most events of this sort truck in near-somber sincerity, The Concert for New York City welcomed in laughter and entertainment, both of which were in short supply for the many NYC firefighters and policemen and their families in attendance. Though studded with stellar turns like Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy doing “Hoochie Coochie Man” and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards getting gospel on “Salt of the Earth,” the pinnacle of the night might be Billy Joel‘s one-two punch of “Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)” and “New York State of Mind,” where MSG exploded as he punched lines like, “They turned our power down and drove us underground, but we went right on with the show,” with an emotion impossible to duplicate. An incredible example of where the worst in human beings can sometimes be a catalyst for the very best in us. (Dennis Cook)

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Widespread Panic | 04/28/02

Oak Mountain Amphitheatre | Pelham, AL

Photos of Widespread Panic at Oak Mountain on 04/28/02 by Jackie Jasper

As far as anyone knew, this was it. By all accounts, Sunday, April 28, 2002 at Pelham, Alabama’s Oak Mountain Amphitheatre appeared to be Widespread Panic lead guitarist and co-founder Michael Houser‘s last concert. It was the final night of a brief eight-show spring tour that felt like, and in many ways was, the “Goodbye Houser Tour.” Although not an official word had been uttered, most fans knew that Houser had contracted pancreatic cancer, and one could tell just by looking at him up close onstage that his time was drawing near. Although he would bravely perform seven more shows as he began the spring tour two months later, at this point, Sunday at Oak Mountain looked like the final one.

The venue, set in the heart of Panic Country, was packed with 10,000 serious fans and there was a tension and energy hanging in the humid Alabama air unlike anything I have personally ever experienced. The band rose to the occasion; from song selection (there wasn’t a dry eye during the “Trouble” encore) to execution to the Jerry Joseph guest appearance, it was nearly flawless and one of the best shows of the band’s legendary career. But it was more than just that. It was the way the weather coincided with the music, making it feel like bandleader John Bell had created rain during “Cortez The Killer.” It was the undeniable sense of community. It was the bittersweet, sad-yet-grateful feeling for the opportunity to say goodbye properly and rage it one more time. It was the weight of it all. Standing at Oak Mountain, bitter tears and warm rain washing over one’s face, wrapped in arms from friends both old and new, truly believing this was the final Houser jam, it felt like we were part of history on that day. (Kayceman)

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Bonnaroo Music Festival | 06/21/02 – 06/23/02

Manchester, TN

Photo of Phil Lesh and Friends with Bob Weir at Bonnaroo 2002 by Dave Vann

Selling out 70,000 tickets in advance to an untried mega-festival in the Tennessee hills with roots in the jam scene would have been accomplishment enough, but the inaugural Bonnaroo had ripples far beyond great sales. In no small way, Bonnaroo put this subculture on the larger cultural map, joining Coachella and Lollapalooza as one of few festivals covered by MTV and other mainstream outlets. However, from the start Bonnaroo has embraced tradition and heritage artists AND cutting edge talent in a way no other super-sized fest had, putting the likes of Blind Boys of Alabama and the Del McCoury Band right next to Ween and Les Claypool. In going big from the get-go, Bonnaroo established itself overnight as a destination for music lovers worldwide. Using the abundant energy and vast subterranean network of live music loving jam fans, the organizers launched something part intrinsically “jam” that was also something much, much larger in scope and vision. While subsequent years have found the likes of Tool, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers headlining, for some ‘Roo vets there’s perhaps no more enduring, moving set than Widespread Panic performing one of their final shows with Michael Houser this first year, a pulsating, powerhouse display that included “Testify” with Dottie Peoples, where Dave Schools says he looked out over the crowd and they were “levitating.” In an age where small ideas and limited expectations prevail Bonnaroo actively reaches for grandeur and all those involved are encouraged to stretch beyond their normal limitations and ways of seeing. (Dennis Cook)

2002 Bonnaroo Artist Lineup: Widespread Panic
* Trey Anastasio
* Ben Harper
* The String Cheese Incident
* Phil Lesh and Friends (w/Bob Weir)
* Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer
* Galactic with Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry
* Gov’t Mule
* Jack Johnson
* Norah Jones
* Jurassic 5
* Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
* Les Claypool
* moe.
* Ween
* Keller Williams (WMD’s)
* Acoustic Syndicate
* The Big Wu
* Blind Boys of Alabama
* Blackalicious
* John Butler Trio
* Campbell Brothers
* Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains
* Cut Chemist
* The Del McCoury band
* Dirty Dozen Brass Band
* The Disco Biscuits
* Gabe Dixon Band
* Donna The Buffalo
* Dottie Peoples
* Drums & Tuba
* Gran Torino
* Col. Bruce Hampton & The Code Talkers
* Corey Harris
* Lil’ Rascals Brass Band
* Llama
* DJ Logic
* Mofro
* North Mississippi Allstars
* Old Crow Medicine Show
* Particle
* RANA
* Soulive
* Amon Tobin
* Umphrey’s McGee
* Jim White
* Vinroc
* Z-Trip
* Mark Eddie
* Mike Birbiglia
* Vic Henley

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Gov’t Mule – The Deepest End | 05/03/03

Saenger Theatre | New Orleans, LA

Photo of Haynes, Abts, Newsted and Louis at Gov’t Mule’s “The Deepest End Concert” on 05/03/03 in New Orleans by Michael Weintrob

If one ever needed proof that Gov’t Mule was a band adored by their fellow musicians, then “The Deepest End Concert” in New Orleans should provide all the evidence one needs. The culmination of three years of recording and mourning the loss of founding bassist Allen Woody, this five-and-a-half-hour marathon performance found this contemporary classic rock unit joined by some of the finest bassists in the world – Jason Newsted (Metallica, Ozzy, Voivod), George Porter Jr. (The Meters), Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck), Rob Wasserman, Paul Jackson Jr., Mike Gordon (Phish), Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Jack Casady (Hot Tune, Jefferson Airplane), Conrad Lazano (Los Lobos), Les Claypool (Primus), and then Mule regular Greg Rzab. If that weren’t enough, the night also had guest turns from Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk), Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Karl Denson and more. A largely unrehearsed affair, the show was rich in what Mule leader Warren Haynes calls “spontaneous composition.” The range of material was off the chain, including Sabbath covers with Jason Newsted, Purple’s “Maybe I’m A Leo” with Glover, and a blinding version of Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon” with studio whiz Paul Jackson Jr. whipping the low end every which way. The art of focused, meaty improvisation has rarely had a finer showing than this gig, which also served to highlight what a ridiculously diverse bunch Gov’t Mule is – a big tent capable of holding just about anything if these cats (and their collaborators) put their backbone into it. (Dennis Cook)

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

04/28/06-04/30/06 & 05/05/06-05/07/06

Fair Grounds Race Course | New Orleans, LA

Photo of Bruce Springsteen at Jazz Fest 2006 in New Orleans by Michael Weintrob

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. One of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United States, around 2,000 people died with several hundred more declared “missing.” When the levees broke on August 29, 2005 water covered 80-percent of the Crescent City. With the pathetic, disorganized response from our government and the days of bedlam that followed, it appeared that America’s most unique, most culturally significant city (giving birth to jazz is often considered this country’s crowning artistic achievement, not to mention the food!) might be gone forever, submerged under six feet of water never to return. And that’s why eight months later when the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival celebrated its 37th year it was much more than just another Jazz Fest.

No one was sure if the organizers would even be able to make the event happen, and there were serious questions about if anyone would come. What transpired was an emotional celebration that marked a critical point in our nation’s history. It was a symbol of hope and a statement of purpose from the city, the musicians and the fans. 4,000 artists performed on ten stages over the two-weekend event, with headliners including Bruce Springsteen, Dr. John, Dave Matthews, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. It was a stake in the ground that said, “We won’t let New Orleans die.” The massive surge of tourist dollars clearly helped, but what New Orleans needed even more was the knowledge that we cared, that despite our government’s lack of commitment, the American people valued New Orleans and we would help bring her residents home. And while there is still so much more that needs to be done, we learned that no flood could drown New Orleans. Music is the blood of the city (and those who flock there), and Jazz Fest 2006 jumpstarted her heart and began the long, slow, still ongoing recovery of New Orleans. All you needed to do was step foot on the Fairgrounds that spring to know it was happening. The smell of crawfish Monica wafting in the air and the sound of The Boss singing, “We Shall Overcome” to hordes of weeping, dancing masses was enough to make us believe again. (Kayceman)

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Daft Punk | 04/29/06

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival | Indio, CA

Photo of Daft Punk at Coachella 2006 by Casey Flanigan

Daft Punk built a pyramid of lights and broke down walls. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo were hardly the first act to blur genre lines, but what they did at Coachella in 2006, their first U.S. appearance since 1997, shattered the boundaries of electronica. Transformed into robots and perched inside a 40-foot shape-shifting LED covered pyramid, the French duo manipulated the crowd’s movements (serious dance party) and emotions (laughter and tears were both common) with brilliant super anthems like “Around The World,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and “One More Time.” It was pop music, but smart, funny and designed to make you think as well as move. It brought elements from the dance world into stadium rock and the over-the-top production felt like a Broadway play from the distant future. And the fact that two guys not playing any traditional instruments could be this completely captivating was revolutionary. When that pyramid touched down in Indio, all of a sudden music made by machines was for everyone. Rockers pumped their fists, hip hop enthusiasts bounced, teenage girls screamed, doubters instantly became believers and everyone was blown away by the most elaborate, intricate and arguably greatest light show ever put together. It was a life-affirming experience that brought every person to the table, and no one has come close to duplicating it since. (Kayceman)

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Radiohead | 06/17/06

Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester, TN

Photo of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke on 06/17/06 at Bonnaroo by Dave Vann

Few bands are more un-hippy than Radiohead, so their Saturday night headlining slot at Bonnaroo ’06 signaled a sharp turn towards modernity for the festival. It was hardly the first time these Glastonbury vets had played for mud flecked, long haired masses, but there’s something resolutely non-jammy about Radiohead and attendees were pretty evenly split between those thrilled to have arguably the greatest rock band in the world serenade them and those who genuinely thought they were a duck out of water at the ‘Roo. However, once they started playing their hyper-alive sound and permeating depth swiftly gathered up the packed crowd. A young, dreadlocked, peasant skirt wearing String Cheese fan told us before the show that she’d never heard a note by Radiohead but was curious based on their rep. A few songs in, having been splendidly tousled by “There There,” “2+2=5″ and a pre-In Rainbows “15 Step,” she bellowed from the back of the huge field, “I like your music!” It was a succinct, heartfelt exclamation and serves to illustrate how intensely moving Radiohead’s music can be. And the band appeared to be just as smitten with the Bonnaroo audience, with frontman Thom Yorke giving as good as he got in a glow stick war and shimmying like a jellyfish that’d just been hit with a car battery. The first encore was almost a second set with eight songs, including a blistering early “Bodysnatchers,” and the second encore delivered us to the celestial plateau of “Everything In Its Right Place.”

Afterwards, Yorke told BBC Radio, “We did this festival called Bonnaroo. We did 2.5 hours. And there’s 80,000 people, admittedly they’ve been smoking the sticky green all day – probably wouldn’t go anywhere anyway. It was just amazing. We played loads of new stuff. We did whole sections of quiet piano songs and it sounds like the most grotesque, self-indulgent nonsense, but it probably is my favourite gig for years and years and years.” (Dennis Cook)

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My Morning Jacket | 12/31/06

The Fillmore | San Francisco, CA

Photo of My Morning Jacket on 12/31/06 at The Fillmore by Dave Vann

There have been many epic My Morning Jacket shows over the past decade – their “coming-of-age” afternoon set in the rain of Bonnaroo 2004; their marathon late night set there four years later; the hometown party in Louisville at Waterfront Park in August 2008; and the huge NYE gig a few months later at Madison Square Garden. Any of these concerts could have made our list, but it was MMJ’s New Year’s Eve 2006 run at The Fillmore that takes the cake. The band was experiencing huge growth, both musically and in terms of ticket sales and would soon be dubbed “America’s best live band” by Rolling Stone, LA Weekly and many JamBase writers to name a few. This show put them on one of the most famous stages in the world on the biggest night of them all and they killed it.

The three-night extravaganza culminated in a sprawling NYE celebration that included an ambitious theatrical element inspired by the old video game The Oregon Trail. The mood was built upon a “Donner Party meets Little House On The Prairie” theme with the band dressed as settlers and native Americans, and the spirits came to life with a number of well executed skits that eventually found bassist Two-Tone Tommy coming back from the dead and killing his bandmates in retribution for eating him earlier in the show (food was scarce on the trail). And that was just the backdrop for a night of extremely well played classic Jacket tracks mixed with rare nuggets and a slew of covers including AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration,” Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long,” Wham’s “Careless Whisper” and Prince’s “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man.” The show was an instant classic. But like most of the bands that really stick with us, a Jacket concert is more than just a rock show. It’s big, heady stuff and has the ability to open us up and help us feel and connect. It’s an experience, and on NYE 2006 My Morning Jacket seized the moment and created something special. What The Fillmore run announced was a world class band with ambitions beyond just performing their songs well. (Kayceman)

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Hannah’s Buddies Charity JB, Trucks, Tedeschi

Hannah’s Buddies Charity Classic and Concert To Feature:

John Bell, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi & More on 02/19 & 02/20 in Orlando, FL

Hannah Elliott with John Bell

The 11th Annual Hannah’s Buddies Charity Classic and Concert will take place February 19 & 20, 2010. The golf tournament — a four person scramble — will tee off Friday mid-day. The tournament will conclude with a reception and live music. Each golfer is allowed one guest for the reception.

On February 20, the golfers gather again at the House of Blues for the dinner and silent auction at 4:30 p.m. Each golfer is allowed one guest to accompany them for the evening. Following the dinner/silent auction is the John Bell and Friends Benefit Bash beginning at 8:00 p.m. Two tickets for the concert are included.

Concert Lineup

Saturday Night, February 20

JB & Friends

Nickel & The Polar Bears

John Bell

Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band

Single concert tickets can be purchased for the February 20 JB & Friends event. Tickets went on sale December 12 through HOB.com.

Full details are available at www.hannahsbuddies.org.


Widespread Panic | 11.13 | Oakland

Word by: Kayceman | Images by: Josh Miller

Widespread Panic :: 11.13.09 :: Fox Theater :: Oakland, CA

Widespread Panic :: 11.13 :: Oakland

It had been over two years since perennial road warriors Widespread Panic played a non-festival show in the Bay Area. Shacking up at the gorgeous Fox Theater in Oakland, CA for a three-night run, it was the second show on Friday the 13th that stuck out as special. There was nothing wrong with Thursday or Saturday’s shows, other than being perhaps a bit flat, but Friday’s concert was a reminder of why this band has one of the most dedicated fan bases in all of music and it was a prime example of why these fans continue to drop it all and chase Panic around the country. During the band’s peak, somewhere between 1997 and 2002, shows like this popped up frequently, and for many seasoned touring vets, Friday’s show was one of the better since band co-founder Michael Houser passed away.

Clocking in at around an hour and a half, the lengthy first set featured Bob Dylan (“Solid Rock”), Tom Waits (“Goin’ Out West”), Neil Young (“Don’t Be Denied”), and Jerry Joseph (“Light Is Like Water”). The tone was set immediately with Jimmy Herring‘s ominous guitar bleeding the dark notes to first song “Junior” and before long it was Jojo Hermann‘s dirty Clavinet that pushed the song into surprisingly funky terrain. Hermann would prove to be the catalyst throughout the night, leaning on his keys, tempting a Friday the 13th “Superstition” (which never surfaced) and creating spacey interludes so that the momentum rarely slowed.

John Bell :: 11.13 :: Oakland

During old school instrumental “Happy,” Herring was channeling vintage Garcia as he pulled notes from the sky and showed incredible control of his warm tone. Frontman John Bell grabbed hold of the crowd during “Pigeons,” belting out some of the most poignant lyrics in rock: “We’ve all been waiting/ Wondering, will we ever know the truth/ What it’s like washing windows when you know there are pigeons on the roof.” The world is a harsh, unforgiving place and we all know it. We wake up and struggle to find a moment of peace, we wash the windows of our life only to turn around and find shit caked all over them once again. But we push on. We clean up and fight another day. It’s all we can do.


Another old gem, “Walkin’” was a revelation. Taking the loping tempo and twisting the notes until they were unrecognizable, Panic landed in one of the night’s longest and most impressive jams that may have been influenced by the recent tour with the Allman Brothers. With bassist Dave Schools working overtime to keep the wheels glued on, Herring and Hermann were free to fly loose and light, dancing around one another, dipping into fast-paced duels and spacious feather-weight cascades.


If the set ended there it would have been a great first set, but then emerged one of the most emotional songs in the band’s repertoire, Neil Young’s “Don’t Be Denied.” With strong parallels to Panic’s history, as JB sang, “Pretty soon I met a friend who played guitar,” the Fox erupted. One look at the capacity crowd and it was clear many were feeling it. Tears were forming, arms were wrapped around shoulders, and if you stared long enough, maybe you could still see Mikey Houser sitting up there on the stage.

Clearly this had to be the end of the set. “Don’t Be Denied” is generally a first, last or encore song. Wrong again. Out comes Jerry Joseph for a blistering “Light Is Like Water.” They’ve previously only played the song eight times and it had been over a year since it last showed up. A meaty middle section featured a three guitar attack with Herring, JB and Joseph winding around each other, and then Schools and JB doing back-up harmony for the Reverend Jerry Joseph in a raucous church revival moment as he screamed, “Whatever gets you through the night!” It was a big way to end a massive first set that left many out of breath with eyes glassed over.

Ortiz & Schools :: 11.13 :: Oakland

When they came back out with “Tie Your Shoes” > “Blight” > “All Time Low” > “Blight” it was clear that Panic was not letting up on this evening. Set two never stopped and never slowed down. Every song bled into the next and they turned the Fox into a sweaty soup of gyrating bodies and flailing limbs.

“Tie Your Shoes” was played at a frantic pace with notes folding over one another and everyone somehow staying off each other’s toes. “Blight” was slow and dark, allowing fans the rare chance to hear Schools sing lead. With a heavy delay on his vocals, Schools was improvising about “green shoots popping up everywhere,” and when JB sang back-up, Schools followed by blurting out “spooky” before they did some of the finest vocal harmonizing of the run. The fact that they went out of “Blight” and back into it for a brief moment after “All Time Low” sent the hardcore fans reeling.


Set two found Dave Schools out front, and when he dropped the bombs to signal The Meters‘ “Just Kissed My Baby” (which hadn’t been played since 2006) the dance party went into overdrive. Fully equipped with the JB “Night People” rap, Jimmy Herring’s fire-starter lead and percussionist Wally Ingram adding color, things opened wide during this section.

Herring & Hermann :: 11.13 :: Oakland

One could wax poetic about every song played: the strong “C. Brown;” the heavenly, delicate jam out of “Wonderin’;” the slow, methodical, long “Porch Song” that erupted at the end, reminding fans of the late ’90s; and the “Love Tractor” that closed the set. But it was “Arleen” > “Red Hot Mama” that turned a great show into the stuff of legend.


The dirty disco funk of “Arleen” came on hot and heavy and sent backs breaking and knees popping. Everyone – band and fans alike – were fully lubricated at this point and there was no looking back. It didn’t matter if this was your 150th Panic show or your first; everyone felt it and it appeared that all had given themselves over to the groove. Jojo was hammering the Clav, locked-in deep with Schools, and JB was loose, adlibbing about the neighbor girl (“her face look good but her body not ready”) and tossing in a brief moment of “Junior,” adding to the story he’s been crafting for decades. It all built to a mean crescendo with that little neighbor girl’s daddy coming out with his gun locked and loaded as the band fell in step, turning out the final jam before Schools teased Sugar Hill Gang‘s “Rappers Delight” with a bit of “Hotel motel Holiday Inn.”

At this point all bets were off, and when they blasted into Parliament/Funkadelic‘s “Red Hot Mama” it was a blur of funky keys, growling guitars, heavy bass, and grinding ass funk. For this writer, “Arleen” > “Red Hot Mama” (and the entire second set for that matter) was as good as anything he’s seen all year.

John Bell :: 11.13 :: Oakland

“We’re glad we came to work tonight,” declared JB before the encore. It was a big show felt just as much by the band as the fans, and when they closed with JB on mandolin for a tender “End Of The Show” it was the perfect way to send us off into the night, feeling just a bit lighter than when we walked in.

There’s transcendence in these songs. Dancing with eyes closed and screaming along with old friends you rarely see and new ones you’ve yet to make, there’s community here. There’s a shared experience that stretches far beyond the concert hall. Widespread Panic is a true blue workingman’s rock & roll band. They aren’t singing of fantastical places or imaginary moments, this is salt of the earth stuff and as Americans we need it more than ever. Life is hard right now and we’re carrying a lot weight. People are losing jobs, houses, and lives, and many aren’t sure how they’re gonna pull through. A rock concert might not save us from tomorrow, but it sure feels nice to let it all slide off our shoulders and roll down our backs, even if it’s just for three hours on a Friday night.

Widespread Panic :: 11.13 :: Fox Theatre :: Oakland, CA

Set I: Junior, Solid Rock, Happy > Goin’ Out West, Big Wooly Mammoth, Pigeons, Crazy, Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Don’t Be Denied, Light Is Like Water*

Set II: Tie Your Shoes > Blight > All Time Low > Blight > Just Kissed My Baby**, C. Brown** > Wondering > Porch Song > Arleen > Red Hot Mama > Love Tractor

E: End Of The Show
* with Jerry Joseph on guitar/vocals

** with Wally Ingram on percussion

You can stream and/or download this show for free now at panicstream.com.

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ABB & WSP Setlists TX: Epic Tour Comes To End

Widespread Panic & The Allman Brothers Band Setlists

10.17.09 :: Sat :: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion :: The Woodlands, TX

Widespread Panic:

Let’s Get Down To Business, Give > Disco > Tall Boy, Blue Indian > Junior > Party At Your Mamas House > Ribs and Whiskey, North, Pilgrims, Good People > Use Me* > Cortez the Killer* > Lawyers, Guns and Money, Henry Parsons Died

* with Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Revival, Done Somebody Wrong, Rocking Horse, One Way Out, Guilded Splinters*, The Sky is Crying, Franklins Tower**, Black Hearted Woman, Dreams***, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed****

E: Southbound^

* with John Bell on guitar/vocals, Sunny Ortiz on percussion

** with Sunny Ortiz on percussion, Jimmy Herring on guitar

*** with Dave Schools on bass, without Oteil Burbridge

**** with Jimmy Herring on guitar

^ with all of Widespread Panic

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s set at LiveDownloads.com.


10.16.09 :: Fri :: Superpages.com Center :: Dallas, TX

Widespread Panic:

Radio Child, Weight Of The World > Don’t Be Denied, Wondering, Greta > Under The Radar Jam > Three Candles > Space Wrangler, Gradle, From The Cradle, Second Skin* > Blackout Blues*, All Time Low, Makes Sense To Me

* with Derek Trucks on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Statesboro Blues, Come And Go Blues, No One To Run With, Who’s Been Talking, Midnight Rider, Highway 61 Revisited*, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?, One Way Out, Into The Mystic, Jessica

E: Melissa, Whipping Post

* with John Bell on guitar/vocals

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s set at LiveDownloads.com.


10.14.09 :: Wed :: Municipal Auditorium :: Nashville, TN

Widespread Panic:

Let’s Get The Show On The Road > Happy > You Should Be Glad, Pickin’ Up The Pieces, Up All Night, Love Tractor, Big Wooly Mammoth* > Fishwater > Drums > Fishwater > Don’t Wanna Lose You** > It Ain’t No Use** > Jam** > Driving Song > You Got Yours > Driving Song > Chilly Water

E: Vacation > Life During Wartime

* Johnny Neel on keys

** Audley Freed on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Want You no More > Not My Cross To Bear > Don’t Keep Me Wondering, Trouble No More, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Midnight Rider*, Done Somebody Wrong**, Black Hearted Woman* > Other One Jam, Woman Across The River*, Soulshine, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry***, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed**** > Drums & Bass > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed****

E: Melissa*****, You Don’t Love Me******

* Chris Jackson on keys

** Elizabeth Pearson on bass and Chris Jackson on piano

*** JB on guitar & vocals; Johnny Neel on piano

**** Jack Pearson on bass with Oteil; Chris Jackson on piano

***** Gregg Allman on acoustic; without Derek Trucks

****** Jimmy Hall on harmonica; Elizabeth Pearson on bass; without Oteil

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s set at LiveDownloads.com.


10.13.09 :: Tue :: Knoxville Coliseum :: Knoxville, TN


Widespread Panic:

Better Off, One-Arm Steve, Old Neighborhood > Action Man, Time Zones > Jam > Angels On High > Rebirtha > Watching The Sleeping Man, Papa’s Home > Stop/Go > Papa’s Home > Travelin’ Man > Ride Me High > Drum Solo > Jam* > Surprise Valley* > Drum Solo > Surprise Valley* > Climb To Safety*


* With Derek Trucks on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Statesboro Blues, One Way Out, Sky Is Crying, Come and Go Blues, Any Day, 44 Blues, Leave My Blues at Home, Melissa, Rocking Horse > Little Martha > Rockin Horse, Dreams*, Mountain Jam*

E: Whipping Post*


* With Jack Pearson on guitar

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s set at LiveDownloads.com.


10.11.09 :: Sun :: Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek :: Raleigh, NC


Widespread Panic:

Pigeons, 1 x 1, Proving Ground, Down > Holden Oversoul > Little Lilly > Tie Your Shoes, City of Dreams > B of D > Barstools & Dreamers, Ribs & Whiskey* > Stop Breakin’ Down Blues* > Ribs & Whiskey*, Tall Boy > Ain’t Life Grand

w/ * Warren Haynes

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Want You No More, Not My Cross To Bear, Done Somebody Wrong, Don’t Keep Me Wondering, Only You Know and I Know*, Can’t Find My Way Home**, No One To Run With, Who’s Been Talking, You Don’t Love Me, The Same Thing, Melisa, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed***

E: Southbound****

w/ * James van de Bogert on drums

w/ ** JB and James van de Bogert

w/ *** Jimmy Herring

w/ **** J Herring, JoJo, D Schools


10.10.09 :: Sat :: BJCC Arena :: Birmingham, AL

The Allman Brothers Band:

Midnight Rider, Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, You Don’t Love Me, Soulshine, Stand Back, And It Stoned Me*, Revival, Statesboro Blues, Mountain Jam > Smokestack Lightnin’** > Mountain Jam

E: Black Hearted Woman


* w/ with John Bell, guitar & vox; James van de Bogert, drums

** w/ with Colonel Bruce Hampton, vocals

Widespread Panic:

The Take Out > Diner > Rock > Porch Song, Dyin’ Man*, Slippin’ Into Darkness**, Just Like A Woman***, Bust It Big**** > Drums > Airplane > Pilgrims > Goodpeople > Dark Bar > Goodpeople > Junior

E: Expiration Day > Goin’ Out West


* with DJ Logic on turntables

** with Marc Quinones on percussion, Warren Haynes on guitar

*** with Gregg Allman on vocals

**** with Warren Haynes on guitar

Review of this show here.


10.09.09 :: Fri :: BJCC Arena :: Birmingham, AL

Widespread Panic:

Hatfield > Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Wondering, Tickle the Truth > Chainsaw City > Machine > Arleen > Space Wrangler, Her Dance Needs No Body > Greta > Drums* > Maggot Brain** > Time Is Free*** > Give

* with DJ Logic on turntables

** with Derek Trucks on guitar

*** with Col. Bruce Hampton on vocals, Derek Trucks on guitar, Oteil Burbridge on bass

['Time Is Free' without Dave]

The Allman Brothers Band:

Done Somebody Wrong, Come and Go Blues, End Of The Line, The Weight*, Key To The Highway*, Rocking Horse, Dreams**, Highway 61 Revisited***, Into The Mystic****, Leave My Blues at Home, Melissa, Jessica

E: One Way Out*****

* with JoJo Hermann, piano

** with Dave Schools, bass

*** with John Bell, guitar & vocals; Dave Schools, bass; James van de Bogert, drums

**** with James van de Bogert, drums

***** with Jimmy Herring, guitar


10.07.09 :: Wed :: NTELOS Wireless Pavilion :: Portsmouth, VA

Widespread Panic:

From The Cradle > Can’t Get High > Love Tractor, I’m Not Alone, Imitation Leather Shoes > Jam > Jack > Impossible > Jam* > Nobody’s Fault But Mine > Blight > Driving Song > Disco > Drums > Solid Rock > All Time Low > Under The Radar Jam > Driving Song > Conrad

* with Danny Louis on keyboards

['Nobody's Fault But Mine' without JoJo]

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Statesboro Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man, Come On In My Kitchen, No One To Run With, Stormy Monday, The Same Thing*, Franklin’s Tower**, Midnight Rider, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed***


E: You Don’t Love Me


* with James van de Bogert, drums

** with Oteil Burbridge, vocals; Jimmy Herring, guitar.; Sonny Ortiz, percussion; Dave Schools, bass; Todd Nance, drums; Danny Louis, B3, no Gregg

*** Danny Louis, B3, no Gregg


10.06.09 :: Tue :: Merriweather Post Pavilion :: Columbia, MD

Widespread Panic:

Travelin’ Light, Thought Sausage > Pleas > Who Do You Belong To?, C. Brown, Up All Night, Three Candles > Flicker > Contentment Blues > North > Second Skin* > Protein Drink > Sewing Machine* , Radio Child > Action Man > Chilly Water

* w/ Warren Haynes

The Allman Brothers Band:

Trouble No More, Leave My Blues At Home, One Way Out, Sky is Crying, Dreams, Guilded Splinters*, Woman Across The River, Don’t Think Twice**, South Bound***, Melissa, Stand Back****, Mountain Jam > Dazed & Confused > Mountain Jam

E: Whipping Post

Danny Louis on keyboard entire show

* w/ JB & Sunny Ortiz

** w/ Susan Tedeschi, Jaimoe Jr (without Jaimoe)

*** w/ Jimmy Herring, Ron Holloway on sax, Susan Tedeschi, Todd Nance (without Jaimoe)

**** w/ Ron Holloway on sax

Gregg Allman is recovering from the pinched nerve in his back but did sit out the set closer “Mountain Jam.” As noted above, Gov’t Mule‘s Danny Louis continues to perform on keyboards throughout the show.

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s set at LiveDownloads.com.


Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band began the second leg of their co-headlining tour over the weekend with a pair of shows at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Charlotte, NC. On Saturday evening guitarist Warren Haynes was unable to perform due to travel complications and Jimmy Herring subbed for the entire show. Haynes’ Gov’t Mule bandmate, Danny Louis also joined the Allmans on keys to help support Gregg Allman who was suffering from back pain. Allman performed the entire show on guitar and was still able to sing.

Special guests for Widespread Panic’s set included longtime producer John Keane, Bloodkin‘s Danny Hutchins as well as Danny Louis and Derek Trucks on loan from the Allman Bros. Warren Haynes would join Panic on Sunday night. Complete notes below.

10.04.09 :: Sun :: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater :: Charlotte, NC

Widespread Panic:

Papa Legba, Worry, Pigeons, Angels On High, Heroes, Ribs & Whiskey, Party At Your Mamas House > Tall Boy > Blue Indian, You Got Yours > Papas Home > Drums > Papas Home > Porch Song, Henry Parsons Died* > Mr. Soul*

* w/ Warren Haynes

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Want You No More* > It’s Not My Cross To Bear*, Done Somebody Wrong*, Revival*, Good Morning Little School Girl*, No One To Run With*, Midnight Rider*, Rocking Horse**, Soulshine*, Little By Little***, Black Hearted Woman*, Melissa****, Les Brers In A Minor*****

E: You Don’t Love Me******

Gregg Allman on B3 throughout except where noted

* w/ Danny Louis on piano

** w/ Danny Louis on B3, no Gregg

*** w/ Susan Tedeschi on guitar & vocals; Danny Louis, piano; James van de Bogert, drums

**** w/ Gregg Allman on acoustic guitar

***** w/ Kofi Burbridge on B3

****** w/ with Gregg Allman on electric guitar, Danny Louis on B3

You can download Panic’s Sunday night North Carolina set at LiveDownloads.com.


10.03.09 :: Sat :: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater :: Charlotte, NC

Widespread Panic:

Little Kin > Holden Oversoul > Surprise Valley, Pilgrims > Blackout Blues, This Part of Town*, Ain’t Life Grand**, Diner > Drums > You Should Be Glad*** > Climb To Safety > Fishwater****

E: End of the Show*****

* w/ John Keane on pedal steel

** w/ JB on mandolin; John Keane on pedal steel

*** w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

**** w/ Danny Louis on keyboard

***** w/ John Keane on pedal steel and Danny Hutchens on vocals

The Allman Brothers Band:

Mountain Jam, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Stormy Monday, Statesboro Blues, Anyday*, Trouble No More*, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
E: One Way Out

Gregg Allman was on guitar for the entire show

Danny Louis was on Keyboards and Hammond B3 for the entire show
Jimmy Herring played guitar for the entire show
Warren Haynes did not play


* with Paul Riddle (The Marshall Tucker Band) on drums

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Saturday night North Carolina set at LiveDownloads.com.


WSP & ABB | 10.09 & 10.10 | Birmingham

Words by: Frank Etheridge | Images by: Ian Rawn

Widespread Panic & The Allman Brothers Band :: 10.10.09 :: BJCC Arena :: Birmingham, AL

John Bell | 10.10 | Alabama

“Happy birthday, Allman Brothers! Happy birthday, everybody!”

With these words, Widespread Panic frontman John Bell not only extended warm birthday wishes to the opening Allman Brothers on the occasion of their 40th anniversary, he also delivered, in vintage JB inflection, a succinct summation of a five-hour marathon of music that was nothing short of life-affirming.


Bell’s stage banter is a barometer of the band’s mood and energy, and on this Saturday night in Birmingham, it revealed a playfulness and joy that shined throughout a night that was more collaboration than co-bill, more celebration than concert. This tour partnering two Georgia-bred juggernauts, which disappointingly bypassed their home state, was long overdue; a dream-come-true for fans of blues-based improvisational rock, that even in consideration of the loftiest, dearly held expectations, met any and all promises. All the players in both bands seemed to share JB’s sentiment, with their playing inspired and fueled by an infectious energy that was amazingly levels beyond the quality Friday night show for a stellar two-set, two-encore show Saturday night.


The Allmans kicked the night off with a raucous start featuring Muddy Waters’ classic “Trouble No More.” It was readily apparent by the time Derek Trucks‘ searing licks introduced “Can’t Lose What You Never Had” that the band brought their A-game. An early highlight came in the song’s refrain – “Got drunk/ Burned it down/ Now people ain’t that sad” – that encapsulates a key theme of the band. As grizzly veteran frontman Gregg Allman belted out this cautionary tale, his tone became his essence in revealing, on the surface, a defense-mechanism flippancy buoyed by a deeply seeded seasoned wisdom key to Gregg and ABB’s survival and perseverance. Been there, done that? This legend certainly has, and on Saturday night, preaching to the choir, showed proof positive that he’s even managed to live to tell about it.

The Allman Brothers w/ JB | 10.10 | Alabama

“You Don’t Love Me” found the band really opening up for some intense improvisation as the double-edged attack of Warren Haynes and Trucks’ guitars sailed over Allman’s organ. The ubiquitous, but always-appreciated, “Soulshine” came next. With countless Gov’t Mule renditions setting its standard for this reviewer, it was a breath of fresh air to have Allman take the lead vocals and give it a toned-down, more traditional blues feel. The uptempo “Stand Back” put the band’s groovy shoes on as they danced about a relentless jam that rode on waves of expert drum rolls that propelled even more screeching guitar wails.


Haynes’ introduction of JB, something along the lines of, “You guys know JB?” was obviously, sarcastically, rhetorical, but the crowd, significantly larger on Saturday than Friday, roared its response of recognition. In contrast to many of the stops on this tour, younger Spreadheads dominated the audience, though there was mercifully enough gray hair and Daytona Bike Week t-shirts to counterbalance the dready factor and help keep the waves of patchouli wafting through the air at bay. Bell switched verses with Haynes on an excellent cover of Van Morrison’s “And It Stoned Me,” a poem penned by one of Bell’s idols that is ideal for his voice.

Rollicking versions of Allman Brothers staples “Revival” and “Statesboro Blues” were next and preceded the night’s highlight: “Mountain Jam.” This never-ending instrumental is dismissed by some, primarily those that find the Allmans a classic-rock FM radio act and not the Southern sojourners of truth they are in their best live moments. Sure, “Mountain Jam” can be an endless noodle long enough to go home, cut the grass, and come back without missing a thing, but Saturday night it was a beautiful melody from the start as a long, spacey intro eventually fell sway to a guitar crunch. Drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks worked their kits in amazing syncopation to unleash a powerful, primal rhythm. Col. Bruce Hampton – another Georgia legend that connects more than his fair share of the dots in the non-linear lineage the Brothers and Panic share – graced the stage to belt out a few verses of “Smokestack Lightning,” with “Spoonful” teases swirling about it, before an abrupt, but classically Colonel, departure as “Mountain Jam” took over again.

Oteil Burbridge – ABB | 10.10 | Alabama

Unlike most shows on this tour, the Allmans as opener were provided a well-deserved encore slot they filled with “Black Hearted Woman,” marked by pounding teases of the Grateful Dead’s “The Eleven.” The lush acoustics of “Little Martha” as set break PA music was icing on the (birthday) cake.

Panic opened their set with an instrumental of their own, “The Take Out,” an old school number with a few twists played remarkably well. “Diner” meandered into a brief rap by JB that carried the song out into a flawless “Rock.” A monstrous intro provided one of those jaw-dropping Panic moments, reminiscent of their days thriving as a six-headed beast, where all members’ individual music cedes to a crazed collective and begs the question, “How the fuck are they making that sound?”


“There’s nothing logical ’bout this” was Bell’s introduction to DJ Logic‘s appearance on the subsequent “Dying Man,” his effort giving an edgy dimension, a la the ‘Til the Medicine Takes version with Colin Butler as DJ.


The silky-smooth funk of War’s “Slipping into Darkness” followed and took a nasty, wonderfully dirty Panic turn. A chatty JB then looked about to introduce Gregg Allman. “Can’t see him,” Bell beamed as he finally made eye contact with Allman. They shared vocals on a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Just like a Woman,” though Bell’s voice was primarily the only audible one. In a gesture evident of the family vibe that has taken shape this tour, the always-humble, appropriately reverent Bell bowed to Allman as he exited stage left.

Dave Schools – WSP | 10.10

Bassist Dave Schools cooked up a sinister bass intro to “Bust It Big,” which was eventually taken over by the frenetic keys of John “JoJo” Hermann, who deftly moved from ragtime to funk in a fine display of his prowess on a night that found his playing both inspired and free-wheeling. DJ Logic reappeared during “Drums,” which segued into a rollicking jam between Schools and percussionists Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz and Todd Nance. A soaring “Airplane” came next, with an incredible, trademark “take-off jam.” JoJo again dominated in his intro to “Good People,” which he peppered with a minute-long “Dark Bar” rap. An excellent “Junior” closed the set.

The lights at Panic shows are seldom noteworthy (Charlotte 2008 being a MAJOR exception to this due to the insane “lightning storm” during “Drums”). Saturday night, and perhaps its been this way throughout the whole tour with the Allmans, the lights were simply incredible, always spot-on, highlighting individual members during solos and fading to black as jams began, and spinning wildly as they took form. The spotlight was on JB for “Expiration Day” in the encore, the singer awash in purple and red hues as he seemed to serenade the crowd with this paean to true love, a simple life well lived, and the peaceful contentment that exists only in those virtues.

One of Panic’s best qualities is their capacity to encompass the entire gamut of human emotion, to express and embrace both the yin & yang. This hallmark reared its head as the misty-eyed serenity of “Expiration Day” moved into a snarling, fierce take on Tom Waits’ “Going Out West” to close the show, slapping the crowd on the ass as they headed out the door into an Alabama Saturday night.

The Allman Brothers Band Setlist:

Midnight Rider, Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, You Don’t Love Me, Soulshine, Stand Back, And It Stoned Me*, Revival, Statesboro Blues, Mountain Jam > Smokestack Lightnin’** > Mountain Jam

E: Black Hearted Woman


* w/ with John Bell, guitar & vox; James van de Bogert, drums

** w/ with Colonel Bruce Hampton, vocals

Widespread Panic Setlist:

The Take Out > Diner > Rock > Porch Song, Dyin’ Man*, Slippin’ Into Darkness**, Just Like A Woman***, Bust It Big**** > Drums > Airplane > Pilgrims > Goodpeople > Dark Bar > Goodpeople > Junior

E: Expiration Day > Goin’ Out West


* with DJ Logic on turntables

** with Marc Quinones on percussion, Warren Haynes on guitar

*** with Gregg Allman on vocals

**** with Warren Haynes on guitar

Continue reading for more images of Panic and the Allmans in Alabama, including shots from the previous night…

10.09.09 :: Fri :: BJCC Arena :: Birmingham, AL

Widespread Panic:

Hatfield > Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Wondering, Tickle the Truth > Chainsaw City > Machine > Arleen > Space Wrangler, Her Dance Needs No Body > Greta > Drums* > Maggot Brain** > Time Is Free*** > Give

* with DJ Logic on turntables

** with Derek Trucks on guitar

*** with Col. Bruce Hampton on vocals, Derek Trucks on guitar, Oteil Burbridge on bass

['Time Is Free' without Dave]

JB & Col. Bruce

The Allman Brothers Band:

Done Somebody Wrong, Come and Go Blues, End Of The Line, The Weight*, Key To The Highway*, Rocking Horse, Dreams**, Highway 61 Revisited***, Into The Mystic****, Leave My Blues at Home, Melissa, Jessica

E: One Way Out*****

* with JoJo Hermann, piano

** with Dave Schools, bass

*** with John Bell, guitar & vocals; Dave Schools, bass; James van de Bogert, drums

**** with James van de Bogert, drums

***** with Jimmy Herring, guitar

Haynes, D. Trucks, Bell, B. Trucks, Schools

Herring & Trucks

Col. Bruce

Continue reading for more images of Panic and the Allmans in Alabama…

10.10.09 :: Sat :: BJCC Arena :: Birmingham, AL

The Allman Brothers Band:

Midnight Rider, Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, You Don’t Love Me, Soulshine, Stand Back, And It Stoned Me*, Revival, Statesboro Blues, Mountain Jam > Smokestack Lightnin’** > Mountain Jam

E: Black Hearted Woman


* w/ with John Bell, guitar & vox; James van de Bogert, drums

** w/ with Colonel Bruce Hampton, vocals

Widespread Panic:

The Take Out > Diner > Rock > Porch Song, Dyin’ Man*, Slippin’ Into Darkness**, Just Like A Woman***, Bust It Big**** > Drums > Airplane > Pilgrims > Goodpeople > Dark Bar > Goodpeople > Junior

E: Expiration Day > Goin’ Out West


* with DJ Logic on turntables

** with Marc Quinones on percussion, Warren Haynes on guitar

*** with Gregg Allman on vocals

**** with Warren Haynes on guitar

Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band perform together again Tuesday night (10/13/09) at World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, TN. Complete tour dates available here.

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Allman Brothers/WSP | 09.01 & 02 | Chicago

Words & Videos by: Herschel Concepcion | Images by: Norman Sands

Allman Brothers Band/Widespread Panic :: 09.01.09 & 09.02.09 :: Charter One Pavilion :: Chicago, IL

Widespread Panic :: 09.02 :: Chicago, IL

I remember the rush of excitement I felt when the Allman Brothers/Widespread Panic co-bill tour was first announced. It was last spring, and I was giddy like a schoolgirl with the latest gossip, calling all of my friends and sharing the news with anyone who would listen, and why not? Here were two of my favorite bands that between them boast three of the top five guitarists out there today, and they would be playing right here in Chicago – two nights – and I would be damned if anything could stop me from witnessing this historic tour.

Needless to say, it would be a long summer for me as I counted down the days until what I believed would be the best shows the city would see all year. Of course, there was plenty of good music to tide me over in the meantime – String Cheese at Rothbury was one of the most intense musical experiences I’ve ever had, and Phish at Alpine wasn’t too shabby either – but when it comes down to it, it’s true blue rock & roll that really stirs my blood. And when it comes to that, the Allmans and Panic are two of the best.

Tuesday, 09.01

Charter One Pavilion is my favorite venue in the city. It’s a temporary structure, taken down every fall and reassembled in the spring. One of the few outdoor venues in the city, it sits on a little peninsula, bordered to the west by Burnham Harbor and beyond that by Soldier Field. The Field Museum sits to the northwest, the Shedd Aquarium to the north, and to the east, the great stretch of water that is Lake Michigan, a vast expanse of rippling waves that glittered under the evening sun that day.

Haynes & Trucks – Allman Brothers :: 09.01 :: Chicago, IL

Chicago would be the final stop of the first leg of the tour, with Panic set to close the first night and the Allman Brothers the second. Each act was scheduled to play a full two-hour set with no set breaks (except for between bands), for a total of eight straight hours of music over the two-day period.

The Allmans hit the ground running, blasting out “Done Somebody Wrong” and “Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’” before getting real bluesy with a “Woman Across the River” that saw lead guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks playing off each other tastefully. After a deep solo by Gregg Allman on the keys, Trucks launched into one of his trademark screaming slide runs. Never one to sit back long, Haynes got mean and heavy with his response, and by the end of the song he and Trucks were firing off licks back and forth. It was downright filthy, real dirty, gritty stuff – and exactly what we’d come here for.

The Brothers were hot now, and it would only get better from there. After the pounding instrumental “Hot’Lanta,” featuring the percussive talents of Marc Quinones, and some more of Trucks’ aching slide on “Stand Back,” the band turned out a great rendition of the always uplifting “Revival” to lighten the mood a bit, and there were more than a few smiles in the crowd as the song took effect.

Ortiz & Schools :: 09.01 :: Chicago, IL

Traffic’s Dave Mason then took the stage, adding guitar and vocals to “Only You Know and I Know” and an extra funky “Feelin’ Alright.” After a jazzy, extended “Dreams” it was time for the second surprise guest of the night as Chicago’s very own Buddy Guy joined the Allmans for “The Sky Is Crying” and “You Don’t Love Me.” It was a bit surreal to watch this combination of jam and blues legends all on one stage, like witnessing a piece of history that one might’ve seen 40 years ago. And these guys clearly still have it, rocking out harder than most men half their age. This was definitely no nostalgia act.

After fan favorite “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” the Allmans closed out their set with a double encore featuring “Melissa” and “Trouble No More.” The “Melissa” was particularly sweet, and began with some poignant soloing by Haynes as the band filtered back onstage with Gregg on rhythm guitar, his gentle but rough, blues-hardened voice as soulful and true as ever.

Not to be outdone, Widespread Panic took full advantage of their first closing spot of the tour, taking the stage 15 minutes earlier than their scheduled set time and jumping right into “Disco” and “Henry Parsons Died.” After a heavy “Bears Gone Fishin’,” the band brought up Derek Trucks for a 15-plus minute, jammed out “Ride Me High.” “Angels On High” was followed by the band’s first-ever rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Just Like A Woman” that found Gregg Allman on his Hammond B3, trading lyrics with Panic’s John Bell.

Allman stayed onstage as Haynes came on to add some six-string work to a highly charged version of the Grateful Dead’s “Turn On Your Lovelight,” a great and welcome surprise to the lucky audience who had already been enjoying a night of great music and guest appearances. But the sit-ins were far from over as Trucks came back out to the stage, where he would remain for the rest of the set.

Widespread Panic :: 09.01 :: Chicago, IL

One of the highlights of the night was a “Papa’s Home” sandwich that featured some terrific interplay between Trucks and Panic’s very own guitar wizard Jimmy Herring. After a nice drums session by skins man Todd Nance and percussionist “Sunny” Ortiz came an extra elevated “Climb to Safety,” followed by a “North” that brought out Haynes, who stayed for the encore – a down home and dirty “Bowlegged Woman” that saw the band play for 15 minutes past their allotted set time. Combined with their early start, that’s a total of 30 minutes of extra music.

With the first night officially a success, there was actually some apprehension expressed by a few fans. “How can you top that?” they asked. “That shit was incredible.” Silly hippies, I thought. This ain’t their first rodeo and these super-pros always know how to up the ante.

The Allman Brothers Band:

Jam > Done Somebody Wrong, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Woman Across The River, Hot ‘Lanta, Stand Back, Revival, Only You Know and I Know*, Feelin’ Alright**, Dreams, The Sky Is Crying***, You Don’t Love Me***, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

E: Melissa, Trouble No More

* w/ Dave Mason

** w/ Dave Mason & JoJo Herman

*** w/ Buddy Guy

Widespread Panic:

Disco > Henry Parsons Died, Bear’s Gone Fishin’ > Ride Me High* > Diner > Angels on High, Just Like A Woman** > Turn On Your Love Light***, Papa’s Home* > Drums > Climb To Safety* > Papa’s Home* > North****

E: Bowlegged Woman****

* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

** w/ Gregg Allman on organ

*** w/ Gregg Allman on organ, Warren Haynes on guitar

**** w/ Derek Trucks on guitar, Warren Haynes on guitar

[Only "Just Like A Woman." Last "Turn On Your Love Light" - 09/24/97, 971 shows]

Continue reading for Wednesday’s coverage of The Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic…

Wednesday, 09.02

Herring, Hermann, Bell – WSP :: 09.02 :: Chicago, IL

Wednesday’s weather was just as beautiful as Tuesday, albeit with an added electricity in the air. Both bands’ performances had been stellar the night before, and now it was time for round two.

Panic opened their set with a trifecta off their 1991 self-titled album, “Send Your Mind,” “Walkin’ (For Your Love)” and “Makes Sense to Me.” Then came the classic “Pigeons,” which showcased more of Herring’s always plentiful, incendiary guitar work. Honestly, the guy’s a god on his instrument. One of the most technically proficient guitarists out there, Herring can shred an entire song and not play the same lick twice. And he does it with feeling, too, one of the few musicians who can make my head feel like it might explode when he plays.

Panic brought Derek Trucks back out once again, unleashing him on “Mercy” and “Rock.” “Love Tractor” brought the dance party back and featured some more intense soloing by Herring. A fat, funky bass line by Dave Schools – who’s got one of the best tones of any bassist I’ve ever heard – laid down the groundwork for a lead-in to “Barstools and Dreamers,” with Schools plucking away as Herring tore it up and “JoJo” Hermann worked the keys.

Haynes stepped onstage to join Panic for the last two songs of their set, “Me and the Devil Blues” and a downright nasty cover of Neil Young’s “Last Dance” that consisted mostly of Herring and Haynes showing a wide-eyed Charter One crowd exactly what the electric guitar was made for. By the end of their set, Panic played every song off 1991′s self-titled sophomore effort, most of them in order. With the additions of “Last Dance” and “Me and the Devil,” this was truly a remarkable show.

Gregg Allman – Allman Brothers :: 09.02 :: Chicago, IL

With what I’d seen up to this point, it raised the question: how do you top two straight nights of A-grade performances? Easy, just deliver an A+ performance. The Allman Brothers were up for the challenge, and with their final set of the two-night Chicago run they showed the Windy City why they are still one of the greatest rock bands on the planet.

They exploded as soon they hit the stage with the hard-driving “Statesboro Blues,” an opener often reserved for special nights full of heated jams and powerful song selection. “One Way Out” pushed the crowd into a dancing fit, and “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” slowed the tempo a bit before the band brought it down even more with some low, loose jamming that eventually melted into a full-blown “Rocking Horse.” This is where the show really took off. Haynes started out with some smooth soloing and built it up to where his guitar was just screaming, a visceral collage of meaty tones and piercing notes blasting from the stage. “Midnight Rider” is always good to hear, and “Leave My Blues At Home” featured some nice guitar work from Trucks and Haynes, but it was the cover of Van Morrison’s “And It Stoned Me,” featuring Panic’s John Bell, that really hit home. Bell stayed onstage as fellow bandmate JoJo Hermann came up for a sit-in on Bob Dylan’s “It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry,” one of the best versions I’d ever heard.

What happened next I can’t really put into words. That was when – after it appeared we couldn’t get any higher – the Allmans took it to the proverbial next level. After achieving liftoff with an outrageously rockin’ “Black Hearted Woman,” the band brought JoJo, Schools and Herring out for an absolutely ridiculous “Southbound” that completely blew away the version I’d seen them play last year with the North Mississippi Allstars’ Luther Dickinson. The guitar work on this one was fierce and charged with an energy that only the most talented of musicians can dream of channeling.

The Allman Brothers Band :: 09.02 :: Chicago, IL

Herring stuck around and played the blues on “Stormy Monday” before the Allmans, who have never shied away from pushing their own limits, began with the rolling drum work of Jaimoe Johanson and Butch Trucks that would soon evolve into “Mountain Jam.” This is the song I’d come hoping to hear. An epic instrumental tour de force, I recognized it immediately. I felt that giddy schoolgirl anticipation building up again, a burst of exhilaration that shot through me as soon as I heard the signature riff. Once again, hearing this song was an experience that I can’t quite put into words, and I’m not sure how the Allmans do it, but “Mountain Jam” is one of those rare melodies that puts many people, including this writer, in a state of pure euphoria every time they play it.

How do you top that? How can you possibly go any higher? Well after the melodic, spiritually uplifting performance I’d just witnessed, there was only one direction to go. We needed something heavy, something solid to ground us. We needed “Whipping Post,” and though I was still floored by the “Mountain Jam,” I think deep down I knew this was the only option for a closer, the only thing that would tie it all together and bring proper closure to the night. And the version we got was vicious; it tore at my heart and soul. Interspersed in the song were a few minutes of beauty that resonated in the very depths of my being, then the return to wickedness, a fierce explosion of screaming guitar that shook me and pierced me and rattled my bones.

I am still confounded by the memory of what I experienced that night, and when I think back and try to make sense of it all, I can’t. I shake my head and say nothing; a slight chill runs through my body. That is not an exaggeration – it was that good. No show can touch a night with both the Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic. And if you don’t believe me, go see for yourself. Me, on the other hand, I just might head down to Charlotte next month for another taste of the most powerful double bill I have ever experienced.

Widespread Panic:

Send Your Mind, Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Makes Sense To Me, Pigeons, Mercy* > Rock*, C. Brown > Love Tractor, Weight Of The World, I’m Not Alone > Barstools and Dreamers, Proving Ground > The Last Straw, Me And The Devil Blues**, Last Dance**

* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

** w/ Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Statesboro > One Way Out, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Rockin’ Horse > Midnight Rider, Leave My Blues At Home, And It Stoned Me*, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry** > Other One Jam > Black Hearted Woman, Southbound***, Stormy Monday****, Mountain Jam > Drums & Bass > 3rd Stone From The Sun Jam > Mountain Jam

E: Whipping Post

* w/ John Bell

** w/ John Bell and JoJo Herman

*** w/ Dave Schools, JoJo Herman, Jimmy Herring

**** w/ Jimmy Herring

Continue reading for videos and more photos of The Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic in Chicago…

Tuesday, 09.01
The Allman Brothers Band

Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic with Derek Trucks

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Wednesday, 09.02
Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic with Warren Haynes

The Allman Brothers Band

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The Allman Brothers Band at Charter One – 09.01.09 – “Feelin’ Alright” (ft. Dave Mason)

The Allman Brothers Band at Charter One – 09.01.09 – “The Sky Is Crying” (ft. Buddy Guy)

Widespread Panic at Charter One – 09.01.09 – “Ride Me High” (ft. Derek Trucks)

Widespread Panic at Charter One – 09.01.09 – “Bowlegged Woman” (ft. Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks)

Widespread Panic at Charter One – 09.02.09 – “Pigeons”

Widespread Panic at Charter One – 09.02.09 – “Last Dance” (ft. Warren Haynes)

Allman Brothers Band at Charter One – 09.02.09 – “Southbound” (ft. Dave Schools, Jimmy Herring, and JoJo Hermann)

Allman Brothers Band at Charter One – 09.02.09 – “Whipping Post”

The Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic return to the road on October 3 in Charlotte, NC. Complete dates available here.

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ABB & WSP Setlists: 09/02 Chicago

Widespread Panic & The Allman Brothers Band Setlists

Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band are in the midst of a 17-date co-headlining tour. We’ll keep you up to date on the happenings right here.

09/02/09 :: Wednesday :: Charter One Pavilion :: Chicago, IL

Widespread Panic:

Send Your Mind, Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Makes Sense To Me, Pigeons, Mercy* > Rock*, C. Brown > Love Tractor, Weight Of The World, I’m Not Alone > Barstools and Dreamers, Proving Ground > The Last Straw, Me And The Devil Blues**, Last Dance**

* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

** w/ Warren Haynes on guitar

[Set contained all songs from the self-titled album aka "Mom's Kitchen" in order]

The Allman Brothers Band:

Statesboro > One Way Out, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Rockin’ Horse > Midnight Rider, Leave My Blues At Home, And It Stoned Me*, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry** > Other One Jam > Black Hearted Woman, Southbound***, Stormy Monday****, Mountain Jam > Drums & Bass > 3rd Stone From The Sun Jam > Mountain Jam

E: Whipping Post

* w/ John Bell

** w/ John Bell and JoJo Herman

*** w/ Dave Schools, JoJo Herman, Jimmy Herring

**** w/ Jimmy Herring

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Chicago set at LiveDownloads.com.


09/01/09 :: Tuesday :: Charter One Pavilion :: Chicago, IL

The Allman Brothers Band:

Jam > Done Somebody Wrong, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Woman Across The River, Hot ‘Lanta, Stand Back, Revival, Only You Know and I Know*, Feelin’ Alright**, Dreams, The Sky Is Crying***, You Don’t Love Me***, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

E: Melissa, Trouble No More

* w/ Dave Mason

** w/ Dave Mason & Jojo Herman

*** w/ Buddy Guy

Widespread Panic:

Disco > Henry Parsons Died, Bear’s Gone Fishin’ > Ride Me High* > Diner > Angels on High, Just Like A Woman** > Turn On Your Love Light***, Papa’s Home* > Drums > Climb To Safety* > Papa’s Home* > North****

E: Bowlegged Woman****

* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

** w/ Gregg Allman on organ

*** w/ Gregg Allman on organ, Warren Haynes on guitar

**** w/ Derek Trucks on guitar, Warren Haynes on guitar

[Only "Just Like A Woman." Last "Turn On Your Love Light" - 09/24/97, 971 shows]

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Chicago set at LiveDownloads.com.

Keep checking back for updates on this tour. Dates available here.


08/30/09 :: Sunday :: Comcast Theatre :: Hartford, CT

Widespread Panic:

Happy > Wondering > Rebirtha, Action Man, Airplane > Under The Radar Jam > Tie Your Shoes > Fixin’ To Die*, Surprise Valley** > Goin’ Out West**

* w/ Oteil Burbridge on bass

** w/ Derek Trucks on guitar, Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, No One Left To Run With, Les Brers in A Minor*, Leave My Blues At Home, Soulshine, You Don’t Love Me**, Into The Mystic, Desdemona, Jessica > JaBuMa > Jessica

E: Melissa, Statesboro Blues

* w/ Jimmy Herring on guitar

** w/ Scott Murawski on Guitar, Sunny Ortiz on percussion and JoJo Herman on piano

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Hartford, CT set at LiveDownloads.com.


08/29/09 :: Saturday :: Comcast Center (Great Woods) Mansfield, MA

Widespread Panic:

C. Brown, Space Wrangler, Porch Song > Stop Breakin’ Down Blues, Time Zones, Conrad, Thought Sausage, It Ain’t No Use* > Blight*, Smokestack Lightning** > Chilly Water**



* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar

** w/ Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Want You No More > It’s Not My Cross To Bear, One Way Out, Midnight Rider, Good Morning Little School Girl, Stand Back, Dreams*, Can’t Find My Way Home**, Statesboro Blues***, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?***, Black Hearted Woman, Mountain Jam > Dazed And Confused > Bass duo (Oteil Burbridge & Dave Schools) > Mountain Jam****

E: Whipping Post


* w/ Dave Schools on bass

** w/ John Bell on guitar & vocals

*** w/ James van de Bogert on drums

**** w/ Jimmy Herring on guitar; Eddy Cascrillo on percussion

You can stream Panic’s set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Great Woods set at LiveDownloads.com.


08/27/09 :: Thursday :: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater :: Wantagh, NY

Widespread Panic:

Three Candles, Worry, From The Cradle, Tall Boy > Blue Indian > Hatfield > Impossible > Thin Air* > Blackout Blues* > Fishwater > Drums & Bass** > Fishwater** >Protein Drink ***> Sewing Machine***, Ain’t Life Grand#



* w/ Derek Trucks

** w/ Oteil Burbridge

*** w/ Warren Haynes

# mandolin

The Allman Brothers Band:

Done Somebody Wrong, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Woman Across The River, Midnight Rider, Rocking Horse, Statesboro Blues, Revival, Stormy Monday*, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed*
E: Southbound**



* w/ Jimmy Herring

** w/ Jimmy Herring, JoJo Herman

You can stream Panic’s Jones Beach set at panicstream.com.

You can download Panic’s Jones Beach set at LiveDownloads.com.


Last night, August 26, 2009, was the ninth anniversary of former Allman Brothers and Gov’t Mule bassist Allen Woody‘s death. Warren Haynes dedicated the ABB’s set to Woody.

08/26/09 :: Wednesday :: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts :: Bethel, NY

Widespread Panic:

Let’s Get The Show On The Road, Love Tractor, Pickin’ Up The Pieces, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers, Party At Your Mama’s House, Ribs And Whiskey, Greta, Papa’s Home > Drums > Papa’s Home*, Red Hot Mama^, Chainsaw City^, Imitation Leather Shoes


* w/Danny Louis on keyboard

^ w/ Danny Louis on keyboard, Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, No One To Run With, End of the Line, Fourty-Four Blues#, Highway 61 Revisited%, Dreams, Soulshine, The Same Thing@, Franklin’s Tower**, Leave My Blues at Home > JaBuMa > Leave My Blues at Home, Jessica
E: Melissa, You Don’t Love Me


# w/ with Bruce Katz on keyboard

% w/ JoJo Herman on keyboard, John Bell on guitar, and Tony Coleman on drums

@ w/ Danny Louis on keyboard, Jay Collins on saxophone, and Tony Coleman on drums

** w/ with Danny Louis on keyboard, Jimmy Herring on guitar

You can stream Panic’s Bethel, NY set at panicstream.com.

Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band perform again tonight (8/27/09) at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY. Complete tour dates available here.

Check back for more updates on this historic tour.


08/24/09 :: Monday :: Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion :: Gilford, NH

Widespread Panic:

Better Off, Heroes, Angels on High, Holden Oversoul, Give, Little Lilly, Driving Song > You Got Yours > Drums > Disco > Driving Song, Airplane > Jam > Second Skin, All Time Low, Henry Parson’s Died

The Allman Brothers Band:

Don’t Want You No More > Not My Cross to Bear, Trouble No More, Midnight Rider, Hoochie Coochie Man, No One Left To Run With, Gambler’s Roll, Every Hungry Woman, Who’s Been Talking*, Come and Go Blues, Statesboro Blues, The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down, Mountain Jam > Smokestack Lightning** > Drums > Bass > Mountain Jam

E: One Way Out


* w/Jimmy Herring on guitar and JoJo Herman keys

** w/ JoJo Herman on drums

You can stream Panic’s Gilford, NH set at panicstream.com.


08/22/09 :: Saturday :: Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center :: CMAC Canandaigua, NY

Widespread Panic:

Good People > Flicker, Papa Johnny Road, I’m Not Alone > Pigeons, Her Dance Needs Nobody > Jack, Bust It Big* > Jam* > Gimme* > Pleas, Surprise Valley^ > Pilgrims, Chilly Water#


* with Derek Trucks on guitar

^ with Warren Haynes on guitar, Marc Quinones on percussion

# with Derek Trucks on guitar, Warren Haynes on guitar

The Allman Brothers Band:

Hot ‘Lanta, Done Somebody Wrong, Midnight Rider > Rocking Horse, Desdemona, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry^, You Don’t Love Me$, Melissa, Black Hearted Woman, And It Stoned Me#, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed& > JaBuMa

E: Southbound%



^ with John ‘JoJo’ Herman on keyboard, Chuck Campbell on pedal steel

$ with John ‘JoJo Herman on keyboard, Dave Schools on bass, Chuck Campbell on pedal steel

# with John Bell on guitar

& with Jimmy Herring on guitar

% with John ‘JoJo’ Herman on keyboards, Todd Nance on drums, Jimmy Herring on guitar, Chuck Campbell on pedal steel

You can stream Panic’s Canandaigua, NY set at panicstream.com.


Here’s what went down on opening night.

08/21/09 :: Friday :: Susquehanna Bank Center :: Camden, NJ

Widespread Panic:

Little Kin > Radio Child, Up All Night, Can’t Get High > Fishwater > Christmas Katie > Travelin’ Light > Diner > Space Wrangler > Blackout Blues, Junior, You Should Be Glad, Tall Boy, Climb To Safety

The Allman Brothers Band:

Statesboro Blues > Les Brers In A Minor, Come And Go Blues, The Sky is Cryin’, Don’t Keep Me Wondering, I Walk On Guilded Splinters*, Trouble No More*, Good Morning Little School Girl*, Revival*, The Weight, Dreams^, One Way Out$

E: Whipping Post


* with John Bell on guitar, Domingo Ortiz on percussion

^ with John Bell on guitar, Jimmy Herring on guitar, Domingo Ortiz on percussion

$ with Jimmy Herring on guitar

You can stream Panic’s Camden, NJ set at panicstream.com.