The widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, Domingo percussion "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring. The band's original drummer, Todd Nance, came out in 2016.
The band was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1986, and was influenced by southern rock genres, blues-rock, progressive rock, funk and hard rock. They have been compared with other jam bands like Grateful Dead and Phish. Widely recognized for their live performances, by 2015 they hold record for the number of sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater (Morrison, Colorado) at 54 and Philips Arena (Atlanta, Georgia) at 20.
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John Bell and Michael Houser met in 1981 in their dorm at the University of Georgia. Bell has played guitar as a solo act, and invites his new friend, Houser, as well as a guitarist, to join him. They began living together and collaborated in music that year, writing popular songs such as "Driving Songs" and "Chilly Water" together. Bassist Dave Schools met Bell and Houser in 1984 and first played with them on February 24, 1985, at the A-Frame house at Weymanda Court in Athens. On February 6, 1986, Houser called a childhood friend and drummer Todd Nance to sit with Houser, Bell, and School for a charity event in Athens; it was their first show as "Widespread Panic." The band is named for panic attacks once-often Houser. Percussion texan Domingo S. Ortiz ("Sunny") started sitting with the band regularly at the end of that year.
The band played in the fraternity and bar regularly before Panic signed a contract with Landslide Records in 1987. In February 1987 the band played the now-legendary series of dollars a Monday night show at the Uptown Lounge in Athens and an important local press started taking notice - FLAGPOLE & amp; Athena Observer's art columnist, Shan Clark, emphasizes music expertise, songwriting, and extensive professionalism from Panic. In September of the same year, they recorded their first album, Space Wrangler, in John Keane's studio in Athens. Colonel Bruce Hampton is rumored to have delivered the band's first emphasis. The songs in this album include "Chilly Water," "Travelin 'Light," "Space Wrangler," "Coconut," "The Take Out," "Porch Song," "Stop-Go" and "Driving Song." After Space Wrangler , the tour expanded to include additional dates northeast, along with Texas, Colorado, west coast, and internationally to Vancouver, Canada. It was also around this time (late 1988 or early 1989) that Domingo Ortiz joined the full-time band. They played their first show in Colorado in March 1990, opening for the band Jerry Joseph, Little Women.
The widespread Panic was signed with Capricorn Records in January 1991. Later that year, they released their major label debut, Widespread Panic (a.k.a. Mom's Kitchen). In the same year Billy Bob Thornton directed the widespread Panic movie: Live from Georgia Theater which was recorded for two nights in Athens, Georgia.
As the band began touring more, John Hermann ("JoJo") joined the band as a keyboardist in March 1992 replacing keyboardist Dixie Dregs T. Lavitz who joined the band a year earlier. The band continued touring throughout the US in 1992 joining the famous HORDE tour with Blues Traveler, Phish, and Aquarium Rescue Unit, among others. They released "Everyday" in March 1993 and "Is not Life Grand" in September 1994. Panic marked their resurrection by playing on the television network for the first time in November 1994.
1996-2002: The peak of the tour and mortality of Houser
On April 18, 1998, to celebrate the release of their first live album, Light Fuse, Get Away, Widespread Panic offer free "CD release party" concerts in Athens Georgia. An estimated 80,000-100,000 fans took to the city, turning it into one of the biggest CD release parties in history.
In 2002, the band received a gold certification for their Live DVD concert at Oak Mountain. They also held two nights of the first annual Bonnaroo Music Festival attracting over 70,000 people.
In early 2002, guitarist Michael Houser was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Houser continued to perform with the band into the middle of that year, but after the show on July 2, 2002 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa he left the tour due to his declining health. Guitarist George McConnell, former bandmate JoJo Hermann in Beanland, took over as the lead guitarist for the remainder of the band's scheduled date. Michael Houser died on August 10, 2002.
2003-2006: George McConnell joins
In 2003, the band released Ball , the first studio album with McConnell as a guitarist. The album was unique among the band's offerings where no songs were entered have been performed directly by the band before the recording. All material included was written exclusively for albums with the exception of "Time Wait," a song that John Bell has performed in solo appearances, and "Do not Wanna Lose You," John Hermann's song has appeared with his side-the Smiling Assassins project. The end of 2003, the band announced that they would take hiatus from recordings and performances in 2004. However, 2004 did see the release of three live albums, engineered by Billy Field: Night of Joy and ÃÆ'Ã… "on Cobra - both recorded during a three-night performance in November 2003 at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC - as well as Jackassolantern, a compilation of cover songs performed during the band's Halloween performances during many years. The third release of the Myrtle Beach show, Live at Myrtle Beach was released in early 2005.
In January 2006, the band recorded their 9th studio album, Earth to America, in Nassau, Bahamas at Compass Point Studios, with producer Terry Manning. The album was released on June 13, 2006. Their May 9 show at Fox Theater in Atlanta is broadcast simultaneously in HD DIRECT, via satellite, in selected national theaters. Over 60,000 fans across the country watch it live in theaters. The show was also released in DVD format on November 14, 2006, titled 'Earth to Atlanta'.
On August 2, 2006, nearing the end of the summer tour, the band announced that George McConnell had left the band, making July 30, 2006 at Fox Theater in St. Louis, MO his last performance. Producer John Keane and former guitar tech Sam Holt filled the guitar for the remaining two weeks of the tour.
2006-2014: Jimmy Herring joined
In late 2006, Fayetteville, NC original Jimmy Herring took over the reins of the lead guitarist in the band, kicking off their fall tour with three nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Panic's 7th annual performance on December 30 and 31, 2007 marked the 15th and 16th bestselling performance at Philips Arena.
The band released their 10th album, Free Somehow , on February 12, 2008. It was also recorded with producer Terry Manning at Compass Point Studios.
Following the release of a new studio album, Widespread Panic began releasing classic concert performances from widespread Panic Archives. Carbondale 2000 was released on June 10, 2008, followed by Valdosta 1989 released on February 24, 2009, and Huntsville 1996 was released on June 23, 2009. The band will continue to explore their event archive, covering the past 25 years, and release this event as a multi- -track.
June 27, 2008, marking the 32nd sold-out band show at Red Rocks Amphitheater. It's more than any other band in the history of the place. Mayor John Hickenlooper proclaims Friday, June 27 "Extensive Panic Days" in City and County Denver. In the same year, the widespread Panic was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 20th.
The band continued touring throughout the remainder of 2008 and spring 2009. In the summer of 2009, Panic was widely dispersed in collaboration with fellow southern rockers, The Allman Brothers for a summer co-headlining tour and autumn.
In March 2010, it was announced that Widespread Panic will be releasing a new album titled Dirty Side Down on May 25, 2010. 2010 will also see LiveIndia release in the Classic City II , containing music from 2000.
On September 29, 2010, the broad keyboardist Jojo Herman announced that the band would be going on hiatus in 2012. In an interview with Vanderbilt Hustler, Herman explained, "Next year will be our 25th anniversary, after which we will probably to call it (pause) for a while, so we look forward to next year and come out in a high tone. "
The band continued touring throughout 2011, ending the year with their first show at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. In early 2012, the band played a limited number of shows. From January to February the band embarked on their first tour that was billed as truly acoustic. Dubbed the Wood Tour, it began in January at Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD and ends at The Belly Up in Aspen, CO. Two recordings from Wood Tour were released in 2012, a Record Day-only Record vinyl entitled Live Wood in April and later on Wood , on October 16th.
The rest of 2012 sees hiatus bands but band members are active with other projects. Dave School toured with Mickey Hart Band, Jimmy Herring recorded a new album and toured with his own band, and Jojo Hermann played shows with Missing Cats, occasionally opening and sitting with North Mississippi Allstars. On August 17, the band announced its first show scheduled after the hiatus, including two nights in Charlotte, NC and a 4 night run in the Dominican Republic.
Between the two short legs that formed the Wooden Tour of 2012, the band played four nights in Mexico, marking their first show in the country, and embarked on what would become an annual tradition called Panic en la Playa. The first Panic En La Playa is held on the beach at Now Sapphire Resort in Puerto Morelos, Mexico in 2012. For 2013 and 2014, the Concert is held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with 2014 shows pushing back until March 17-20.
The band returned to the regular tour in the spring of 2013 with Mid-West and Southern performances starting in April. During this event, the band introduced new innovations in audio broadcasts from their live performances. Previously, Panic has allowed a tilt to use the audience recording device to simulcast live events to fans via the internet. The first live stream taper was at Dodge Theater in Phoenix AZ on 11/04/2009 by Coloartist and continued by all WPs that narrowed through the Spring 2013 tour when the band took over streaming duties and began broadcasting soundboard recordings directly from the show via Mixlr.com and Mixlr smartphone app. On December 31, 2013 the band returned to Philips Arena in Atlanta.
2014 saw the return of Wood Tour, with the band playing six acoustic theater performances, as well as a special show of Wood held 333 feet underground at the Volcano Room at Cumberland Caverns in McMinville, TN to record the episode of PBS 'Underground Bluegrass. The band played an extensive tour in 2014, standing three nights at Red Rocks, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 1stBank Center in Broomfield, CO.
The band closed in 2014 with two performances in Charlotte, NC: The annual Tunes for Tots are profitable performance at The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC on 12/30, followed by their annual New Year's Eve event, held this year at the TWC Arena in Charlotte, NC.
2014-present: Todd Nance departure and tour reduced
On October 2, 2014, the band announced that Duane Trucks would join the band for the autumn tour of 2014. Temporary trucks were filled for Todd Nance, who took the time to take care of personal issues. Nance reunited with the band for four shows in Mexico in early February 2016. However, on February 9, 2016, the band announced that Todd Nance left the band and that, "Duane [Truk] will be the drummer for Widespread Panic moving forward." current drummer for Hard Workers America.
On September 25, 2015, Street Dogs, their 13th studio album, was released via Vanguard Records. Street Dog was recorded by John Keane at the Echo Mountain Recording Studio in Asheville, NC. The album consists of seven original and three covers: Alan Price's "Sell Sell", Murray McLauchlan's "Honky Red" and "Tail Dragger", a Willie Dixon song popularized by Howlin 'Wolf.
In April 2016, keyboardist John Hermann announced that the band would stop doing the tour extensively by the end of the year. However, he said that the band did not break up and will continue to make festivals and perform performances in certain places like Red Rocks.
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Live events
Setlists
Known for never playing the same show twice, the band has a show-to-show ritual to select a setlist that night. At the start of each tour, a member of the band's road crew made a major list of all the songs the band performed and overlaid them. Every night before the show, she marked the last 3 nights list with different colors. The band can see what has been played recently and then decide what song will be played during the first set. They return to the list during the set break to select the song for the second set, and also, return after the second set for an additional set if playing more than two, or encore. This process is described by the late Garrie Vereen on the DVD Will Earth Swallow You .
Decrease
Widespread panic has a policy of allowing their fans to record, trade, and freely distribute their events freely. However, anonymous distributions such as P2P and commercial distribution are not allowed. Fans have recorded and traded performances since before they gained national popularity, allowing them to gain their strong national followers.
Incident
A fan died while in police custody at a concert in Southaven, Mississippi. Toxicology reports prove that an actual overdose is not the cause of death. On November 18, 2015, the autopsy findings suggested that 'hogtying' contributed to the death of fans.
Members
Current members
- John Bell - lead vocal, guitar (1986-present)
- Dave Schools - bass, vocals (1986-present)
- Domingo S. Ortiz - percussion (1988-present, live/studio guest 1986-1988 )
- John Hermann - keyboard, vocals (1992-present)
- Jimmy Herring - guitar (2006-present)
- Duane Trucks - drums (2016-present, touring 2014-2016 )
Former member
- Todd Nance - drums, vocals (1986-2016)
- Michael Houser - guitar, vocals (1986-2002, died 2002)
- Lavitz T - keyboard (1991-1992, died 2010)
- George McConnell - guitar, vocals (2002-2006)
Discography
Videography
Side project
- The band recorded two albums with guitarist Vic Chesnutt as brute., in 1996 ( Nine High a Pallet ) and 2002 ( Co-Balt ).
- Todd Nance has recorded and toured as part of the band Barbara Cue, releasing three albums.
- Dave Schools has recorded and toured as part of the Stockholm Syndrome band, as well as Mickey Hart Band in 2012. School and Layng Martine III has released two albums as Slang, "The Bellwether Project" in 2001 and "Other Talk About Tonight "in 2004. The school also became a member of the Gov't Mule tour after the death of Allen Woody.
- John Hermann has toured with JoJo's Mardi Gras Band when Widespread Panic takes a year off. He has toured with The Smiling Assassins, and is currently playing in a duo called The Missing Cats.
- In 2013, the school formed the American Hard Worker with Todd Snider, Neal Casal, Chad Staehly, and Duane Trucks. The self-titled supergroup debut album was recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios and mixed by John Keane. It was released on January 21, 2014.
Charitable work and benefits
References
External links
- Expensive Panic: Official Site
- Everyday Online Partner
- Rocky Mountain News article
- Dave Schools sits with Ira Haberman from The Sound Podcast for feature interview
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