Artist: Widespread Panic

As we near the end of Widespread Panic's all-acoustic Wood Tour, and this phase of the jam titan's career, the group has announced a pre-sale for concert films featuring all three Wood Tour performances from Atlanta and Denver. Each 3-show DVD package is available for $59.99 through the band's website . Orders will ship "after February 28." For a sample of what you can expect, here's Blackout Blues from Atlanta: Widespread Panic - Blackout Blues Widespread Panic [...]

Jam titans Widespread Panic's all-acoustic Wood Tour moved to Denver this weekend for three shows at the Fillmore Auditorium. Over the course of the weekend Panic debuted two new covers - Dang Me by country music artist Roger Miller on Saturday night and You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones at Sunday night's Fillmore finale. For your listening pleasure we uploaded You Can't Always Get What You Want from Bennett Schwartz's recording of last night's show to SoundCloud. Check out the job JB and [...]

Panic en la Playa @ Now Sapphire Resort, Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 Images : Dave Vann From January 31 - February 4 Widespread Panic fans descended upon two resorts in Mexico's Mayan Riviera for the inaugural Panic en la Playa event thrown by Cloud 9 Adventures . The jam titans played a total of four electric shows on the beach smack dab in the middle of their all-acoustic Wood Tour. These shows marked Panic's last electric performances before they head off for an indefinite hiatus [...]

HT faves Widespread Panic are taking a break from unplugging as they are in the midst of a four-show Panic en la Playa on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. These will be the band's last electric shows before taking a hiatus, but when they return to the states they'll still have five more acoustic Wood Tour performances out in Colorado that lead up to the break. At Saturday's Wood Tour gig in Atlanta, the jam titans debuted a cover of Jimmy Cliff's Many Rivers To Cross. A new video on the band's official YouTube channel shows footage from [...]

The city of Athens, Georgia has always been known for its beauty and vibrant musical heritage. A plan by an Atlanta-based developer to build a massive mixed-use development anchored by a Wal-Mart has threatened to cut into the beauty and vibe that makes the city special. Patterson Hood has fought back by writing a song about the threat of a Walmart in the heart of the downtown that nurtured the band's career and assembled the Downtown 13, a musical collective made up of some of Athens' finest musicians to record and film a video for the tune, named After It's [...]

Before heading off for an "indefinite hiatus," jam titans Widespread Panic have two pieces of business to attend to - an 11-show all-acoustic Wood Tour at small venues in four cities and a trip to Mexico for Panic En La Playa. Now that we're four shows into the group's first-ever fully acoustic tour, we've seen the band dig deeper into their massive repertoire than they usually do and we wanted to share three treats the group has delivered at three separate shows. First up, we've got Panic's debut cover of [...]

Jam titans Widespread Panic kicked off their first-ever all-acoustic tour, entitled The Wood Tour, last night at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland with two hour-long sets and a three-song encore. The band offered unplugged versions of material from throughout their career and a few choice covers including Jorma Kaukonen's Genesis at their first of two shows at the new venue. Panic dusted off two songs they hadn't performed since Fall Tour '08, Fishing and Free Somehow, in the first set. The second set relied more on classic material. Here's [...]

Halloween and New Year's Eve are traditionally the two biggest nights of the year in the jam world as each band within the scene gathers their devoted fans from across the country for a musical celebration. We've rounded up setlists from around the country in one handy post. Widespread Panic Set 1: Chilly Water > JAM > Imitation Leather Shoes > Mr Soul, Cotton Was King, Shut Up and Drive, Walkin' (For Your Love), Saint Ex > Slippin' Into Darkness*^> Bust It Big* > Chest Fever*# [...]

Once again Sirius/XM radio will broadcast live concerts from across the country this New Year's Eve. In a press release issued this morning, the satellite radio giants detailed their plans... Furthur (featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead) at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA (Grateful Dead Channel, channel 23); Willie Nelson from the Moody Theater in Austin, TX (Willie's Roadhouse, channel 56); Southside Johnny at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ (E Street Radio, channel 20); Patti Smith at Bowery Ballroom in New York [...]

This installment of Cover Wars was penned by Pete Mason of PhanArt.net fame. Pete wrote the book on PhanArt , literally, and also co-authored the PhanFood Cookbook . Life During Wartime by The Talking Heads (not to be confused with the Pinhead Gunpowder punk song, or the 2009 movie from Todd Solondz) provides a view of NYC living in the late 19702s as a metaphor for those who were living in the Big Apple during the Second World War. Lines such as "The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, [...]

The seventh installment of Widespread Panic's multitrack archival release series has been announced and features the first set from the jam titan's "history of Widespread Panic" performance that took place at Atlanta's Fox Theater on December 31, 1997. In a strange move, it appears this release contains only the first set of that magical three set performance. For their New Year's show in 1997, Panic started off the show with a bit of a history lesson. The opening stanza began with just John Bell performing Coconut and Let's [...]

If you've been paying attention over the five-plus years of Hidden Track's existence you know that I love when bands dig into their archives to release the gems buried within. Since we started the site archival releases have become more frequent which thrills me to no end. Today, both Widespread Panic and the Rolling Stones have announced new vault installments and each of them look outstanding. Let's start with the Stones . According to Vintage Vinyl News (via @HeadCountOrg ), the band has teamed up with a merchandising company called [...]

A group of notable musicians from Athens, Georgia, have joined forces to raise funds for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial (founded by Lois Pope) and the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project. The bands, which include REM, Widespread Panic (featuring Vic Chesnutt), Drivin' n Cryin', Bloodkin, Brute, Dead Confederate, The Whigs, Futurebirds, Ruby Kendrick, Hope for Agoldensummer and Gift Horse, have all contributed singles to raise funds for a planned memorial to disabled veterans on the Mall in...

Watch Ween, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Widespread Panic and others perform live covers on Halloween.

Once again we've got an all-video edition of Intermezzo as we highlight some of the memorable moments that took place both on Halloween and over this past weekend. Let's start with Z-Man's video of Widespread Panic covering Outta Mind (Outta Sight) from the encore of the jam titan's Halloween show along with Postcard, Porch Song and a fun version of Werewolves of London featuring the entire crew... Widespread Panic - Outta Mind (Outta Sight), Postcard, Porch Song, Werewolves of London [...]

Widespread Panic is a fusion jam band from Athens, GA. Wilco is a sensitive alt-rock outfit from Chicago, IL. In the case of these two, the phrase "never the twain shall meet" couldn't be more apropos. Yet that didn't stop the Panic from adding Wilco to the list of covers the band tore through during this year's Halloween show from the Windy City's Aragon Ballroom . Tackling "Outtasite (Outta Mind)", from 19962s Being There , Widespread Panic added their unique down-home vibe to [...]

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Continuing a tradition started over 20 years ago, Widespread Panic filled their annual Halloween show in Chicago last night with an assortment of covers - some they haven't played in years and others they've never performed before. The cover parade started with the first rendition of Willis Alan Ramsey's Wishbone since December 15, 1989 (2,259 shows) and continued with the debut of Vic Chesnutt's Degenerate and Muddy Waters' Tail Dragger. Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult (last time played - Halloween '97) kicked off the second set and included the debut of Iron Man in the middle. Towards the [...]

• Widespread Panic - Outta Mind (Outta Site)

What a tough week it's been for jam titans Widespread Panic . Late last week bus driver Tom Torrisi suffered a fatal heart attack while driving some of the crew to Ames and further tragedy was only avoided when a fellow crew member sprang into action and pulled the bus over safely. And then, last night at the Chicago Theatre, a man that police suspect was drunk was critically injured when he fell 15-feet from the balcony according to the Chicago Sun-Times . [Photo via PanicStream ] [...]

Widespread Panic @ Orpheum Theater - October 25 Words and Photos : Joe Ringus Returning to the stage after three-night run in Milwaukee over the weekend, Widespread Panic had a few days to rest before playing at the historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night. There is always the question, can the band keep up the momentum of the multi-show run? But fans pre-show predictions ran true, "…they always throw down in Minnesota!" [All photos by [...]

Yesterday afternoon, a Widespread Panic tour bus was involved in crash as the band and their crew were on the way to Ames, Iowa for last night's show. Crew bus driver Tom Torrisi had a heart attack behind the wheel when heroic merch manager Rachel Kellenberger jumped into action and pulled the vehicle over to the side of the interstate. Unfortunately, Torrisi passed away even after another crew member administered CPR. When JB and Co. finally performed last night, they played an emotional performance filled with somber songs that in [...]