Widespread Panic

Performer: Widespread Panic
Producer: Johnny Sandlin
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Widespread Panic: John Bell (vocals, guitar); Michael Houser (guitar, vocals); David Schools (bass, vocals); Todd Nance (drums); Domingo S. Ortiz (percussion). Additional personnel: Andrew Love (saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone); T. Lavitz (keyboards); Samantha Woods (background vocals). Engineers: Steve Tillisch, Johnny Sandlin, Alan Schulman, Jeff Coppage. Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville; Kiva Studios, Memphis; Duck Tape Music Studio, Decatur, Alabama. Widespread Panic are carving a niche for themelves in the rock arena that separates them from the crowd. Subtle, intelligent rock that blends numerous elements into a smooth, propulsive blend of structure and improvisation -- rock with energy, talent and brains. These guys may have influences, but they're no one's clone. ~ Steven McDonald

Though they started out in the '80s in Athens, GA, Widespread Panic are as far as can be from what was known then as the "Athens scene" (R.E.M, Let's Active, Pylon, etc.). Instead, they were among the first of a new wave of jam bands picking up the baton of '60s psychedelic warriors like the Grateful Dead. Though their improvisational skills earned them a huge following, WP bore an important difference from peers like Phish; they had a distinctly Southern sound that mixed rock, jazz, and a bit of Dixie, much in the manner of key influences the Allman Brothers and the Dregs.

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