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The title of this episode is actually a JB’ism from 9/15/97, and we should all know by now that when John Bell dips into the well of ironic understatement, hold onto your hats (backwards or not). This week’s selections from the middle of the first leg of the Fall 1997 are classic Panic, and, if you’re from the “School of Heavy Panic” like we are, this episode is for you. We start with a “Chilly Water” from 9/19/97 in South Bend, Indiana (intro’d by another JB’ism - “Hope you like loud music!” - a tip of the hat to “True Stories” by the Talking Heads), and work our way backwards through the previous three shows all in Midwestern college towns. After a stop in Carbondale, Illinois for five songs we have yet to play on TBT, we go to Champaign, Illinois for a quick little “Can’t Get High > Jam,” and then end up in AMES, IOWA. Why all caps? Because with the shows Panic has played here over the years, they deserve the respect of AMES, IOWA in ALL CAPS. 4/26/93. 7/16/94. 9/15/97. Listen, learn, and love, good people. If you want to know what being at a Panic show in 1997 was like, this AMES, IOWA show is it - loud, crystal clear, in your face, and performed brilliantly. Check out the whole show. Jeff uses a whole mess of superlatives during this episode (don’t worry, he’s fine) - we hope your ears hear why - splendid stuff!

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

19 September 1997 - South Bend, IN - Morris Civic Center
Chilly Water
Source: FOB AKG 481 > EAA PSP-2 > SBM-1

17 September 1997 - Carbondale, IL - Shyrock Auditorium, Southern Illinois University
Disco > No Sugar Tonight, Little Kin > West Virginia > Ain’t Life Grand
Source: EV-RE20's > SBM1 > D8 by Michael Wilker

16 September 1997 - Champaign, IL - Virginia Theater
Can’t Get High > Jam
Source: Microtech Geffell 210s by Jason Wilhelm

15 September 1997 - Ames, IA - C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State University
Proving Ground > Blackout Blues > Proving Ground, Hatfield, Airplane > Can’t Find My Way Home
Source: 2nd row Microtech Gefell 210

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Sandwich Artistry

Everyone loves a good sandwich - whether they are the kind between two pieces of bread or when Panic splits a song in half. This week’s selections are both rare (uncommon) and well done (well executed). We start with a return to Buckhannon, West Virginia (episode 1) and a rare Dirty Business sandwich from 4/20/96. After a return to Red Rocks in 1998 for an inverted Pleas > Chilly > Pleas sandwich, we head to Harvey’s stomping grounds in Lexington, KY for a stellar Junior > Pusherman > Junior from 1999. A very un-festival like segment from Beale Street Music Festival follows. And we wrap things up (get it?) from 2 straight nights in Summer 2001. A Walkin sandwich from Little Rock that features a “little” Rock and Bears Gone Fishin > Papa Legba > Bears Gone Fishin from Tulsa, OK that gets a little out there at the end as it winds its way into Drums. All in all, we think these showcase some of Panic’s most original and experimental playing (and setlist creation). So, grab you favorite Shrimp Po-Boy, BLT, or your sandwich of choice, sit back, and dig on some sandwiches, Panic style.

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

20 April 1996 - Buckhannon, WV - Rockefeller Center, West Virginia Wesleyan University
Dirty Business > Love Tractor > Dirty Business
Source: SBD

13 June 1998 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
Pleas > Chilly Water > Pleas
Source: AKG 460/CK8 > Stewart > DA-P20

23 April 1999 - Lexington, KY - Memorial Coliseum, University of Kentucky
Junior > Pusherman > Junior
Source: Neumann KM184 (XY) > Apogee AD1000 @ 48 KHz

7 May 2000 - Memphis, TN - Tom Lee Park, Beale Street Music Fest
Henry Parsons Died > One Kind Favor > Henry Parsons Died
Source: AKG 481 > Lunatec V2 > ADC-20

30 June 2001 - Little Rock, AR - Riverfest Amphitheatre
Walkin’ > Rock > Walkin’
Source: FOB B&K 4011 > V2 > DAP1

1 July 2001 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
Bear’s Gone Fishin’ > Papa Legba > Bear’s Gone Fishin’
Source: FOB Microtech Geffel 210s > Oade M248 > DAT

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A 1,000 year flood.27,000,000,000,000 gallons of water.100,000+ homes damaged.Unfathomable numbers and unfathomable destruction all along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Hurricane Harvey was certainly an all-timer. From afar, it has been remarkable to witness communities coming together to help one another. The water will recede, but the effects of the damage will last for years. Houston (and Beaumont, and Orange, and elsewhere), we’re with you and we’re thinking of you!Widespread Panic has been visiting Houston for nearly three decades, first hitting the Space City on 2/28/90 - actually, their first visit to Texas, period - and have returned nearly thirty times since then. This week, we bring you some choice selections from those thirty shows, starting back in 1993 with a show from the epic fall tour of that year. We follow up with stops from 1995, 1997, and 1998, highlighting all-time versions of “Maggot Brain,” “Four Cornered Room,” and the staple of staples, “Porch Song.” This one is for you, Houston!

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

21 November 1993 - Houston, TX - Rockefeller’s
Heaven, Hatfield > Jam > Pickin’ Up the Pieces
Source: DSBD

01 June 1995 - Houston, TX - Party on the Plaza
Sleepy Monkey > Maggot Brain > Contentment Blues > Blackout Blues
Source: Schoeps cmc341 > Denon DTR 80p

22 November 1997 - Houston, TX - Aerial Theater, Bayou Place
Four Cornered Room > Red Beans
Source: AKG 414 TL-2 > Oade M248 > SBM-1 > D8

28 October 1998 - Houston, TX - Aerial Theater, Bayou Place
Porch Song > The Take Out > Porch Song > Tie Your Shoes > City of Dreams
Source: Unknown AUD

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The Bluest Tape College Football Preview, Redux

For this week’s Bluest Tape, we have a special guest, ESPN Senior Writer Mark Schlabach, who further breaks down the upcoming college football season for us. No surprise, he likes Ohio State and Alabama, too. Mark attended the University of Georgia from 1991-96, and, like many UGA students at that time, found himself at the Georgia Theatre and other venues around the South in pursuit of the “lingering lead.” Mark shares a few memories of what life was like in Athens during that era, and a great story about seeing Panic at the old War Eagle Supper Club in Auburn, AL. The selections this week reflect some of Mark’s favorite 1993-94 shows, including a stellar Athens NYE show, a killer “Low Spark” from the HORDE Tour, and two other nice sounding DSBDs from 1994. The interview closes out with a brief conversation about his new book with Paula Lavigne, VIOLATED: Exposing Rape at Baylor University amid College Football’s Sexual Assault Crisis, which dropped on August 22. Thanks to Mark for spending time with us, and be sure to check out all his great writing on ESPN.com and follow him on Twitter @Mark_Schlabach.

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

30 November 1994 - Chattanooga, TN - National Guard Armory
Send Your Mind > And It Stoned Me > Stop-Go
Source: DSBD
Great video of the 1994 Chattanooga show

12 June 1994 - Athens, GA - Fairgrounds - Super Jam IV
Hatfield, Fishwater
Source: DSBD

31 December 1993 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia Theatre
Machine >Worry, Just Kissed My Baby, Junior, Proving Ground
Source: DSBD

14 August 1993 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater - HORDE Festival
Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (w/David Blackmon and John Popper)
Source: DSBD

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Forget Phil Steele. Forget Pat Forde. Forget Tony Barnhart. When you want hard-hitting hot takes about the upcoming college football season, everyone knows that The Bluest Tape is the place to get them. What, that’s not the case? Okay, maybe we overstated a bit, but still, we kind of know what’s going on, so give us a chance. Anyway, we pair our preseason top four with four great shows from Widespread Panic’s illustrious past. We start out west with a post-Halloween 2000 gem from the Wiltern Theater featuring a rock legend on guitar, follow it up with a 1993 rarity from Harvey’s tape vault, and then head back to the Newport Music Hall in C-Bus for a nice selection from October 1995. We close out the show the way that the college football season will probably close out as well, with the houndstooth-clad folks in Tuscaloosa riding high yet again. So, get your red Solo cups out of storage - it’s football season!

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02 November 2000 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues, Light My Fire (w/ Robby Krieger on guitar)
Source: FOB Schoeps MK41 > CMC6 > Apogee AD1000

19 January 1993 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon
Flat Foot Flewzy, Driving Song > Pleas > Driving, Hatfield, Rock
Source: DSBD

01 October 1995 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Smoke & Burn > Happy > Heaven > B of D
Source: B&K 4011's > Neumann BS48i-2 > Modified Sony TCD-D10 Pro by Mark Lamke

04 October 1996 - Tuscaloosa, AL - Coleman Coliseum
Travelin’ Light, The Last Straw > (I Walk On) Guilded Splinters > Chilly Water
Source: MG210>Neumann 48v p/s>sbm-1>D7 by Billy Mixon

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Just a few short days ago, we remembered the fifteenth anniversary of Michael Houser’s passing. It seems like yesterday, doesn’t it? This week, we look back at Mikey’s career with several selections curated by Jeff. We start off where we often do, way back in 1996, this time in the heart of the fantastic fall tour at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI. Go ahead, find a better a “Pilgrims.” Next, we share a selection that will likely raise some eyebrows, the epic (perhaps for the wrong reasons) “Airplane > Diner” from the infamous March 1997 in Santa Cruz, CA. Was Sunny on cough syrup? Did Mikey make the show better or worse? No matter, his playing in the transition between these two Panic classics is worthy of mention. Before we jump back into some Mikey rarities, we make a stop in Champaign, IL, for the start of the second set on a chilly November night in 2000. While the Carbondale show two nights later is widely revered as an all-timer, this Champaign show has some incredible moments, including this massive nine-minute “Sandbox.” We close it out with a demo version of “Humpy Galumpy,” which is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

25 October 1996 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
Pilgrims > Papa Legba, Jack
Source: AKG 451 > Kirk Supply > SBM-1 > D8

26 March 1997 - Santa Cruz, CA - Civic Center
Airplane > Diner
Source: AKG 391

29 November 2000 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall
Sandbox, Driving Song > Breathing Slow > B of D
Source: FOB AKG 482 > Apogee AD-1000 > Sony D8 by Jeff Frank

Late 1992 - “Mikey and Me” - Michael Houser and John Bell
Pickin’ Up the Pieces, Banter
Source: Unkown (multi track analog recording)

9 March 1989 - Athens, GA - Severe Driving Problems - Michael Houser and John Bell
Country Sex Song
Source: Unknown

August 1995 - Studio Rehearsal
Humpy Galumpy
Source: Unknown

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It is truly hard to believe, but on August 10, 2017, it will have been fifteen years since Michael Houser succumbed to cancer. Obviously, Widespread Panic has carried on, and Houser’s memory and music will live on indefinitely, but it is good to pause, honor his legacy, and play some of our favorite cuts from the band’s classic era. This week, Harvey makes his picks, featuring cuts from three shows he attended from 1995-97. We get things started with a demo version of “Pilgrims” with Houser on vocals, followed by an extended selection from the ultimate sleeper show, November 2, 1996 in Columbus, Ohio. Pay special attention to the monstrous version of “Pigeons.” Next, we take a step back to fall 1995, with three songs from a Lexington, Kentucky show at a horse racing track. Lastly, we end up in Harvey’s hometown of New Orleans for Halloween 1997, the first - and dare we say, best - NOLAWeen show at the Lakefront Arena. We just need one word to describe this show: DINER. This one’s for you, Mikey - thank you for everything!

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

Late 1992 - “Mikey and Me” - Michael Houser and John Bell
Pilgrims (instrumental)
Source: Unkown (multi track analog recording)

2 November 1996 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Let’s Get Down to Business, Pigeons > You Got Yours, Space Wrangler > Walkin’ (For Your Love) > Tie Your Shoes
Source: EV-RE20's > 410 + AKG 392's > M148 > 410 > SBM1 > D8 by Michael Wilker

17 September 1995 - Lexington, KY - Red Mile Race Track
Holden Oversoul > I Walk On Gulded Splinters > Love Tractor
Source: EV-RE20 > SBM1 > D8 by Michael Wilker

31 October 1997 - New Orleans, LA - Kiefer Lakefront Arena
Big Wooly Mammoth > Diner > Four Cornered Room, Use Me
Source: AKG 393's > Oade > SBM-1 > D8

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This week, with wish a happy 75th birthday to Jerry Garcia, a musician whose influence is certainly heard in Widespread Panic’s music in the past, the present, and likely in the future, too. Like many other jambands, Panic started as a Dead cover band, but unlike others, they quickly cast aside Dead covers for original material. The Dead ethos, though, certainly remained. Our selections this week include tracks frequently covered by Panic, the Grateful Dead, and the Garcia Band, plus some late Houser era jams and teases of Dead classics. Enjoy!

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

02 November 1998 - Macon, GA - Macon Coliseum
Let It Rock (w/ David Blackmon on fiddle)
Source: FOB Schoeps MK4 > CMC6 > Oade 148 > SBM-1 by Bill Mixon

20 July 1997 - Montgomery, AL - Montgomery Civic Center
Nobody’s Fault But Mine (w/ Warren Haynes on guitar, Allen Woody on mandolin, and Matt Abts on percussion)
Source: Matrix (60% SBD, 40% AUD (AKG 483 (XY) > Oade M248 > SBM-1) by Harvey Couch

31 October 1999 - New Orleans, LA - UNO Lakefront Arena
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Source: AKG 483 > Oade M148 > SBM-1 by Bill Mixon

01 June 1996 - Park City, UT - Wolf Mountain Arena
Werewolves of London
Source: FOB TOA KY > DA-P1

11 March 1989 - Monroe, GA - Pasture Party, Carrell Farms
Cryptical Envelopment > That’s It for the Other One > Astronomy Domine Jam
Source: SBD - Remastered by Alan Schwartz

28 June 1996 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheater
Dark Star Jam > And It Stoned Me
Source: FOB EV-RE20 > SBM-1 > D8 by Michael Wilker

05 May 1999 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
Blues For Allah Jam
Source: Schoeps MK4 > CMC6 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Graham Patten ADC20 > Sony M1 by Charles Fox

27 July 2001 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheater
The Harder They Come > Fire on the Mountain Jam
Source: AKG 481 (DIN) > Oade M148 > Apogee AD500e > DAT

29 July 2001 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheater
China Cat Sunflower Jam > Dark Star Jam > Stir It Up
Source: FOB AKG 481 (DIN) > Oade M148 > Apogee AD500e > DAT

16 October 1999 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater
That’s It for the Other One Jam
Source: B&K 4021 > EAA-PSP2 > Apogee AD-1000 > Sony M1 by Rodge Bryan

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We close out the month of July with the four show run that closed out the summer 1997 tour. Visiting three outdoor venues in three states, plus a special theater gig in Tampa, finds the boys in fine form after a relatively short, but still grueling, summer tour. The best part of this run is the quality of the tapes, as three of the four shows were DSBDs leaked by the band during the prep for the upcoming Light Fuse, Get Away live album. Clearly, Jeff and Harvey did not have too many show notes this time around, because they do spend altogether way too long talking about Carrot Top, who intros the band - and sits in on percussion - for the first time in Tampa, but do not let that dissuade from listening this week.

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

22 July 1997 - Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheater
L.A. > Just Kissed My Baby > Space Wrangler
Source: DSBD (Wilker remaster)

23 July 1997 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Performing Arts Center
Stop-Go > Weak Brain, Narrow Mind > Stop-Go
Source: DSBD (Wilker remaster)

25 July 1997 - Nashville, TN - Starwood Amphitheater
Jack > Big Woolly Mammoth, Genesis
Source: FOB EV-RE20's > SBM-1 > D8 by Michael Wilker

26 July 1997 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater
It Was You, Hatfield
Source: DSBD

Chairman of the Board (1998)

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Happy Birthday, Jojo! It’s been 25 years since John ‘Jojo’ Hermann joined Widespread Panic - can you believe it? His New Orleans-influenced keyboard stylings have become essential to the Panic sound of the last couple decades, just behind Houser’s guitar and JB’s growl. Panic has typically had a show on July 18, and the band usually has gone out of its way to celebrate Jojo’s day of birth, from giving him the chance stretch out on the synth to a gorilla presenting him with a birthday cake on stage. This episode starts out in 1995, with an in-store performance at Bohemian Music, a record store-slash-piercing parlor in Billings, Montana, and winds up in Memphis, Tennessee during a stellar and steamy two-night stand in 1997. In between, stop in Raleigh and Indianapolis for Panic classics. So, Happy Birthday, Jojo, here’s to your health - SKOL!

Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream.

18 July 1995 - Billings, MT - Bohemian Music
Get Up Early in the Morning
Source: AKG 463 by Mark Kabella

18 July 1998 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek
Happy > Walkin'
Source: FOB AKG 483 > Oade m248 > Sony SBM-1 by Bobby Moore

18 July 2000 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theater
Vacation > Jojo solo > Greta > North
Source: AKG 483 > EAA PSP-2 > Apogee AD1000 > DA-P1 by Eric Levita

18 July 1997 - Memphis, TN - Mud Island Amphitheater
Gradle > Red Beans, City of Dreams
Source: AKG480>Oade pre>SBM-1>DA-P1

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