Everyday Companion PaniCast

April 1, 2007 - photo by Thomas G. Smith

Ten years ago I attended the first of the nearly thirty shows I ended up seeing in 1997. It was in St. Louis at the American Theater (now named the Roberts Orpheum Theater).

Lisa and I drove down with Maureen and Valerie Dahl, stayed with Lisa's parents in Bridgeton, MO and had a wonderful time at the show. I hooked up with Garrie Vereen after the show and he handed to me a garbage bag full of setlist notebooks. These notebooks are the ones he had been keeping since 1992, and I used them to check information against the Everyday Companion published in December of 1996.

SO I thought I'd present some highlights from that show as well as some recent highlights from thew April 1st show in Albany, NY. Ned Stein did such a wonderful job writing about this show I thought I'd check it out and sure enough his words were true! I was going to also feature the Do What You Like from this show as it features a Take Five tease from Jimmy and JoJo but ran out of time... make sure to go to LiveWidespreadPanic.com and download the show to listen for yourself!

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April 15, 1997
St. Louis, MO
Intro music - Train kept a rolling jam
Impossible >
C. Brown
Happy >
Pusherman
Pilgrims

April 1, 2007
Albany, NY
Ribs and Whiskey
Fixin' to Die

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Everyday Companion Podcast #45

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photo by Curtis George, from Houston, 3/23/07

This week we feature some brand new material from Spring tour and then some ten year old material from San Francisco.

Since everyone has great access to recent material through LiveWidespreadPanic.com as well as sites like PanicStream.com and DigitalPanic.org I try to steer away from featuring too much new stuff - Being able to pick up a soundboard of the show within days of it happening is to me an offer none of you should refuse....
SO, make sure to pick up some of tasty soundboards of the recent action at LiveWidespreadPanic.com.

I am very excited to see the band bringing out some new originals this spring, and among them I find Shoes On Tight to be my favorite. I also enjoyed listening to the Guilded Splinters (and the jam that followed) from Kansas City. Finally, this past week marked the tenth anniversary of some epic Panic, including a two night run at the Warfield in San Francisco, so I am featuring some tracks from one of those shows.

So here's the selection this week:

March 25, 2007
Nokia Theatre
Grand Prairie, TX
Shoes on Tight

March 27, 2007
Uptown Theater
Kansas City, KS
(I Walk on) Guilded Splinters

March 29, 1997
Warfield Theater
San Francisco, CA
Gimme
Radio Child
Stop-Go >
Conrad
Galleon
Hope in a Hopeless World >
Cream Puff War

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For little Gabriel.
Welcome.

May 3, 1993
KTCZ Studios
Minneapolis, MN
Space Wrangler (acoustic)

March 21 1997
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR
Little Kin
Disco >
Diner >
I'm Not Alone
Arlene
Bowlegged Woman

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March 27, 1997
Reno Hilton, Reno, NV
Pleas,
Let's Get Down to Business,
Machine >
Barstools and Dreamers

February 6, 1996
Snow King Center, Jackson, WY
Down on the Farm

June 13, 1996
Backyard, Bee Cave, TX
Porch Song > Rebirtha > Papa Legba

We've featured portions of the second set of the '97 Reno show in the past - this week we start the show with the first set opener.

Then an epic 11 minute Down on the Farm from Sit and Ski tour. Returning to the playlist for the first time since the infamous Carrol Farms Pasture Party
in 1989, the song's 1,000 show absense is one of the longest lapses in the band's history. 'Bout time they let Jimmy have at it with this song, don't you think?

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Inspired by the Ain't Life Grand album performance from the first set of a Red Rocks show in 2001 and the epic first Surprise Valley played at Red Rocks in 1999 we've put together this week's cast. We took the songlist for 'Til the Medicine Takes and found the 1st time played for each song - despite the sources' quality varying wildly we've tried to make this as seamless as possible. I hope you all enjoy this, it sure was fun to pull together! Here's the scoop.

Surprise Valley - Red Rocks, June 27, 1999
Bears Gone Fishin' (instrumental) - Ranch Bowl, Omaha, July 1, 1997
Waker - Barrymore Theater, Madison, WI October 7, 1998
Party at Your Mama's House - Palace Theatre, Louisville, KY May 7, 1997
All Time Low - Washington Street, Athens, GA April 18, 1998
One Armed Steve - Washington Street, Athens, GA April 18, 1998
Blue Indian - Barrymore Theater, Madison, WI October 6, 1998
Christmas Katie - Washington Street, Athens, GA April 18, 1998
You'll Be Fine - CY Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA September 15, 1997
Climb to Safety - Fox Theater, Boulder, CO January 20, 1996
Nobody's Loss - Fox Theater, Boulder, CO January 19, 1996
Dyin Man - Capitol Ballroom, Washington, D.C. April 20, 1997

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Well folks, we've got a treat for you this week. Discovering a previously unlabelled jam is actually a song is a rare reminder that anything is possible when you are dealing with a band who has played over 2,000 shows over the course of 20+ years.

This past week a fan pointed out that there is a song on Michael Houser's MySpace page labelled Analyze. That fan went on to say he had also discovered another version of the song. We have no idea who maintains the MySpace page but there is no doubt that there was something to this information. As it happens I had just listened to the 7/27/94 show as I was doing research for the Rarities cast and recognized the song Analyze from MySpace - we had had it labelled Havin' a Ball. What we've found is that Havin' a Ball has a related jam - similar song structure but different melodies.

After some deliberation with some of my friends and the community over at Digital Panic I am proud to present to you Analyze and Havin' a Ball.

Here's how it goes down this week:
July 9, 1994
Wilson Theater
Bozeman, MT
Happy Child >
I'm Not Alone >
Anaylze >
Rock

July 16, 1994
People's Bar and Grill
Ames, IA
Havin' a Ball >
Guilded Splinters

March 14, 1997
Wolf Mountain Arena
Park City, UT
Dirty Business >
Junior >
Dirty Business
B of D

There is some SICK SICK jamming this week, so warn the neighbors and turn it up!

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A listener wrote in asking to hear selections from the Stone Balloon or Hammerjacks - unfortunately I only had one of the two in the archive, the Stone Balloon.
This classic college bar no longer exists, except in the hearts of it's former patrons.



While I was looking for this show on disks and drives I ran across a show from a few days earlier at the Imperial Room, Concord Resort Hotel in Kiamesha Lake, NY. The location itself sounded interesting so I checked it out. The venue is one of the old classic 'Catskills' hotels in it's hey day. It has since fallen into disrepair.
Imperial Room at the Concord Resort

It sounds like there are maybe 50 people at this show - you can hear banter between band members at the start of Maggot Brain and JB thanking some one, presumably a crowd member, for a beer; "Probably be warm by the time you got up here. Cheers." In any case, this is another one of those examples of the band playing to 10 as if they are 10,000, if I may once again misquote Col. Bruce. The Let's Get the Show on the Road is started by JB before the feedback has died down at the end of Chilly Water, and I am guessing he is playing ONE MORE before the club shuts them down. You may need to TURN UP the Let's the Show on the Road - it is pretty quiet.

And finally there are a few selections from a classic and still vibrant venue, Ziggy's in Winston-Salem. Todd is ON FIRE for these two songs and the jam between the two songs remind me of Blight.... ENJOY!

Intro Music
November 8, 2001
Happy Child

March 16, 1994
Stone Balloon, Newark, DE
Wondering >
Proving Ground

March 14, 1994
Imperial Room, Concord Resort Hotel, Kiamesha, NY
Raise the Roof
Maggot Brain >
Jam >
Chilly Water >
Let's Get the Show on the Road (JB solo)

November 3, 1992
Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
It Ain't No Use >
Jam >
Better Off

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Thanks again to everyone for the comments and suggestions on the cast, I'll do my best to get to Busted and Longer Look out ther for you next time around.

One of the people who has been listening and recently contacted me was Corey Diamond, a Canadian Panic fan that I traded tapes with in the 90's and ended up meeting in 1997. He requested a WICKED Papa's Home from 1993. I searched through all of my various forms of media (DAT, CD, FLAC, SHN and Analog tapes) and found that the only version of this show that I have is on Analog. I've been meaning to pull a few gems from the analog collection to share with you all so I figured this was as good a time as any. So all o fthe selections from this show are from old analogs that I could not find a digital version for. A digital version may in fact exist, but I don't have it...

By the way, if anyone recognizes the song that JoJo is TEASING at the end of this Papa's Home I would really appreciate it if you could help me identify that song. I feel like a total moron because I just can't place it!

In any case here is the playlist:

brute. (if you don't know brute., follow this link to learn more)
January 18, 1995 Georgia Theatre
Good Morning Mr. Hard On
George Wallace

September 25, 1993
Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC
Papa's Home (with Funky is the Drummer rap, and ?? jam by JoJo)

March 12, 1997
Hong Kong Cafe, Vail, CO
JB sitting in with Bobby Sheehan and High Plains Drifter
Me and the Devil (with Four Cornered Room tease)

April 4, 1992
Zephyr Club, Salt Lake City , UT
Flat Foot Flewzy


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July 26, 1997
Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
It Was You

February 3, 1996
Zephyr, Salt Lake City, UT
Junco Partner,
Solace,
Junior

October 20, 1986
Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA
Cardboard Box >
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

September 23, 1993
The Music Farm, Charleston, SC
Rebirtha (instrumental)

November 19, 1988
Little Five Points Pub, Atlanta, GA
Jam > Lullabye For NYC
Ophelia

This week I am bringing you a selection of obscure tunes... some more obscure than others. We start everything off with It Was You, sung by Todd. It Was You was only performed 6 times in 1997 and once in 1998.

Junco is a New Orleans traditional, and Solace is a Ragtime traditional.

For the longest time I thought Cardboard Box was a phantom name for a jam, along the lines of Snorkle Search. There is no Snorkle Search but there IS a Cardboard Box!

The Lullabye for NYC can also be heard on Houser's solo album, Door Harp. I HIGHLY recommend this disk.

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Another week another Cast...

You folks have all been so supposrtive of what we are doing here and at the main site... here are a few songs for a few of you who have sent kind words lately.

We start off with the obscure original New Blue (click here for lyrics). Only played three times in fall 2001, JB pulled this out in his performance with Sam Holt last weekend at Hannah's Buddies. We then are treated to an old school Hatfield featuring a Riders on the Storm tease and JB rapping about Hatfield's mama playing Doors records. And then a song of my choosing, Diner. This monster from 1998 may be my favorite version of this song.... Then some silliness from Dave with the Who cover Magic Bus and finally we round out the classic rock tributes with a guest performance. Robby Krieger of the Door plays guitar on this sprawling version of Light My Fire.

November 2, 2001 Dane County Coliseum Madison, WI
New Blue

October 14, 1996 Civic Center Monroe, LA
Hatfield (with Riders on the Storm Tease)

April 3, 1998 Borderline London, England
Diner

November 30, 2000 MSU Regional Special Events Center Murray, KY
Drums > Magic Bus

November 2, 2000 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Light My Fire (with Robby Krieger)

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