May 16, 2013

2011 FALL TOUR IN REVIEW (Work In Progress)

Tour In Review (Unfinished)

"Thank you Widespread Panic for the past [25 years] of shows... music, madness, love and laughter – the family you’ve literally created, lifelong friends and memories!!!"

Stats:

33 (+10) Shows
107 (+10) Unique Originals
526 (+164) Originals Played
91 (+8) Unique Covers
210 (+59) Covers Played
198 (+18) Unique Songs
736 (+223) Songs Played
22.3 Average Songs Per Show
46 One-timers (5 (-5) originals | 41 (-6) covers)

Shows by State:

MA - 2
NY - 1
VA - 3
NC - 2
TN - 5
AL - 1
MS - 1
GA - 4
IN - 1
MO - 1
MI - 1
OH - 2
NE - 1
WI - 3
MN - 1
IA - 1
IL 3

1 Night Runs: 16
2 Night Runs: 4
3 Night Runs: 3

Most Played (9 times):

Pigeons

Most Played (8 times):

Bust It Big
Chilly Water
Cotton Was King
Driving Song
Imitation Leather Shoes
Love Tractor
Porch Song
Saint Ex
Surprise Valley
Tall Boy
Walkin' (For Your Love)
Climb To Safety
North

Venue Description:

A mellow lot scene with plenty of turf
The views in and of the venue from all corners.

Guest description:
A warmly received sit in with John Keane on This Part Of Town
"fist pumping, beer throwing, take your pants off guitar solo" mrz
All inside the spacious venue

Venue Description:
astounding synergy between the band members
Played with vigor
perceivable emotion
Jimmy's notes floating away
Todd and Sunny building things up for the guitars to let loose

Crowd Description:
arms waving, bodies bouncing
a whiplashed crowd
discursive guitar solos animating a joyously rocking crowd

Band action:
dishing up the hot funk
mining deeper grooves
Playing every note as if it was their last

Band member action:
On which Jimmy Herring's guitar work shines
Leaning on funkier beats and
echoing bombs
atom bombs
smooth country licks
Todd sings next with large cheers following the line "asdfasdf"

Show Description:
Even the off stretches of music are played as tightly as anything from this fall!
Musical highlights including
Ending a solid set

Experience Description:
A lot of crowd participation throughout the enigmatic stretch of [insert songs]
take the crowd to a beautiful place
Send away the crowd with lingering memories
Descending on 'town' for 2 sold out shows
Greetings from sultry summertime Athens, GA, the home of fine soul food and Widespread Panic.

Openers:
kicking things off with the instrumental "song"
Leading off with a crowd favorite 'song', the show is off to a hot start and the band refuses to take its collective foot off the gas by transitioning into 'song

Set highlights:
Among the most musically satisfying moments were the first set inclusions of 'song', descriptions, and 'song', descriptions....
The music hits its second set peak with a rendition of 'musicians' 'song'

Song introduction:
'song' has a rolling momentum
The energy doubling with "song"
bringing the house down with 'song’

Song description:
built to a feverish groove with the help of 'X'
if that don't get your toes tappin’ nothing will.
Conjuring pastoral images with 'X'
Domingo (Sunny) Ortiz brings an international flair with a splendid melodic Latin conga run, introducing 'X'
an improvisation played with great direction
Unrelenting, pound you over the head rhythm of (song)
(Song) finished up a nasty opening sequence
Surely one of the highlights of the night, if not the weekend... (song)
After a dream-lead in, (Song)
Funking it up with (Song)
Fulfilling setlist wishes with (Song)
Kicking up the energy with (song)
A chunky 'Barstools And Dreamers'
The simmer of 'Breathing Slow' bounces and bubbles into 'Pigeons'
An epic foray between Chilly Water and Saint Ex, and the first Ex sans outro.
The song has grown teeth, providing an edgy 10 minutes
A nod to the song symbologists, (Gimme) hits on the 3rd Tuesday in a row.

Segueway:
Carry the crowd down a new road with 'song'
uninterrupted segue between
Trading aggressive licks for a more subtle sound
The typical signpost 'Give' set closer is broken down when they roll into 'song' to close out the set.

Farewell:
Pull out of town and leave behind smiling faces
left the crowd yelling for more

Show Reviews:

Some meat-n-potatoes Panic will kick-start Fall Tour at the Orpheum in Beantown! However loud and hot, the band is mighty comfortable navigating between the opening ‘Holden Oversoul > Knockin’ ‘Round The Zoo’, returning to form with a composed ‘Diner’ outro jam before revisiting Jimmy Herring’s first suite with Widespread Panic performed on this day 5 years ago; that dark minor jam into ‘Pleas’. The second set comes barreling through the darkest of originals, and even a couple monster sandwiches! A refined lullaby jam out of ‘Shut Up and Drive’, ‘Blight’ sandwiched between ‘Driving Song’ just like its FTP in 1995, and JB tapping his cup, signaling for a refill while Sunny and Todd introduce a nimble slam into ‘Fishwater' add to the set’s intensity. With nothing left to prove, John Bell thanks the crowd for “helpin’ us get all loosey juicy” before the first of many encores to come. (Listen to 09/15)
A bass-driven groove prior to ‘Imitation Leather Shoes’ commences Friday night’s festivities, and heavy hints of ‘Immigrant Song’, roaring feedback, rolling drums, and blistering solos set an exploratory tone. Some of this summer’s most exploratory numbers like ‘Who Do You Belong To?’ and ‘Proving Ground’ make a showing before Dave Schools introduces the first guest of the tour to help close the set out with ‘Rebirtha > Blackout Blues.’ New Orleans native and low brass mastermind; “you know him, we love him - Trombone Shorty.” What a rarity it is having a guest musician return for the second set, with bodies dance en masse behind the heft of a ‘Pusherman’ not seen in 88 shows! Closing out with another treat, ‘Good Morning Little School Girl’ returns to the song list after 75 shows, leading into a ‘Chilly Water’ that's played with extra funk and swagger. (Listen to 09/16)
We hope you Brooklyn show goers aren’t caught off guard by the closing of the L train and an early start down on the East River. A slew of curfews, ordinances, and restrictive “beer jails” shouldn’t hinder the luster of NYC’s skyline opposite the stage and Panic in mid-tour form just three shows in! The band acknowledges the surrounding scenery with an atmospheric ‘Chainsaw City’, Jimmy Herring leads a windup jam out of the trendy pairing of ‘L.a. > Jack’, and digs into an everlasting note on ‘Papa’s Home’ to end the set. The ultimate second set overture, ‘Disco’ matures into a sinewy ‘Tie Your Shoes’, and after a pretty unreal ‘Rock’, the hits keep coming. Let JB put on some records, take you upstairs and get LOUD on a ‘Bowlegged Woman’, quoting ‘Stop Breakin’ Down Blues’ before a ‘Use Me’ rap for the ages. Steal a glimpse of the wicked smiles on stage before the first inverted/split ‘Sewing Machine’ that transitions into ‘Under The Radar Jam’, with a miniature reprise inviting on the ‘Protein Drink’. With cups in the air, the heavy drop from ‘Slow Porch’ into ‘Junior’, sandwiched between ‘Surprise Valley’, is one hell of a way to make out in Brooklyn. (Listen to 09/17)
After a beautiful day off in Richmond for the band and crew, The National Theatre will play host for the next three nights. With ten songs not played in as many shows on tonight's setlist, tonight's packed house will journey deeper into the catalog. The impeccable sight-lines give attendees the chance to witness John Bell rapping ‘Whip Your Hair Back And Forth’ during a wonderfully psychedelic ‘Last Dance’, a few silky transitions pulled from the past, like ‘Airplane > Second Skin > Goin’ Out West’ from this Summer’s Cynthia Woods show, and ‘Stop Go > Cream Puff War > Stop Go’ ala Milwaukee, 2009. The red spotlight pointing at Dave Schools’ during his lead-in jam swings toward the balcony to highlight a few special guests in attendance for his homecoming performance, and an entirely old school second set penetrates the halls before the conclusion of 'Pilgrims > She Caught The Katy'. (Listen to 09/19)
Prepared to prove their worth again tonight, 'Let's Get Down To Business, Makes Sense To Me > Better Off' get's the musical conversation going! Opening with a hat-trick of quintessential songs from the Houser era has been an emerging trend over the past 5 shows. Highlights from the first set include a beautifully rendered 'Driving Song' sandwich, with Jimmy and Dave ringing every bit of juice out of a 'Born On The Bayou' lick after 'Hatfield', and 'Breathing Slow' leads into 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' to complete the sequence. Set two takes flight during a stretched out 'One Kind Favor' with hints of Black Sabbath's 'Electric Funeral' and a massive 'Blues For Allah' tease before 'Drums', before exploding into 'I Walk On Guilded Splinters', with JB whispering the intro like from the days of old, and flat out abusing his guitar! After a quick encore break, the music surpasses the three hour mark with a triple encore, 'Trouble, Gimme > Use Me', sends the crowd reeling back to their respective places for the night. (Listen to 09/20)
The National comes to life for the final night, and no, that's not "booing" you're hearing, but "Schooooools" rumbling from his hometown crowd each time he hits the stage! Noteeaters are spinning across the backdrop to the tune of 'Diner' as the show gets underway, and the abundance of Richmond gems from the weekend continue shining, with JB wrestling down a 'Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf' rap during 'Barstools And Dreamers', and last night's Sabbath tease blossoming into a head pounding 'Fairies Wear Boots > Saint Ex', pushing into the shows hardest direction yet. After a 'Nights In White Satin' jam out of 'Climb To Safety', and a high spirited 'Porch Song' set closer, the mood is dialed down with 'City Of Dreams', before the closing electric blow is delivered in the form of 'Postcard, Love Tractor.' (Listen to 09/21)
Everyone headed to Raleigh for tonight's show is rightfully concerned about a storm system, but as it turns out the weather man's wrong, and the clouds part over the new Raleigh Downtown Amphitheatre skies just in time for a raucous 'Pigeons' opener! Any foldout seating has been cleared out to make room for the crowd, and the plan is to play another original heavy first set. The band steals a look at a train rolling by the stage during 'Travelin' Man', and they really lay down the funk coming out of 'Pleas' in the first set. 'Fishwater' is a hell of a way to start a second set, and we're all moving in captivity as the band propels into 'Arleen', before tacking on the back end of 'Fishwater'. DJ Logic makes a guest appearance on 'Drums > Jam', and 'Genesis' satisfies the setlist enthusiest in us all! Add 'Surprise Valley > Proving Ground, Ain't Life Grand' and 'Chilly Water' to this first night in Raleigh and label that a huge success. (Listen to 09/23)
The lights go down again for round two, and if last night was full, the crowd is PACKED and ready to stomp some concrete in Raleigh on a Saturday night. Taking a turn for some of the more exploratory sections of the post-Houser era, this first set features brilliant interplay during the 'Time Zones' outro, middle stretch of 'Henry Parsons Died', the whole darn 'Sleeping Man', conclusion of 'Christmas Katie', 'Radio Child', and of course, 'Junior'. After spinning a setbreak set, DJ Logic invites the band out fora turntable lead 'Jam' before Sunny vibrates the venue with his didgeridoo, and a tripped out 'Papa Legba' ensues before 'Red Hot Mama'. 'Pilgrims' undergoes an inversion with the slow boiling ending jam cutting in before the intro, 'New Speedway Boogie' makes a very unexpected appearance, and hot-damn, the throwback encore features a heart-attack inducing transition from 'Space Wrangler' into 'No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature', leaving the crowd foaming at their mouths before their set free in the streets. That's how you close it down, boys! (Listen to 09/24)
Who's ready for a mid-week, three night, sold out run at one of the most exquisite and intimate venues of this year, and a true heat receptacle of a venue - the historic Tennessee Theatre?! JB certainly is, taking notice of the house music and belting out "Express Yourself!" before a blistering 'It Ain't No Use' begins the show for the first time since Amsterdam, in '98. Juices are flowing right out of the gates, as the band climbs up a a staircase of notes in unison out of 'Stop Go' before launching into raw, '1x1' territory. Set two is like an improvisational stomping ground, with 'One Arm Steve' abruptly cutting into a balls to the wall, freestanding jam, and a ten minute, time warping 'Jam In D' after 'Flicker'. Even the security guards are breaking it down during a set closing 'Tall Boy', and 'Chainsaw City' grinds the gears down before the house music ques up 'Tennessee'. (Listen to 09/26)
After JB wishes the Knoxville crowd a good evenin', and announces that they'll be our band this evenin', an upbeat and jammed out 'Holden Oversoul' rattles around the domed ceiling and on down our spines, setting the mood for what's slated to be a barn-burner. That special something is in the air, and the time changes are cut in stone as they navigate through a transitionless segue-way into 'Weak Brain, Narrow Mind', tack on a 'Little Kin' outro jam to 'Gimme', and wedge the most ridiculous 'Worry' in-between 'Bowlegged Woman', to close set one with the first of many delicious sandwiches the band will be serving up weekend... With all of the flawless playing in the second set, it's next to impossible to pick a favorite stretch of songs. The setlist spells out a 'Jam' out of 'Goin' Out West', 'You Got Yours > Sharon', and 'Tie Your Shoes > Walkin' (w/ Stop)', but fails to mention the intangibles. A sublime Schools jam out of 'Aunt Avis', and the band returning after 'Drums' with a full fledged jam of the 'David Essex' cover - 'Rock On'! James Dean... With nothing left to prove at this point, the first split 'Jack' appears in the encore, wrapping around 'Mr. Soul'. Epic. (Listen to 09/27)
The band sure has made it easy to enjoy a three night run this time around, and there's still room for a few more songs after last night's top to bottom heat-fest, right? Jimmy Herring uses the final stretch of 'Glory' to interject some emotion early in the set, before the rhythm section show some teeth on 'Makes Sense To Me'. Jojo's in the driver's seat tonight, banging out 'Visiting Day' and dusting off 'Help Me Somebody' in a classic after classic first set, with the blue-eyed soul of 'Angels On High' being the only exception. Unusually, the band has decided to tighten the screws on five songs played just four shows ago, to go along with the rarities like 'Vacation', and 'Let's Get The Show On The Road'. 'Travelin' Light' marks the end of a glorious three night run. (Listen to 09/28)
After a 500+ mile haul and an opening performance by 'Yonder Mountain String Band', the route of SEC Country reaches the sea of crimson at a spankin' new Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre. A portion of the proceeds from tonight's sold out show have been set aside for the city's storm recovery fund, and somehow it's been 15 years since the last show here?! The band prov soundtrack on this beautiful and breezy Friday night on the water, so please turn your cups up for the generous opening of 'Greta > Porch Song'! You never can tell what's going to happen at a Panic show, but the game plan for the first hour includes a radio-friendly set of songs to heighten the spirits. Never resting on their laurels, the middle segment of 'Climb To Safety' adds some excitement as it falls into a groove, setting the tone for a down and dirty second round. Kickin' the rock n roll back in gear with a few drinking songs - 'Ribs And Whiskey' and 'Tall Boy' get the crowd fired up while the band locks in on one of the most relentless stretches of the tour: 'Impossible > Chilly Water > Drums > Entering A Black Hole Backwards > Maggot Brain > Chilly Water > Surprise Valley > Pilgrims' to close the set - can ya dig it?! With the 'Roll Tide' chant in full effect, the band returns for the first bustout of the tour... and why not play what JB calls "a love song" for all the southern fried hotties in attendance? A heated 'Baby, Let Me Follow You Down', best known from Bob Dylan's debut album, makes it's first appearance after 353 shows, and they nail it! (Listen to 09/30)
The buses make the four hour push back to Tennessee, and the invitation extended to enjoy Beale St. and join the band for Saturday's Bluff City show at FedEx forum. Lights go down, JB exchanges a pleasantry with the crowd before opening with a repeat from two shows back, and the psychedelic rumble of 'Saint Ex'. While the crowd isn't at capacity, it's one of the biggest sells this Fall, the floor is packed, and the unpredictable arena sound dials in, weaving heavily over the crowd! With the crowd in their hands, Jeff Austin is called up to play mandolin on 'Fixin' To Die', and to close the first set, everyone's treated to 'Ophelia > The Shape I'm In', a rare and well received suite courtesy of The Band. Hope you were able to catch your breath during setbreak, 'cause that other band has a marathon second set in store for ya! The crowd's reward for their energy is 'Machine > Barstools And Dreamers', some monster interplay out of a 'Junior' jam that was almost a song by itself, a truly rocking 'Ride Me High', and a serving of Booker T.'s 'Green Onions' during 'Henry Parsons Died', not played in 108 shows. Reserved for the encore slot is a heartfelt rendition of 'May Your Glass Be Filled', and yet another 'Life During Wartime' for the Memphis crew. (Listen to 10/01)
The journey toward the Mississippi Coast Coliseum tonight is all the more welcoming set behind a pristine sunset. With the venue setup for theater seating in Biloxi tonight, and the stage set for the sixth time in seven days, the music is given some room to breathe. Adding to the show tonight are a couple of the Yonder Mountain String Band boys-Dave Johnston throws down a layor of banjo on C. Brown, and Jeff Austin again, this time on 'Who Do You Belong To?' Jimmy lends a delicate touch to the jam out of 'Breathing Slow', after a tasteful, uncut version of 'Driving Song'. The crowd's really whipped into a frenzy when a billowing 'Bear's Gone Fishin'' jam snaps into 'Protein Drink > Sewing Machine' to close out the set. 'Lawyers, Guns and Money' unexpectedly opens the second set, and a homely encore featuring a cascading, thirty-second note during 'Papa's Home', and John Bell, cozy as ever in his buttoned sweater, warming the souls out there with a wonderfully rendered version of 'Can't Find My Way Home'. (Listen to 10/02)
It's safe to say that the low country has been a breeding ground for ripping shows, and with the road crew pulling up to the intimate Johnny Mercer Auditorium, Savannah will not be spared tonight. After greeting the crowd with a quick hello, the bar is set high with 'B of D > Bowlegged Woman' palpitating the floor boards to open things up. For those taking notes, sublimely jammed out versions of 'Bust It Big' have become the preferred lead-in to 'Mr. Soul', and that's Tuesday's third straight 'Gimme' of the tour... this one with a Grateful Dead influenced jam into a grungy 'Little Kin'. And of course, the crowds in Savannah are always ready for 'Red Hot Mama', and after the 'Love Tractor closer you could tell they didn't want to leave the stage--they crushed a first set! It's mighty hard to believe 18 years have passed since Savannah caught it's last 'Chilly Water', and in the same venue, nonetheless... and this second set will be a real treat. The crowd is riding up and down at the slap of Dave's wrist tonight, as he echos over the crowd to wind down 'Blight', commands the stage on 'Spoonful', and rumbles out a massive solo for 'Hatfield'. But the real 5th gear Panic comes out during the second 'Arleen' sandwich in a row, with JB taking the rap to a far-out place, and Schools spelling out the song title, wrapped inside an insane 'Tie Your Shoes', with JB calling out--"Love Your Squirrels!" Stream this show now! (Listen to 10/04)
Couch Tour fans are pumped about tonight's live stream on the SiriusXM Jam_On station, and it comes as no surprise that the airwaves are calling for a feel good first set. And as expected, 'Up All Night' shows up in Savannah, but a wonderfully unique version develops-with a beautifully melodic stretch of improv. After the crowd gets a chance to catch the breath, and DJ Jonathan Schwartz spins The Disco Biscuits, Gov't Mule, Bob Marley, The Allman Brothers and Phish, the second set is slated to be such a jam machine, even Zman will struggle to split up the tracks! 'Imitation Leather Shoes' is taken to darker grounds when Schools dips into 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' for a lasting jam that leads into 'Mercy'. If that wasn't enough for ya, he bombs out a million and one funk lines between 'Aunt Avis' and 'Rebirtha', with an outro that flourishes into a song of it's own, and an 'Electric Funeral' jam makes a showing during 'Goin' Out West'. Closing out a hot set with 'Surprise Valley > Vacation > North' sets up a terrific encore--when 'And It Stoned Me' comes around after 99 shows, and 'Postcard, Makes Sense To Me' bids a proper sendoff to the low country. (Listen to 10/05)
Next stop: Nashville, Tennessee! The recently opened Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel is a superb venue just far enough outside of downtown to remain convenient while providing seclusion. Security is down with a laid-back atmosphere amongst the wooded scenery, and the crowd come to life with the opening notes of 'Ain't Life Grand', before a down and dirty 'Cream Puff War'. Always a pleaser, 'Porch Song' highlights this short first set thanks to a maddening stretch of jamming that leads into 'Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys'. With plenty of fuel left for set two, 'Greta' begins the next classic set that features 'Pigeons', 'Airplane', 'Pilgrims', and 'Walkin' (For Your Love)-adding an oldschool feel to the well rounded setlist. And 'Sharon' comes as the encore on a one night stand once in a blue moon, and this one features Johnny Neel on keys! With his tough as nails vocals, JB delivers a mind blowing clinic of expression, and the night concludes with a rousing rendition of 'Walk On'. (Listen to 10/07)
Widespread Panic returns to Alpharetta's well kept Encore Park on this gorgeous evening, and rest assured they'll blow it up as it's billed for one night only this time around! The parking lot breaks down, Futerbirds clear the stage after their opening set, and 'All Time Low' cranks things back up for an ATL crowd nearly 11,000 strong. The music is twisting in all the right ways tonight; the galvanizing onslaught of 'I Walk On Guilded Splinters' wakes up the crowd before they slide into conviviality to the tune of 'Christmas Katie'. And it's 'Henry Parsons Died' rocking into setbreak... Before ya know it, 'Machine > Barstools And Dreamers' signals the band's return. Talk about a dance party! It should come as no surprise that after its longest break of 113 shows, this loaded second set's 'Flat Foot Flewzy' is tonight's highlight. The mid-song, Pigpen rant and 'Turn On Your Lovelight' rap Dave uses to ignite the crowd gives credence to one of the wildest stretches of the tour! After that ovation, John Keane settles in for an emotionally charged collaboration, adding pedal steel to 'Don't Be Denied', and trading licks on the most sparkling 'This Part Of Town' of the past decade. 'Driving Song > Superstition > Driving Song > Breathing Slow', and the always-amusing, however high in rotation, 'Chilly Water', makes for a mind blowing ending run! Let's chalk that up as a night to remember... (Listen to 10/08)
After Alpharetta's barn burner, the buses are heading back to Athens for a cross state jaunt and ultimate homecoming at the newly rebuilt Georgia Theatre. Widespread Panic is billed across the historic marquee for the first time in nearly 18 years, and not only will it be a gimmick-free recap of the songs they've been destroying over their 25th Anniversary, but a live HDNet stream benefiting Tunes For Tots and Nuçi’s Space. With the VIP party closed down, everyone lucky enough to score a ticket joins together in close proximity for a trip down memory lane. JB gives thanks to the crowd, "let's throw down for the childrens", and the pound ya over the head rhythm of 'Pigeons' leads us into the night. The sound in this rebuilt theatre and the family vibe is incredible, and the energy from the crowd is palpable during the ten song first set. Tunes For Tots setlists break from the rotation mold and allow heavy hitters from the past few shows to rotate back in, stringing together classics like 'Hatfield > Surprise Valley > Porch Song', with the middle of the segment featuring some monumental releases! The only departure from that formula is 'Sleepy Monkey' returning after 51 shows with a 'Shut Up And Drive Rap'. More of an ensemble performance with the band and those lucky enough to grab a next to impossible ticket in such close proximity. Set 2 begins with 'North' and they really blow through the final minute with a gut wrenching jam, and the gripping improv presses on during 'Bust It Big.' Athens native John Keane joins the band yet again, adding acoustic tones and haunting vocals to the second live performance of 'This Cruel Thing', and pedal steel on 'Blue Indian'. They effortlessly pace through the different time signatures of 'Diner > Vacation > You Should Be Glad'. Jojo feathers in hints of 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' before the final verse of 'Vacation', and they absolutely rip through the outro jam into 'You Should Be Glad'. 'Fairies Wear Boots' is dropped from the closing slot of the second set, which is a shame because when they return to the stage they must wait for the commercial break to air on HDNet. But at least it leaves room for the big, bad Brute encore of 'Expiration Day, Blight, Protein Drink > Sewing Machine'! (No stream available)
We're beyond the midway point of the tour as the band steps into the Midwest leg at Murat Theatre with synchronicity on their side, to perform at one of the oldest and most loved buildings in Indianapolis. JB kicks off tonight's potential sleeper show with 'From The Cradle', and no doubt it's going to be a fun one on the tour... He even gets a little tongue tied on the second verse, when the "deep sex" line comes out as "big-cat keeps the copulation down [laughter]". 'Holden Oversoul' is up next, this time played with a soulful jam that capitulates into 'Stop Go', with a big, bold Jojo solo, and 'Time Waits' rap, formerly known as 'Body and Soul'. 'Proving Ground > Worry > Proving Ground' ends a solid first set with terminal velocity. Highlights of the second set include the return of 'Time Waits For No One' after 191 shows on the sidelines, a Rolling Stones song that debuted on Halloween in 2009, the trancy bop of 'Second Skin' preceding a 'Coconut' coming out of no where, sending the crowd up the walls! To spare any predictability, they go ahead and play 'St. Louis' the night before the St. Louis show, and after a pristine 'Pilgrims', 'Red Hot Mama' fires up the energy, and gives Jimmy Herring a chance to shine. For the encore, Schools wishes someone out there a happy birthday before 'The Last Straw'. (Listen to 10/11)
The beautiful Peabody Opera House of St. Louis recently removed the chains from its doors after twenty long years, and the polished art deco joint will play host to tonight's shindig. After wishing the crowd good evening, they nail an old fashioned 'Space Wrangler' opener, and add a to the point 'Walkin' (For Your Love)' to keep the party going. 'Blackout Blues' is up next, with Jojo clanging away, adding to a colorful first segment. Dave Schools shoots off a smile and gives a baseball swing, signaling 'Rebirtha' for the Cardinals fans out there who are missing Game 3 of the NLCS. A fan even chucked his red Cards hat on stage! A nasty drop from 'Party At Your Mama's House' into 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' concludes the first set, and re-entry hand stamps permit re-entry, so grab a beer during setbreak and hurry back for the next high-octane set... Nastiest build up in Tie Your Shoes... Smoking hot. Then Sunny drops a loop on the drums after Tie Your Shoes. The second set get's off to a jam-packed start, with 'Fishwater' another improvisational stretch during 'Up All Night', and an absolutely soaring 'It Ain't No Use'. A booming 'Entering A Black Hole Backwards' jam develops out of drums, leading into 'Chilly Water'. A thunderous bass lines and psychedelic synth tones signal 'Saint Ex'. The crowd is chanting "Let's go Cardinals" before the encore, and Schools shouts into the mic: "So we hear you guys got a pretty good baseball team" before launching into 'Ain't Life Grand'. (Listen to 10/12)
Lions, Tigers, and Panic, oh my! The Fillmore congregation unites as 'Old Neigborhood' fills the halls with a funky, modulated baseline, the machine barrels along with a drum-roll transition before 'Papa Legba', and takes flight during a high spirited and absolutely filthy 'Greta' jam. The darkness of 'You Got Yours' gives way to an uplifting 'Angels On High', with a drum breakdown and a whole lot of blue-eyed soul. Thumping Conrad with absolutely explosive JB delivery at the ending. Detroit is the first show with songs that have all been played on Fall Tour. Jimmy lets his jazzy leanings shine in the 'Pickin' Up The Pieces' jam... 'Airplane' is treated to a megajam and In-A-Gadda_Da-Vida tease, with Jojo, Jimmy and Dave absolutely shredding. After an emotionally charged 'Aunt Avis', 'Fairies Wear Boots' follows... FUCK....YEAH.... Freewheeling, thunderous... Chainsaw City "detroit steel" line gets a nice reaction from the crowd before the encore break. Not a trainwreck but the band loses it a little in the closing moments of Her Dance. After 6 shows, the rollicking singalong Dead cover, 'New Speedway Boogie', is working itself into the rotation, and the crunchy groove of 'Makes Sense To Me' caps off . (Listen to 10/14)
(Akron, OH) With a nearly sold-out crowd filing into Civic Theatre from Main Street, Akron's all fired up for its first Panic show! The crowd is packed in and nearly sold out in a beautiful venue, and tonight will be a special one for John Bell, who was brought up just 30 minutes north, around Shaker Heights and Pepper Pike. The soundman rolls back 'Just Kissed My Baby' from the house music, JB wishes the mid-west following a good evenin', and an out-there version of the anthemic Saturday night special; 'Henry Parsons Died', followed by a cooking 'Rock' provides a high-octane opening. Schools starts dropping those dirty bombs on the back-end of All Time Low that really gets the crowd going, and the whole band drips slowly into a 'C. Brown'. A sonically adventurous version of Bob Dylan's 'Solid Rock' concludes the first set. The hometown hero introduces a song by their buddy Vic Chesnutt, and 'Let's Get Down To Business' gets the second start off to a nice start... A gut-wrenching 'Let's Get The Show On The Road' materialises... LDW get's the crowd howling... Ripping, absolutely menacing jam envelopes the room after Flicker. Fucking smoke. Star Treck theme tease by Jimmy during Driving Song? They stop and drop into a beautifully crafted jam out of LGTSOTR, leading back into Driving Song. Closing the show with Strange Times (LTP 31), When You Coming Home (LTP 25)
"Strange times are looming in Akron!" Home of the Black Keys? May as well be JBs homecoming for JB as well, growing up down the road in Shaker Hieghts and Pepper Pike... Possible Michael Stanley sit in never happens. Panic's first time in Akron? Akron, "Great Saturday night show in a beautiful mid-west theater. Star Treck theme tease by Jimmy during Driving Song? (10/15)
Sunday show tonight and the second show in a row for Ohio! The show is about half sold and intimate enough with room down front. With JB rockin’ the backwards hat and that cool grey cardigan, you can tell the boys are in a mood tonight and something special is coming! He greets the crowd with a “rock and roll”, before launching into North. An interesting version of ‘Sleepy Monkey’ favors jazz over reggae during the jams, will tonight be the sleeper show of the tour? The entrance between ‘L.a.’ and ‘Jack’ is sublime, and the jam during ‘You Should Be Glad’ is absolutely rambunctious. The rarities of the evening, Vampire Blues, None Of Us Are Free first of the tour, Then JKMB & 4 Cornered (Firsts on the year)… Another long show, clocking in at just under 3 hours.(10/16)
Check EC for the stretched out song selection. (Cincinatti show) 1200 people maybe. Awesome LA last night! Killer jam at the end...doing something fresh with a classic...me likey!! Soundchecked LA and made the 4th transition into Jack in a row, so that helped.. The whole show last night in Cincinnati was killer. Energized first set...Just Kissed My Baby and Four-Cornered Room, Vampire Blues, in the second...JB was animated! The "never miss a Sunday show" adage proved correct! (Listen to 10/16)
Tuesday night at downtown Omaha's beautiful Orpheum Theater. While 'Glory' has been tough to catch since 1998, it finds itself as the show opener for the third time in as many months. After a knee-slapping 'Ribs And Whiskey', 'Bear's Gone Fishin'' forms a jazzy, fleeting jam that slowly rolls into the psychedelic sound of a 'Proving Ground'. 'Casa Del Grillo' returns after 80 shows in the dark,. SAY MORE HERE! The peak of the set comes during the 'Holden Oversoul' backend jam, closing the set on a high note. The second set opens with a jam-free version of 'One Arm Steve', followed by 'Pleas', with 'Third Stone From the Sun' harmonies played by Dave and Jimmy. 'Christmas Katie' ends with a 'Little Kin' jam in double-time, that leads into the song. A slow jam materializes out of 'Little Kin', lead by Jojo on Hammond B-3 and Jimmy. One of the better sounding shows of the tour due to the soundsystem (Listen to 10/18)
There's no need for introductions as Panic descends on a thunderous Riverside Theatre crowd in Milwaukee, and the fall tour hot spot's setlist is stacked to rotate the goods in one last time before next week's tour closer in Chicago! JB's guitar does the talkin' with the opening notes of 'From The Cradle', which pauses before ripping into 'Bowlegged Woman'. 'Gradle' dials the mood back, but only for a moment, as Jimmy's guitar shines on the back half of an ascending solo. JB's really feelin' it during the back half of 'Little Lilly'. He screams to signal 'Tie Your Shoes', and 'I'm Not Alone', 'Up All Night', and 'Stop Go' with 'Three Little Birds' rap, and finally 'Knockin' 'Round The Zoo' to close out THE FIRST SET. What more could you possibly ask for?! How 'bout an adrenaline-laced 'Disco' to rip set 2 open... Extended Time Zones jam almost makes ya forget what they're playing!
Just a week out from the tour closer in Chicago, perhaps the boys decided to stack the setlist tonight to bring hits like '' back into rotation one more time! The Riverside Theatre crowd is nearly as thunderous as the six headed monster always is on the first of a three night stint in Milwaukee! Highlights of the first set include an early 'Bowlegged Woman', the perfect transition between this tour's third pairing of 'Happy > Jaded Tourist', a nasty tail end jam on Little Lilly with JB screaming before Schools ushers in the rollin' and roaring 'Tie Your Shoes' bass line, 'Stop Go' with a surprise 'Three Little Birds' rap, the ripping extended 'Up All Night' jam, and Thursday's favorite song closing the set; 'Knockin' 'Round The Zoo'. They played 'Gradle', too.. what a first set! $4 PBR Tall Boys in the brew city make Blackout Blues the most appropriate choice to end the longest show of the tour on a satisfying note... but they're staying on stage... for 'Dear Mr. Fantasy'! (Listen to 10/20)
Rebirtha concludes with a very developed stretch of improv.

They finally

$4 PBR Tall Boys in the brew city make Blackout Blues the most appropriate choice to end the longest show of the tour on a satisfying note... but they're staying on stage... for 'Dear Mr. Fantasy'!

Fans have come to expect a ton of jamming and long distance sets in MKE, so the marathon tonight!

5 Instrumentals. (4/10 original Instrumentals and Maggot Brain)

Review:

Damn glad I was in that building last night....what is it about Riverside and/or Milwaukee that leads this band to almost everytime out play stellar shows, lots of jamming, and extremely long sets??? This was another marathon like the Saturday '09 show.

From the Cradle always leads to good things, definitely glad when that started.

Holy shit the Happy > Jaded Tourist segue was perfect. Tourist has been one of my two favorite on DSD and this has to be its best version yet, hands down. Can't wait to relisten to that combo.

Always like a Little Lilly, and glad to hear TYS especially in first set since it's been 2nd set'd in 3 of my last 5 shows. Rest of the set stayed on fire, even Up All Night was ripping at the end. Stop Go > Knockin is always a good one, this was encore in Louisville earlier this year.

2nd set started hot, I thought it lost steam after Rebirtha for a bit and right before Chilly came out it was arleady like 50 minutes in, so was hoping for a long set and they delivered. Somehow that is my first chilly in awhile, (3 years maybe??) good shit. These guys were fucking jamming tonight.

Slipping is a great song. I like the lights they had going last night, not sure if different than what I saw at Wiltern in last show but they were solid. Solid though standard way to finish off 2nd set but place was rocking.

Encore speaks for itself. I was cruising back to Chicago right after and almost left half way through BB, thank GOD I didn't. Dear Mr Fantasy is a gem, and aside from being played this February its last time before was at Chicago Theater in '07, my lady's first show.

Great times in the Pit on Schools Side. Mike R, looked for you but no luck finding you??

Enjoy tonight y'all. Could only make last night and glad I did.
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Something Special:

Coming off their first two shows in Japan at the Fuji Rock Festival and a month-and-a-half break from the road, the phoenix rises, and Widespread returns to form for the final tour of their 25th Anniversary!
Paul Hoffman's dazzling light's are rearranged to hang over the band on a canopy of trusses shaped like a 3-bar wifi signal, or maybe a UFO, with that little alien noteeater swinging from ceilings and twirling behind the band..
The boys of Vic Firth are given priority access to the Panic show in Boston (Video | 09/15)
Jimmy Herring busts his Black Warmoth with a goncalo neck back out on the first night of the tour. (09/15)
Preshow, setbreak, and lights-up house music falls in line with your crew's typical late night iPod party: 'Mama Said Knock You Out', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Walk This Way', 'Burning Down The House', 'Electric Funeral', 'Rock Of Ages', 'I'm Alright', 'Superstition', 'I Can't Drive 55', 'Eminence Front', 'Express Yourself', 'Tennessee', 'China Doll', 'Tennessee Jed', 'Rocky Top', 'Freaks Come Out', 'Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")', 'Body Movin', 'Roses', 'Tequila', 'MistaDobalina', 'Eye of the Tiger', 'Just Kissed My Baby', 'Sanford And Son Intro', 'Detroit Rock City', 'Highway To Hell'
John 'Jojo' Hermann sits in with Hobex and DJ Logic at the Lincoln Theater aftershow (Video | 09/23)
JB snaps some shots of 'Yonder Mountain String Band' from behind the Soundboard in Memphis (10/01)
Sunny and Todd stop in the low country to host an in-store meet and greet, drum demo, and food drive supporting America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. (Announcement | Interview | Drum Demo | 10/03)
Savannah Streamed on JamOn (10/05)
Dave Schools invades the Nashville Lightning 100 air-waves at lunch, fielding questions and spinning some music picks from REM, Eric McFadden, Stockholm Syndrome, Los Lobos, Gary Clark Jr., Tedeschi Trucks Band, Marty Stuart, Stockholm Syndrome and a little Widespread Panic to hype the show tonight! (Stream | 10/07)
2 passing lights wash over the stage during Driving Song in Alpharetta (Starts @1:55 minute mark | 10/08)
Tunes for Tots at the GA Theatre (Streamed live on HDNet)
JB rocks a backwards hat (Cincinatti | 10/16)
A live Soundcheck of Knockin' 'Round The Zoo, Pilgrims, and Weight Of The World is streams from Riverside Theater (Announcement | 10/20)
JB Sings the National Anthem at the Vikings vs. Green Bay Game (Announcement | Video | 10/23)
After much speculation, The Wood Tour Announcement drops! (Announcement | 10/24)
Dave Schools' hat is backwards (Picture | 10/31)
Please welcome to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Halloween stage; John 'Geoff Peterson From The Late Late Show' Bell; Dave 'Blackhawk' Schools; Todd 'Zoltar' Nance; Jojo 'Steve Bartman' Hermann; Jimmy 'Moises Alou' Herring; Sunny 'Shrek' Ortiz (10/31)
Panic Fans For Food raise $13,000 and 2,200 pounds of food for the local communities

Burnthday's Picks:

Opener: 'Goin' Out West' (10/29/11 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Encore: 'Genesis, Postcard, Lawyers, Guns, And Money' (10/22/11 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI) Or maybe Chicago with Peace Frog?
Original:
Cover:
Instrumental:
First Set:
Second Set: 10/28/2011 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
Show:
Sleeper Show:
Bustout:
Trainwreck: 'Blackout Blues' (09/28 Knoxville, TN) / 'Travelin' Light' (10/22 Milwaukee)
Surprise:
Guest: John Keane on 'This Part Of Town' (10/08/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA)
Transition: 'Maggot Brain > Chilly Water' (10/20/11 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI) vs. 'Greta > Fishwater' (10/29/2011 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)
JBism:
Rap: Pigpen 'Lovelight' rap during 'Flat Foot Flewzy' (10/08/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA)
Jam: 'Up All Night' (10/28/2011 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Saying: "Blood Blood Blood and Fire"
Crowd Reaction: Greta (10/29/2011 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)

JBisms:

'A big ole thank you to our friends, Trombone Shorty and his band' before-Holden Oversoul (09/15)
‘We were workin’, soaking the heat’ during-Holden Oversoul (09/15)
'I hear him praise his angels, lawd, every time I leave the room' during-Knockin' 'Round The Zoo (09/15)
'Hangin' in the Diner, sitting in the light of Miss Lee. She opened up early, still helpin' a poor boy out. I said thank you, it's a little cold out there. Oh, when the sun comes up they gonna kick me off my bench. Come on, come on in. I had a little trouble sleepin myself. I said yeah, you still goin' out with that cop boyfriend of yours? It's funny, funny, funny Miss Lee. Every time you kick him outa bed he kicks me outa mine. But I'm grateful! Oh, a little sunshine peakin' through the trees, sliding two weeks before Christmas snow on that window next door, rollin' through the window. Restin' up against my coffee cup. Oh, keep it warm a little longer. Oh, I know the rules, I'll be gone in a minute. Oh, just one last bite. Maybe a couple sugar packets in my pocket. Hangin' in the light. Your smile. Oh, one more smile, Miss Lee' during-Diner (09/15)
'Baby still working on the last chapter. That last page. That black page in the front of the book. Still all that time they look over their walls. That little prophecy. Little critter there. Oh crap, here comes another face tellin' me what to do. I said that's my brother, but I'm gonna be suspicious for probably half the rest of my life. Oh, how did I get here? Aw, people only talk. Lord they talk in words, the same words they talk with themselves in their little head. Look where that got them. Yeah, still that little thing? Gonna teach that baby the same shit!' during-Barstools and Dreamers (09/15)
'Aww, little girl. Did you dream that new song on the radio?' during-Shut Up And Drive (09/15)
'Thanks for helpin' us get all loosey juicy' before-From The Cradle (09/15)
'Find out just how long I am by diving in the middle of the river' during-Proving Ground (09/16)
'A big ole thank you to Mr. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue' before-Cotton Was King (09/16)
'Round, around the world she goes, the villian's mustache in a movie show' during-Little Lilly (09/16)
'I'm only goin' where this road gonna go. I'm only goin' where my head is pointing, Oh, I got me these pointy little hips. I'm only goin' if I can boogie with you' during-Walkin' (For Your Love) (09/16)
'Lawd, I'm afraid to open my eyes. I'm afraid you might look deep inside. All I wanna do is move child... All I wanna do is move with you' during-Walkin' (For Your Love) (09/16)
'Maybe last night, aw... I need some pictures to remember' during-Rebirtha (09/16)
'Thank you once again for having us, Boston. Makin' us feel all warm and fuzzy. Well, we were already fuzzy' before-Ain't Life Grand (09/16)
'Four bags please' during-Pusherman (09/16)
'Good morning little school girl, wait around the corner for you. Bring your sharpened pencil, I'll bring my tool. Come on pretty baby, I'll never do you no harm. Lawd, let your big dog roll out to the yard' during-Good Morning Little School Girl (09/16)
'Good afternoon-evening, everybody' before-Chainsaw City (09/17)
'All the grass around us is growing green and fine in the cracks' during-Pigeons (09/17)
'Wake up child. Leave your worried bodies lying there. Just like another, oh another car just abandoned out in the street. Oh, wake up. Just leave your body lyin' there tonight. Oh, remember how to fly. Tonight in your dreams, remember how to fly. Just me up there! Remember, remember, remember. Oh, something going to move you one day anyway. Might as well have a little fun in your sleep' during-Pigeons (09/17)
'He was called up to pitch for the winningest team' during-Jack (09/17)
'He's been driving for days. Burn out on the road, the other clothes sleep dreamin', mama mama' during-Papa's Home (09/17)
'Thank you, we'll be back in 2 seconds' after-Papa's Home (09/17)
'Aww baby. It's just how my head was makin' what my soul thought impossible. Look at you lookin' at me and smilin'. You wanna go somewhere where we can talk? Aw, we ain't gotta talk I just gotta see you. Got a little somethin' somethin' in my pocket. Ew, bust your brain out baby, bust your brain out. I can tell, let's go upstairs... I know. We can listen to some records, be alone, get to know one another. Leave the door open or leave the window.... aww, let the wind and the spirits fly up into it. Aw, I got some music here. We could listen to a little Barry White. We could listen to that White guy. We got a little cold beer. Or if you're the sensitive poetic type... A little Bill Withers. Oh! Lawd my brother, you know he sat me right down and he talked to me. Aw, he said I shouldn't let you, oh... the beautiful girls like you walk all over me. And I'm sure he meant well. Oh baby, but when our little talk was through. Said I seen you, I seen you before. I said, brother if you only new, you'd wanna be in my shoes... Baby come 'round here child - and use me up. Use me up! Aw, use me...' during-Bowelegged Woman (09/17)
'Thank you for having us, New York' after-Surprise Valley (09/17)
'Goodnight ladies and gentlemen, thank you very very much' after-Mr. Soul (09/17)
'Ooooh. [misses first verse] Oh he's such a forgettable form in his very first years' during-Space Wrangler (09/19)
'Let's do something purple this time' before-Crazy (09/19)
'Right back' after-Goin' Out West (09/19)
'Monday Monday Monday Monday. Morning. Morning. Morning glory. Monday morning wake up wake up. Monday morning. No no no no no no don't make me go. Wake up wake up. It's time to go. It's time to go. Whip your hair back and forth. No no. No no no. No no no. No no no' during-Last Dance (09/19)
'Used to like to get to where we goin' in a daze, in a day' during-Stop Go (09/19)
'Woah, she crazy long, lord oh mighty she big boned' during-She Caught The Katy (09/19)
'Thank you ladies and gents we will see you tomorrow night [blows kisses]' after-She Caught The Katy (09/19)
'I know he ain't at his lowest point yet. Awwwwww-aw-aw-aw-aw' during-All Time Low (09/19)
'I remember lookin' at clouds with Charlie. It was the last day of summer, still a little hot hot hot hot. A little tired of playin' games. Playin' the old summer game. Next year we'd be 16 or 17, wouldn't even remember these days. Oh, Charlie he had this ole science fair kit here and said one day, it was rainin' outside, so I was inside playin' with this shit. I didn't know what I was doin' I was just pouring a bunch of this stuff in one pot, mama had a teapot on the other. There's a little steam risin' from the tea. Neighbor came by so she couldn't, she didn't have time to go check on the tea, steam just rising up in the kitchen. Started formin' a bond, just gettin' all close together with my little concoction. Hatfield, he learned to make rain. Hatfield, oh it's the day of learnin'... It's 20 years later. Perfected it, his little skill. Ew, he made rain for whole cities, whole towns, whole counties... Made rain for L.A...' during-Hatfield (09/20)
'I got somethin' in my pocket, darlin', that your sister know about' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (09/20)
'I got something I'll keep to myself. Have a party with just me, and maybe your sister too' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (09/20)
'Oh and come back gimme my wig. I don't want you walkin' the dog out in the street lookin' all bald again. Aww baby, aww child you ain't none of that. Stuff here'll rectify your brain, make you lose your mind' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (09/20)
'And now another number!' before-Tall Boy (09/20)
'We're drowning here. Oh, son this ain't Texas!' during-North (09/20)
'Goin' down the street again. Follow that cat, he ain't just got your life he's got your heart and soul. In this town every cat's a black cat. Don't let him look you in the eyes. Lord there's a kitty curse. Oh kitty come come. Oh you step on across the street so you don't gotta step over that there. Everybody walk on guilded splinters some day, some day gonna mess your shoes up' during-I Walk On Guilded Splinters' (09/20)
'One-two-onetwothreefour' before-Trouble (09/20)
'Howdy everybody' before-Diner (09/21)
'She opened the door early, said come on in. Aw, I said thanks, it was gettin' a little cold out child. A nor'easter just pouring through. Cracked through the trees and cracks through the bench and cracks through my clothes, and my skin. Said here here, look, a little leftover coffee from yesterday. It was a new pot right at the end of the night. Aw, there's a little sunshine. Eyes just peakin' through the morning, into the trees. Grazing through two leaves just left there hangin', let em' go for winter time. Sunshine rollin' down the roof, through the glass, keepin' my coffee... my coffee cup warm a little longer' during-Diner (09/21)
'Racing with the devil. Devil's got a gun. Bullets get a bit, I began to run. Bullets gettin' closer. I began to stop. We began to wrestle. I was on the top. Oh I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin' during-Barstools And Dreamers (09/21)
'Right back' after-Barstools And Dreamers (09/21)
'Pornography of the heart' during-Saint Ex (09/21)
'Woah, bit your baby sister. Lawd, b'fore I go walk-in-this-light' during-Smokestack Lightning (09/21)
'Stop your train. Lawd, might be the dog runnin' by, lord, lippy-legged tryin' to put on a fire. He don't wanna go in the yard but he cries, oooooowoooooh!' during-Smokestack Lightning (09/21)
'Thank you, we had a lovely time' after-Love Tractor (09/21)
'Well how's every little thing?' before-Pigeons (09/23)
'Oh, wake up. Some gonna come up and move you even though you're hiding in a dream inside a dream child. One of these days somethin' gonna come and move you anyway. Maybe your mama, an angel. Oh, it's time to go, it's time to go...' during-Pigeons (09/23)
'There goes my arms., goes my legs, there goes my building back baby. Oh my sugar lip too. Oh I just a smile in the minute left in the bottom of a pool' during-Rock (09/23)
'Aw look out the window, what do I see. I ain't got no tv. Aw the window is... it look like channel 13. Look out the window what do I see, neighbor girl, barely 16. Good morning little school girl, can I peak in on you? Good morning little school girl, just my left eye on you' during-Arleen (09/23)
'I wasn't lookin' at nothin' that I hadn't dreamed before' during-Arleen (09/23)
'Just like a dog scratchin' in the morning, old man's coming home' during-Fishwater (09/23)
'Now I'm feeling you inside, baby, shut up and drive' during-Genesis (09/23)
'How did we find ourselves dressed this way, bodies keep on moving but the style gets in our way' during-Proving Ground (09/23)
'She caries both darkness and light, like the edge of a shadow on the wall' during-Her Dance Needs No Body (09/23)
'Hello everybody!' before-From The Cradle (09/24)
'Turn it up. Radio radio radio. The caravan is on its way' during-Radio Child (09/24)
'Been out all night. A few road blocks last night' during-Up All Night (09/24)
'Black cat crossed our path with little fog feet, I seen some drifters tappin' on my window' during-Pilgrims (09/24)
'Awww, memories of the old neighborhood. Oh, baby. I remember on that Halloween. Pushin' doorbells and runnin'. Black fraidy cat, I ain't afraid of that. That's a fact, child' during-Old Neighborhood (09/24)
'Papa's coming home. Lawd, he been draggin' his ass for a week. Papa make me come to life' during-Papa's Home (09/24)
'Thank you Raleigh for making this a very great, fun time for us' before-Space Wrangler (09/24)
'Express yourself!' before-It Ain't No Use (09/26)
'Me and the devil walkin', lips right to his ear' during-Me And The Devil Blues (09/26)
'Gonna save some, we gonna be here a while!' before-Tall Boy (09/26)
'Awwww, take along ALL your favorite things. Come down down down down down' during-Down (09/26)
'Hear the sound, it's your mama in the corner crying' during-Chainsaw City (09/26)
'Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, we will see you tomorrow night' after-Chainsaw City (09/26)
'Evenin', everybody. We will be your band for this evening.' before-Holden Oversoul (09/27)
'Blues stop formin' between the cloud. Feelin' of wonder. Water's dryin' up. Sundrops spreadin' out and sinkin' in. Charlie always had the touch. Always a little sparkle there, swears his mother. Ew, and I remember Hatfield's mama. She was a big beautiful lady. Aw, even if she wasn't, dig that body standin' there, she was big in heart, and had a glow around her. Always like, you walk in the room and she'd be huggin' you already, she'd just be sittin' there in a comfy chair. Dog at her feet. Cat be playin' with her hair. She said hello boys, you dun' tired of playin' outside already? Oh, me there was a smell comin' from the kitchen. Maybe it was those beers we'd been sneakin' out back for a little couple hours there. Oh, I said. Hatfield said, mama please. Mama please play your banjo. Mama please! Aw, play that three string banjo. Aw, and the songs that you've learned, too, for sleep. He said, watch what Mama does. And it's meltin too, meltin' to the smell from the kitchen. Aw, and the dogs breathin', the cats playin', it's all just the same thing here. Aw, your eyes and blood rolled back on the side of the earth. Made rain for L.A...' during-Hatfield (09/27)
'I'm gonna disappear. Aww, illusions of light. I'm gonna disappear, lord into the light' during-North (09/27)
'Sea is clear, we're just sittin' here with ships passin' at night. Old enough to be ready for... sea is ready for...'' during-Goin' Out West (09/27)
'Blue suede shoes. Hey kids, rock and roll... yeah yeah. Hey hot summer time blues... James Dean. James Dean. Essex, Essex, Essex, Essex. Rock on' before-You Got Yours (09/27)
'Aw, she did a little of that. I think it was with her tongue. Feedin' in her hands, nothing but tongues. I swear... touchin' the ground. She do tongue-ups. Then she did a little sandwich, naw naw naw naw naw - it was fire. Finally feel a little light headed. Everything is almost floating in order. Sometimes, I was like, way close to the top of that big tent. Oh, and she smiled a smile for the whole world to see. I swear, she looked right at me. Aw, baby, I was so far in the air, and when I came down that girl wasn't there, Oh Sharon...' during-Sharon (09/27)
'Drive your car. Wake up now, someone else gonna jump in and drive your car' during-Tie Your Shoes (09/27)
'The wizard's in the corner, sharpening pencils between his teeth' during-Jack (09/27)
'Alright, one more time Knoxville' before-Glory (09/28)
'Hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light of Miss Lee. She opened up her heart, eww, the day she was born. And opened up the back door a little early this morning. I know I pass this way, on my way down south. Oh, and Chicago gettin' colder. Lord, yesterday's donuts, some coffee warmed up before the day even starts and the church people come 'round. Me and Miss Lee we just sittin' there in the dark. With her eyes closed, she can tell the difference between a Canadian Penny and Abraham Lincoln and that wee penny, too. So we sittin' there, our eyes closed the sun ain't even up, the steel all around. Hangin' in the line light. Baskin' in it. Hangin' in the light, aww, colors, colors, colors. Awwwww, she's all rainbow' during-Diner (09/28)
'Baby, let me wear your wig' during-Help Me Somebody (09/28)
'Rattled up in, and the horse just get drowned' during-Wondering (09/28)
'Alright, here's a little bit of Bob Dylan' before-Solid Rock (09/28)
'[Jojo misses second verse] Like the dark horse down the stretch. Like a dark horse down the stretch. Fallin' in, fallin' down' during-Blackout Blues (09/28)
'Took a trip over there to see how I'd fair. I jumped in my little white boat, you know... didn't have a care. Third day at sea, me and my Ding-a-Ling began to sink. Captain said women and children first, I said, I guess that's not me' during-Vacation (09/28)
'Leave your body lyin' there. Oh, leave all your thoughts just bubbling away. Let your body take its rest. Oh a little walk, walk about. Oh, Wake up. What do you remember? When you think you're awake just ask yourself, am I dreaming? Am I dreaming? You do that enough you might even remember to do it in your dream. No, no we tryin', tryin' to know the truth' during-Pigeons (09/28)
'Thank you very much, you've been very spunky these last three days there, Knoxville. It rubs off - in a non-messy way' before-Dirty Side Down (09/28)
'Let's get the show on the road, babe. Won't you take a little bow' during-Let's Get The Show On The Road (09/28)
'Travelin' light, you gonna catch the wind. Travelin' light, let the music bend' during-Travelin' Light (09/28)
'I know, let's play another song!' before-Clinic Cynic (09/30)
'Alright, thank you very much Tuscaloosa. We will join you shortly' after-Climb To Safety (09/30)
'Ain't nothin I tryin' to see. Lawd, I was out all night, baby. I hope it's not huntin' day, just like... not your daddy's gun shootin' day' during-Ribs And Whiskey (09/30)
'I'm gonna find a way and space to spend my night. You won't believe my love, Oh... I might have to find your sister bed' during-Ribs And Whiskey (09/30)
'Baby, before I ride on better stop at your house for a bite' during-Chilly Water (09/30)
'Eww if it feels good - good enough, child' during-Pilgrims (09/30)
'Thank you very much' after-Pilgrims (09/30)
'Thank you! And for our next selection, a love song. It's all about love' before-Baby Let Me Follow You Down (09/30)
'Evenin' ladies and gents. A big ole thank you to Yonder Mountain String Band. It was a blast!' before-Saint Ex (10/01)
'There goes my arms. Lawd, there goes my belly. I never really had no arms. I'm gonna make it home, as sure as the wind blows. As sure as the water flows' during-Rock (10/01)
'Oh child, just gimme one night. I might dream my own way on back there, back there. Find myself down a street, down another street, down another little alley way for one night. Oh mind your monies. Oh, look at the legs down in New Orleans' during-Fishwater (10/01)
'I just need a little bit of something you got that I ain't got anymore. Let's preach!' during-Fishwater (10/01)
'Ladies and gentlemen, one of the Yonder Mountain boys, Mr. Jeff Austin' before-Fixin' To Die (10/01)
'Alright. I believe my blood has lost its curdle' after-Fixin' To Die (10/01)
'Alright, thank you very much to the Yonder Mountain String boys. We'll see you in a moment' after-The Shape I'm In (10/01)
'Baby doesn't know what I just said. Oh, babies right there at the starting gate haven't learned any words yet. Oh, maybe they have or maybe they just haven't learned to make the sounds to go with those words yet. Oh, the people only talk. They keep talkin' and people just, oh as soon as they learn they just can't shut up. They learn to meet the baby, say you gotta meet the baby. Lawd, and they just talk and talk in words they already think they know, and they assign meanings and colors and all kinds a shit. Lawd, and baby says - WHAT?! You don't know nothing! Aw, take the phone right here and this man to forget... and that baby said, oh no that is not for me!' during-Barstools And Dreamers (10/01)
'I'm gonna sit next to this tree and rest my bones, and sink slowly to mother earth like a fresh skipped stone' during-Blue Indian (10/01)
'No time for dancin', no lovey scrubby dubby' during-Life During Wartime (10/01)
'Goodnight Memphis, always a pleasure! Goodnight' after-Life During Wartime (10/01)
'Thank you Yonder Mountain String Band!' before-Chainsaw City (10/02)
'Hear that sound, it's mother earth crying. Hear the sound, sounds are there' during-Chainsaw City (10/02)
'Come on in the kitchin, lawd, get some teddy. Go on suck it' during-Thought Sausage (10/02)
'Better let your... aw, let your spirit bend' during-Travelin' Light (10/02)
'Very humbly, he arrives. Mr. David Johnston from the Yonder Mountain boys' before-C. Brown (10/02)
'We're all pullin' down the golden rule' during-C. Brown (10/02)
'Ah, we're splittin' the litter up. Mr. Jeff Austin, ladies and gentlemen' during-Who Do You Belong To? (10/02)
'Hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light of Miss Lee. Opened up early to help a poor soul out. Said, come on in I couldn't sleep either, baby. Oh, dry your shoes off on the heat over there. Smells better than this food in here anyway. Miss Lee, where are we again? No place but here. Sometimes, sometimes there, too. All mixed up. I know none of this is real but right here we are. Anyway, the coffee still tastes nice. Hangin' in the light. Illusions of light. Aw, is there anybody, anybody, anybody I gotta be with at this... for-reality. How the hell are you Miss Lee? I never would want it any other way. Hangin' in your light. Aw, I believe you just a little bit more real than the rest of us. Baskin'' during-Diner (10/02)
'Just like another wrinkle in your foot. Eww, something come and move you anyway. Aww, maybe. Maybe the poetry by your bed. Maybe kitty-kat, one legged stand right on your heart. Aww, that's funny... still funny. Thinkin', laughin anyway. Aw, haw, haw, just remember how to fly child' during-Pigeons (10/02)
'Thank you very much, Biloxi, Mississippi' before-Papa's Home (10/02)
'I can't find. Oh, it was right here, right here oh little boy' during-Can't Find My Way Home (10/02)
'Goodnight, ladies and gentlemen' after-Can't Find My Way Home (10/02)
'Hello, people' before-B of D (10/04)
'You and me... sometimes just me. Sometimes it's just me... let's make it all about you. That's nice, I don't care where you learned that from... that's nice' during-Bowlegged Woman (10/04)
'Gonna learn me how. Aw, gonna learn a little boy how to feel just right' during-Love Tractor (10/04)
'Yup, we're still workin' on that one!' after-Chilly Water (10/04)
'Charlie's always had the touch. You could see it the day he was born. He came out, tried to figure everything out, swears his mother. Hatfield's mama was beautiful, big ole German lady. Used to make her own beer. Aw, she'd let us have a sip when we were baby boys, and a little bigger sip when we got older, too. Aw, like when we were playin', hot hot hot hot. And it was so hot hot hot, oh in the summertime. All I remember, we were done playin, we were just sittin' there dryin'. Eww, indian summer. Smells comin' from the inside. It's like the sounds were riding the smells, just coverin' the scent. Saying, come here boys, come here. We were all inside, Hatfield's mama just sittin' back. Eyes rolled back in her head she, aww strummin' on whatever strings were left on that banjo. Awww, it's the music of the spheres comin' out of that old lady. Aw, knee deep in rock. Moves you in a spiritual way. And some things you just don't learn, you just got 'em. Aw, and Hatfield got it from his mama too. He learned how to talk to angels. Lawd, and bad men too... Get away, get on into all kinds of trouble. One day when it was so dry, it had been hot... so, so hot. Aww, he made rain! Lawd, Hatfield. Make rain. Oh, please - aw make it rain!' during-Hatfield (10/04)
'Drive your car. Drive your car, wake up now someone else might just steal your car' during-Tie Your Shoes (10/04)
'Naw, I can't watch no TV. Can't watch the Andy or Barney. That new, new one on [the weather channel?] Aww, git git git git git - boy. [just watchin' who's pregnant?]. Walkin' out my window, what do I see? It's Monday, first day, first day, first day of school. Aw, look what some of them did. Look at what the summer done did! Woah, face look good, but the body not ready. Face look good, but the body not ready. Aww, face look good, but the body not ready... after that summer' during-Arleen (10/04)
'Why does a rich man drink champagne, drink half a beer and he feel all the same. Awww, the question is why, just like all the Whiskey, anyway. Ohhhhhhhh, no... get it, get it!' during-Arleen (10/04)
‎'Aww, whatchu lookin' at? Aww, whatchu see through your eyes, through your mind, through that window there? Oh, you better get low cause daddy got a gun. Oh, he might be dancin' with a broom. But I think it's... I think his broom is loaded. I usually don't dance till later at night anyway. No, you better get flat. Lick shot... better get flat. Boom, ya better get flat [bitty-bomb-bomb]. Aww, she lookin' right at me. Aww, dad said bullets are cheaper to get than curtains. It's gonna be a long school year. Aw, can't stand it' during-Arleen (10/04)
'Big fraidy cat, oh not afraid of that. Oh, I remember halloween night. Ringin' doorbells and runnin' past' during-Old Neighborhood (10/04)
'90 miles and 100 degrees. Aw, them pencil-neckers stop breakin' down on me' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (10/04)
'Aw you ain't gimme back my wig, baby you need to get out the car. Everybody in town gonna see 'bout who you are' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (10/04)
'Baby, please please. Got stuff in my pocket bust your brain out. Make you do the shimmy-she-bop. I got stuff bust your brain out babe, make you lose your bendin' mind' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues
'Say goodnight, everybody' after-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (10/04)
'Love your squirrel. Better love your squirrel. Wake up now some big ole dog gonna get that squirrel' during-Tie Your Shoes (10/04)
'Good evenin', Savannah. Go! ' before-Wondering (10/05)
'Whiskey, makin' my engine tight!' during-Ribs And Whiskey (10/05)
'How is everybody fairing tonight [cheers]? Sounds good!' before-Up All Night (10/05)
'Alright tonight. Yeah I been eating my dreams, oh feedin' my greens and bean' during-Fishwater (10/05)
'Thank you very kindly' after-North (10/05)
'[Girl screams] Hehehe. It's usually a sound that comes through the hotel wall' before-And It Stoned Me (10/05)
'Oh baby the air is salty nice just like you. Oh, we cooked us up a time time time time. Oh, you're so nuts. Your my kinda band, I don't wanna leave. Lawd, no I never wanna leave' during-Postcard (10/05)
'Goodnight ladies and gentlemen and their little children' after-Makes Sense To Me (10/05)
'Alright! Hello everybody. How 'bout a good ole sized hand for the future birds' before-Ain't Life Grand (10/07)
'You can hear, hear it coming. Like a train, 'neath your head' during-Climb To Safety (10/07)
'Alright, we'll be back in two shakes' after-Blackout Blues (10/07)
'You and me start a company, call us "Stop Runnin' The World." Aww, but then we'd be back in business all over again' during-Better Off (10/07)
'Feel good lookin' at you. Cause when you dance I can really love. Really love. Aww, dancin' to Neil Young baby' during-Better off (10/07)
'Wake up. All you do is just bob your... just lob your brain over there. It's over there dreamin' anyway. Just like you're fallin'. Your little imagination been fallin' back and forth, and back and forth and back and forth - and you just watched. Oh, you wake up in your dreams. Oh, child, just look around. It feels one hundred times a hundred times of feelin'. Remember all you can do, imagine it there. Oh, remember... oh, how to fly!' during-Pigeons (10/07)
'A great pleasure. Colonel Bruce's older brother, Mr. Johnny Neel, ladies and gentlemen!' before-Sharon (10/07)
'She did a little there. Oh, oh Johnny... how did she do that dance again? [keyboard solo] A-liddle-bit. She dida-little-shiddy-dap, shibby-doopop. And she laid on the floor. Oh and that girl, she danced real fly. oh, liddle-bit-almost make me lose my mind' during-Sharon (10/07)
'There goes my arms. There goes my belly babe. Aw, I almost got nothin' left. Still got my eye, one eye lookin' at you. Aww, floatin' right there on the top of the water there, said ain't that right. That belly child. I don't know when I'll pass by, maybe a couple million years again. Rock on the belly just, ohh... spreadin' away. Shadows on the bottom of this pool' during-Rock (10/08)
'Play somethin' sappy' during-Christmas Katie (10/08)
'Alright, thank you to our brothers Bloodkin for that song, we will be right back!' after-Henry Parsons Died (10/08)
'Baby doesn't know what I just said. Baby doesn't know the words that people use. Oh, they love babies that don't know any words yet. They just, they just worried about...oh, when the next showing of the Colbert show comin' on. Aww, they say all the people, people don't laugh in and around the bend, no matter way they said, oh it's a softer world. Oh, it's another world. Oh, God damn babies love them funny worlds, too. Aww, people only talk. Talk, talk, talk and think in the same words. So babies really don't care what the people say. Oh, even more what the people think. Feel. Only care what the people feel. Don't really care what the people think. Only care what the people feel. Really looooooove. Only care what the people feel. Aww, really loooooove. Really care what the people feel. Child, feel!' during-Barstools And Dreamers (10/08)
'Flewzy won't you tell us why you walk like a freak, cause what I already seen, I see it all in a week. Come alone, it'll be alright, singin' flewzy flewzy flewzy on a Saturday night' during-Flat Foot Flewzy (10/08)
'Ladies and gentlemen, settling in with us right here, Mr. John Keane' before-Don't Be Denied (10/08)
'I went home to see my girl, tell her 'bout my day. Oh, just touched my neck... said, baby-baby life can just be that way. Aww, but don't give up. No, no no-no-no don't give up. Cause where there is love, there's hope' during-This Part Of Town (10/08)
'Eww, that little kitty there lumped under the covers, the dogs out on the porch... papa's coming home' during-Papa's Home (10/08)
'The angelic sounds of Mr. John Keane' after-City Of Dreams (10/08)
'Alright, welcome! Thank you very much for your support and participation in this fine event. Let's throw down for the childrens' before-Pigeons (10/09)
'Wake up. Move your body there. Aww, leave it lyin' child. Just like another empty car parked out in the street. Oh, wake up, wake up, wake up in your dream. The same rules of old do not apply. Sun gonna move you anyway. Maybe your momma callin' you for school many years, memories ago. Maybe a little kitty cat, aww-lickin' that paw. Sun gonna warm your soul and move you anyway' during-Pigeons (10/09)
'I seen your sister naked, ain't nothin' I tried to see. Caught your sister with a hurt head, aww... drunk as I could be' during-Ribs And Whiskey (10/09)
'I seen saw your sister in the poolside, ain't nothin' I tried to see' during-Ribs and Whiskey (10/09)
'Aww, I'm so nervous!' before-Little Kin (10/09)
'Sleepy monkey. Sleepy monkey. Shut up and drive, little monkey. Shut up and drive' during-Sleepy Monkey (10/09)
'Blues start forming between the clouds, feeling of wonder. Tomorrow dryin' up, sun sprinkles are soaking in. Charlie always had the touch. Charlie always had the touch. He always had the touch, swears his mother. Oh, and Charlie... I remember your mama. Everybody in the neighborhood loved your mama. That's where we go to play. Oh, that's where we go when we were in trouble, too. I remember your mama. I was fifteen, sixteen years old. The games we used to play aren't meanin' much no more. Smells comin' from the kitchen, little homemade brew, too. Your mama played on a nine string banjo, the three-and-a-half bar blues. We'd take a sip, lean back back back way back. Learn. Your mama had a way of makin' the whole room turn warm, and big, without a question. To the heart there, of everything with one thought. Then that thought would disappear. Oh, and Charlie had the touch, too. Aww, he became a rain maker. Went from trouble maker to bein' a rain maker. Oh, and he learned to make rain... He made rain for L.A...' during-Hatfield (10/09)
'Ladies and gentlemen, a very good friend of ours, Mr. John Keane... eith a song, by another very good friend of ours, Mr. Vick Chesnutt' before-This Cruel Thing (10/09)
'Hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light of Miss Lee. Open up early to help a poor soul out. You know I - I just couldn't sleep. She said, I know, I know, I know. I like to get hear early some mornings, too. And do my business my own way. Sit right there... It ain't perfect, it's a little crunchy but yesterdays coffee'll still warm you, warm you, warm you, warm you. Ahh, tell her 'bout my day. No, no, no right here we just won't pretend, we just... maybe just two specks on the bird on the tree. Tree's almost got no roots at all. Watchin' almost everything. Turn to the light, touching the light. Oh, honey I'm just hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light around Miss Lee. Hangin' in her light, aww some people just that way. Aww, the sunlight hit my coffee cup keepin' all them crunchies warm a little longer. Eww, and I'm gonna go, I gotta go, I gotta go. All the respectable people come here from church. Just one more little, one more Miss Lee. Just one of your smiles... baskin' in her light' during-Diner (10/09)
'Thank you ladies and gents. Thank you gents' after-Goin' Out West (10/09)
'[We're going to do a little Brute set for ya]. It smells so nice. [Sorry, we gotta wait for a commercial to end]. Again, it's about that sweet smellin' something. [Music playing]. Woah, woah, woah, let's wait till... [laughter] Usually we're the ones watching TV. How is everybody doin'? Your burger is almost ready! Come on! [Anybody know any good jokes]? Ladies and gentelmen, we are changing the name of the band to The Professionals' before-Expiration Day (10/09)
'Brute! Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Goodnight' after-Sewing Machine (10/09)
'Good evening. Uncle Herman!' before-From The Cradle (10/11)
'Big-cat keeps the copulation down [laughter]' during-From The Cradle (10/11)
'Someday, there'll be nothing more left to say. When life is seen as the dance of the seven veils. Each tease reveals, beauty is already there. Body and soul and our car is not for sale. The Jukebox man never hits us with the latest. Just brushes the dust of all the songs we love. Drunky couples sayin' baby, you are, no it's you, no you are the greatest. Halos and horns square off, toe to toe. Was a fool, wastin' time just searchin'. Ah, it's all right here, it's all right here' during-Stop Go (10/11)
'Come down, this is your second skin. Surround, all your skin's peeling' during-Second Skin (10/11)
'Sittin' on a park bench, eying them girls with their blackened tans' during-Coconut (10/11)
'I like coconuts, you can break them open then you fill in the line your own self' during-Coconut (10/11)
'Hold on. Hold on! Hold on Jojo!' before-St. Louis (10/11)
'The crows are just shadows against my window' during-Pilgrims (10/11)
'That was fun, thank you very much, ladies and gents!' after-Sometimes (10/11)
'Good evenin', people' before-Space Wrangler (10/12)
'I'm only goin' where the world is pointed, baby. Only goin' if my heart goes there, too. You bought me this old pair of boots, yeah. What I'm gonna do is shine 'em up nice, now' during-Walkin' (For Your Love) (10/12)
'Hold on a second' before-Dirty Side Down (10/12)
'There's a paradise found. Keep your shining side up and the dirty parts down' during-Dirty Side Down (10/12)
'Every time I'm walkin' down the street I kick a dog or two. All them pretty women they start reminded me you can't do that ya do, stop breakin' down. Aww baby I gotta stay strong. That stuff bust my brain out baby, make me lose my mind, too. Aw you said, lotta women learn too take things down. You don't care, you tear the man reputation down, stop breakin' down. Aww, you gonna go insane. Aw, babe break your brain out, little weasel baby stuff' during-Stop Breakin' Down Blues (10/12)
'Aww baby gimme back my wig. Aww, and you get a hormone ball.I don't care if you never call me back and all, been breakin' down. Baby please stop breakin' down. Your sister look better no matter which ends you put it on. Oh, and granny said I know you been playin' Alabamy Bound. I said, no, no grandma I been playin' Heaven Bound... aw that's what I been talkin' 'bout. I was in love with that God damn shit but she put on this mama dis, mama dat. Stuff gonna bust your brain out heavy, make you blow your mind' during-Stop Breakin' Down (10/12)
'You ready? You ready [cheers]? Alright' before-Give (10/12)
'I can hear you smackin' in the closet' during-Give (10/12)
'I can hear you crackin' in the closet' during-Give (10/12)
'Gimme-gimme-gimme-gimme-gimme-gimme-gimme-back-one-night' during-Fishwater (10/12)
'Love your girl. Love your girl. Wake up now someone else gonna jump in your bed and love your girl' during-Tie Your Shoes (10/12)
'Remember me? I loved you before the day you were born' during-Junior (10/12)
'Pull my roll of money out' during-Ain't Life Grand (10/12)
'Each time I think I might get inside you, you always close your eyes' during-Who Do You Belong To? (10/12)
'Who do you sing your little lovey songs to?' during-Who Do You Belong To? (10/12)
'Alright, thank you St. Louis! Goodnight' after-Imitation Leather Shoes (10/12)
'Alright, good evenin' Detroit' before-Old Neighborhood (10/14)
'Oh, stop this car and let me out. It's so funky in here, make a grown boy shout' during-Old Neighborhood (10/14)
'There are some folks leave, some just stay. Other cats go to war and some just go astray. We're all watchin' Detroit play by the radios glow. Look at the street light for the first sign of snow' during-Old Neighborhood (10/14)
'In the night, in the night, give darkness life' during-Papa Legba (10/14)
'Oh, little darlin'. Please, a little piece of you, little piece of me. Aww, little darlin'. Oh, I'm comin' home. Aw, the wheels fell off a few years and towns ago, I'm comin' home to you' during-Send Your Mind (10/14)
'Mama's been actin' so nice, so nice. Aww everybody comin' home' during-Papa's Home (10/14)
'We'll be back in a second' after-Papa's Home (10/14)
'Oh, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. It doesn't matter. Oh, something's gonna move you one of these days anyway. Oh, remember-remember. You remember everything, child. You'll pay me now, you'll pay me later. Oh, learnin' now. Learn a little bit. Oh, remember how to fly in your dream. You might not know it, but you gonna have fun gettin' there. Lawd, lawd, lawd oh child... child' during-Pigeons (10/14)
'Thank you Detroit. Cheers' after-Makes Sense To Me (10/14)
'Good evenin', everybody' before-Henry Parsons Died (10/15)
'Oh, there goes my arm. There go myyyyy fat belly, baby. Ohhh, boots too. All the pieces I want inside right there' during-Rock (10/15)
'We're just getting in the mood for Halloween' after-Me And The Devil Blues (10/15)
'This is a song written by our buddy, Vic Chesnutt' before-Let's Get Down To Business (10/15)
'Baby doesn't know what I just said. Babies don't confuses words or the sounds comin' out with what they really feel. Baby got enough on his plate just tryin' to take it all in. Still, people only talk. People only think and talk in the same words they use everyday. Their own little meanings from their own little world. Usin' their own little illusion. here baby, are you still hungry? Have some of this illusion. Aww, I made it myself. Baby don't know any words yet. They only see what the people feel. Eww, baby seein' all the colors around the planet' during-Barstools And Dreamers (10/15)
'I got a little somethin' somethin' here in my pocket, you oughta get you some sleep' during-Life During Wartime (10/15)
'Thank you for making us feel good in the new place. 'Tis the season. He don't know me' before-Strange Times (10/15)
'Thank you ladies and gents. Thank you Akron' after-Porch Song (10/15)
'Alright! Hello, Cincinnati. Rock and roll' before-North (10/16)
'That was a song from when you really don't know what you're feeling' after-True To My Nature (10/16)
'We'll be back momentarily' after-Climb To Safety (10/16)
'Hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light. Hangin' in the diner, baskin' in her light. Ew, she opened up the door a little early to help a poor soul out. Oh, I was hopin' there'd be someone in there early. I couldn't sleep. Between the birds and the cats and cops, can't get much more than 15 minutes on the park bench these days. Said, come on in, come on in. Oh, well we gonna be a little bit early keep the lights down low. Please sip some coffee and skip some lines. I said, how's it goin' Miss Lee? She said, alright alright... It's about the same every day, every year, in and out, in and out, and in and out. Once in a while I'll get some of that in and out, in and out. Some days better than others. Rays of little sunshine, peakin', peakin' through the trees just knock that bird off it's perch. Slidin' down the roof top like a little boy on his sled back in '66. Oh, light. Awwwwwwwwawaw the light. Yeah, hangin' in the light' during-Diner (10/16)
'Stand there in your little coat, while I pour from the second Burgundy' during-Mercy (10/16)
'Aww, gimme some of that Mississippi. Aww, aww, aww' during-Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) (10/16)
'Thank you, Cincinnati. Thank you to Neil Young. Ahh!' after-Mr. Soul (10/16)
'Alright! This one's in E, right?' before-Can't Get High (10/16)
'Y'all are the best' after-None Of Us Are Free (10/16)
'Alright, good evenin' Omaha' before-Glory (10/18)
'Mermaids missin', bear gone fishin', to get to the bottom of this' during Bear's Gone Fishin' (10/18)
'Find out just how tall I am, by walkin' out to the middle of the river' during-Proving Ground (10/18)
'I see it too, daddy jump up here and drive. Oh, take me for a ride' during-Shut Up And Drive (10/18)
'Worry. Lately all I signed up for. Worry, standin', choppin' worry. Lately that's all I seem to do' during-Worry (10/18)
'So, we're lookin' on the schedule and it's like 12 hours to get here, and we're 'bout another 9 hours to go... back! And so we're lookin' at the schedule and we're wonderin', why? And Omaha, you are why! Thank you very much' before-Help Me Somebody (10/18)
'Time's replaced by peaceful stream, thoughts, don't know where it comes from. Space' during-Space Wrangler (10/18)
'Goodnight, good people. Thank you very, very much' after-Space Wrangler (10/18)
'You and me... aww, take it all off!' during-Bowlegged Woman (10/20)
'It's only real if you believe. Only real... Oh, we made it that way. Ahh, Little Lilly. From all black and white to color high definition 3D' during-Little Lilly (10/20)
'This mornin', woke to the rising sun. Three little birds outside my doorstep. Whistling a melody so pure and true. In a whisper, this is my message to you. They say don't worry about a thing, cause every thing is gonna be alright. Aww, don't worry, don't worry, don't worry 'bout a thing. 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright' during-Stop Go (10/20)
'But the baby don't know what I just said. Babies don't know the words that people use. Woah, don't even know the words to this song. Neither do I sometimes. Aww, people keep on talkin', spewin' the things they already think they know, somethin' they heard, somethin' they heard, somebody else say they heard. And baby just say "uh uh", oh boy, that's a smart one coming on the crib corner there. Aww, you smell good, too. Babies only see the colors around the people. Eww, they still got a little lemonade rubbed off yet. Baby said, alright. Really, I gotta forget that. Really know the people. Babies only care what the people. Oh, really love, really love. Feel. Love and feel' during-Barstools And Dreamers (10/20)
'Thank you, thank you' after-Action Man (10/20)
'Evenin', people' before-Junior (10/21)
'I'll love you. I'll do anything. I'll love you sweet child' during-Junior (10/21)
'Down another street one night. Mind your money... aww look at all the legs, look like a caterpillar on the table there' during-Fishwater (10/21)
'Papa's coming home. Mama's being nice to everybody except the milk man' during-Papa's Home (10/21)
'Let me check that. That's the note I wanted' before-Heaven (10/21)
'Goodnight, ladies and gents. Thank you very much!' after-Red Hot Mama (10/21)
'Real fancy seeing ya'll here' before-Porch Song (10/22)
'All them pretty women they start breakin' down on many ugly one's too, stop breakin' down' during-Stop Breakin' Down (10/22)
'I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay, right here in the middle' during-It Ain't No Use (10/22)
'Travelin' light, you gotta crawl to begin' during-Travelin' Light (10/22)
'Now your eyes, they're bitchin' dry' during-All Time Low (10/22)
'Talk to me. Your daddy comin' for me all the time' during-All Time Low (10/22)
'Just like another wrinkle in the sheets... kitty cat playin' with that. Aww, wake up, wake up, wake up. Remember, remember how to fly. Remember, remember. Somethin' gonna come and move you one of these days. Get there now, get there later. You know it's gonna be this way anyway. Wake up! Aww, remember, remember. Remember how to FLY!' during-Pigeons (10/22)
'Hear it coming, like a train right to your head. Surely leaves you wonderin' exactly what your ticket did' during-Climb To Safety (10/22)
'Now you're runnin' like a lil scared rabbit' during-Climb To Safety (10/22)
'Thank you for having us, Milwaukee!' before-Genesis (10/22)
'We cooked ourselves up a life loving time. This town is beer and nuts, my kinda place I don't wanna leave' during-Postcard (10/22)
'Evenin', ladies and gentlemen' before-Heroes (10/25)
'Yeah that's thinkin', creating and thinkin' starts and make the danger' during-Wondering (10/25)
'Never been to this... part of town. Oh, it's about time. Aw, it's time' during-This Part Of Town (10/25)
'Now we'll rock and roll!' after-This Part Of Town (10/25)
''Blues start formin' between the clouds, feeling of wonder. Some waters dryin' up, sun sinkin' in. Charlie always had the touch. He always had the touch. Lawd, had just a little gleam in his eye, swears his mother, and brother, and others. And I remember Charlie was my best friend. Oh, he is many other people's best friends, too. Aw, he just had that way. Even when we were little he'd come up with something funny 'bout me. He'd make jokes and shit, all we knew were like three words in our whole vocabulary. Yeah, know he always had the touch. Always had the touch. And I remember one Christmas he got this Little Mr. Science Project. It was raining and was hangin' in the kitchen. Left some, left some chemicals on to simmer and left it alone. Watch, watch, watch TV like the little ones do. It's called ADD now, now, now, now, then we just called it, it was good, something else was good somewhere else right there, and that's all it was. Oh now, steam came from the tea kettle. Lawd, Charlie said look at that! Aww, why don't we just put buckets and barrels for he who said kettles don't make the clouds rain. Rain for L.A.. Oh, rain for L.A.. Make the lands cry. Lawd, all over the earth. Hatfield. He made rain for L.A' during-Hatfield (10/25)
'Right back, right back' after-Henry Parsons Died (10/25)
'You ready, boys?!' before-Give (10/25)
'Hangin' in the diner, sittin' in the light. She opened up a little early, help a poor old soul out. Said, come on around back. She opened the door, I said well hello. What are you doin' in this lifetime all over again? I thought we'd been over this, and over this, and over this. I know, I know, but here I am. Aw, come in. Little cup of yesterday's coffee, not even hard yet donuts. I'ma help this man today. Aw, hey, Miss Lee. How'd things turn out for you? Guess not too much, but I still got time. Oh, baby I still got time. Aw, and this little ole shining through the trees. Coming to the window, grazing my breakfast. Aw, keep it warm a little longer. A little longer. Before I go, go Miss Lee. Just one, one of your, one of your, one of your. One of your smiles! Hangin' in the light. Hang-in-in-the-light. Hangin' in the light' during-Diner (10/25)
'It's your second skin. It's your second skin. Real life is your dream. Whisper for a few' during-Second Skin (10/25)
'Brains keep on movin' but the thoughts get in the way' during-Proving Ground (10/25)
'Thank you Minneapolis. A little Bod Dylan song' before-Solid Rock (10/25)
'There goes my arms. My legs are gone today. Little grain of sand, there's a piece of me floating by. Just made it back from my house. Maybe become a pearl. Piece by, piece by, piece by' during-Rock (10/25)
'Alright, thank you! Goodnight ladies and gents' after-Rock (10/25)
'Alright, how's everybody in Ames, Iowa doing?' before-Hope In A Hopeless World (10/27)
'Pickin' up those drumsticks... puttin' them away' during-Pickin' Up The Pieces (10/27)
'Alright, round two!' before-Old Neighborhood (10/27)
'Lawd, baby. Yeah I go scratch my head and a few memories come out. Like that kitty cat, I ain't afraid of that. Aww, you must be that little gray, gray, gray, gray kitty. Aww, just right for Halloween. Fraidy cat' during-Old Neighborhood (10/27)
'Dust, the wind and light. Dust, the wind and light. Dust, the wind and the light. Dust, the wind and the light. Dust' after-Mercy (10/27)
'Dust, wind and the light. Dust, the wind and light. Dust, the wind and light. Dust, the wind, the light. Dust and the wind and the light' during-Vacation (10/27)
'Maybe just last night. That was crazy, was that you or was that your sister?' during-Rebirtha (10/27)
'He gets off in the funniest ways' during-Space Wrangler (10/27)
'Well, thank you!' before-May Your Glass Be Filled (10/27)
'Alright, good evenin', Chicago' before-Send Your Mind (10/28)
'Only goin' where my feet try to go, only goin' to wear the future's pointed to' during-Walkin' (For Your Love) (10/28)
'Doesn't know what I just said. Baby doesn't know the words yet. The baby just gettin' situated. Just like comin' into a brand new room. All the time, people talk, and talk, and talk in words they think they already know. Oh, even if their mouth shuts, the same words the baby usin' the inside. Shape, rattle and mold. They're wound the way the want it, and the way it is. The babies don't know any words yet. Only care what the people feel. Words don't say what the people feel. Baby is lookin' at the colors around the people. All the colors around all the people. Babies only care what the people feel. Music only know what the people feel' during-Barstools And Dreamers (10/28)
'We'll be back in a jiffy' after-Barstools And Dreamers (10/28)
'Oh, I whispered in the dark. Oh, mind, mind, mind, mind, where did you go? Whispered back, out the dark, said... I have turned to wine, wine, wine, cause I just couldn't stand to be a grape no more. What am I gonna do, mind, without all your thoughts just egging me on. Said, I'd give you one last word. It's already, already (?). I become finer and finer wine. The words escape and like dust, little pieces of dust in the wind, through the light. Lawd, I turn to wine, I just turned a bin of grape. Lawd, lawd, lawd. Get drunk on yourself. Was a fool, wastin' time just searchin' my mind. When it's empty, you just relax, relax, relax, relax' during-Stop Go (10/28)
'Lawd, lawd, lawd, neighbor boy better stop messin' with Mama! Papa's coming home!' during-Papa's Home (10/28)
'We ain't goin' back to holdin' hands now' during-Pilgrims (10/28)
'Caught your sister with a hurt head, take it all night - took care of me' during-Ribs And Whiskey (10/28)
'Aww, that one made Jimmy cry' after-Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (10/28)
'Alright, we meet again. Good evenin', ladies and gentlemens' before-Goin' Out West (10/29)
'I know karate, voodoo too. Only tryin' to make myself available to you' during-Goin' Out West (10/29)
'[Way to go Jojo] Yeah, way to go, Jojo!' after-Stag-O-Lee (10/29)
'Oh, now, now, now. Catchin' some with the gambler. Oh, searchin' that day. I remember there was something we were supposed to do. Look at Johnny over there, he dreamin', dreamin', dreamin'. Ole body chasin' that girl, midnight train on the track disappears. Hours, just get me in the woods, shadows in the sun. There's room right there. Scared of something familiar. Comin' around the mountain when she come. When she come, you can't stop that train! Oh, thousand, hundred thousand horses coming' during-Let It Rock (10/29)
'Right back, everybody' after-Conrad (10/29)
'Now a whole 'nother set of numbers' before-Tall Boy (10/29)
'Woke up this morning, woke all alone. Look at my chicken, run for the bone. Look at a friend, and all I gots my own. Look at the window, what do I see, aw the neighbor-girl waving back at me. Good morning little school girl, oh and good morning... Mr. school girl. I like your shiny smile and I like your shiny gun, too. Now, now, now, now I just happened to try a few things on. She like my taste in little things. Why does a rich man drink champagne, take half a beer and feel all the same. Why does a rich man drink champagne, take half a beer and feel all the same. I can't send it... aw, you've changed the subject. You been talkin' 'bout a little girl man. Drink it. Great, like it. Drinkin' Whiskey, but he like it. He like lookin' next door through the window, cause he ain't got no eyelids and it ain't his fault. Can't stand it... It's not the telephone. Oh, no, no, no, no. No, no no it's the radio, radio. Aw. Oh, oh oh. It's the Tom Joyner morning show. I said Miss Dupree will you tell him, aw, your psychic ways. You tell it. What's the magic number for today? I talk, J! Lawd, you count the number, funny thought you had it this morning.You count the number again for the second number. You keep countin', over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and again. How did you come up with today's number? Aw, that number depends on your mind- depend on your sauce. I was hoping. Aw, your lucky extra, extra, extra lucky number, Tom. You count the time your dog look all funny at you. It's supposed to be alright. Aw. Awwwwwwwwwwww lord you'll never tell!' during-Arleen (10/29)
'Thank you ladies and gents. Thank you very much' after-Ain't Life Grand (10/29)
'Happy Halloween, everybody' before-Pigeons (10/31)
'Like another wrinkle in the sheet. Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. Remember how to fly. Remember, remember. Aww, ya blew in. Aww, to the ground and back down again. Oh, wake up, wake up, wake up. Child. Remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember' during-Pigeons (10/31)
'All those future snowman, just fallin' down real fine' during-True To My Nature (10/31)
'Everybody's stoppin', stayin' high' during-True To My Nature (10/31)
'Checked out at the morgue for ninetey days' during-True To My Nature (10/31)
'Throw it away. Aww, boo. We'll all be back tomorrow' during-Time Zones (10/31)
'Hear it coming, like a train under the track. Surely leaves you wonderin', it'll getcha, run it back' during-Climb To Safety (10/31)
'Alright, we'll be back with some more good, clean fun' after-Climb To Safety (10/31)
'The dog he been long gone, gone to kick for the winning team' during-Jack (10/31)
'Slink slowly to the center of the earth like a lost grave stone' during-Blue Indian (10/31)
'Chilly well water. Aww, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, just give me' during-Chilly Water (10/31)
'Thank you. Happy Halloween' after-Chilly Water (10/31)
'We cooked us up an ass witchin' time, time, time' during-Postcard (10/31)
'The air... Alright, get down on the floor and it's fine, fine, fine, fine' during-Postcard (10/31)
'We cooked us uppah, a good ole ass whipin' time' during-Postcard (10/31)

Welcome Back:

Last 'Pusherman' - 07/17/10, 88 shows
Last 'Good Morning Little School Girl' - 09/19/10, 75 shows
Last 'Baby, Let Me Follow You Down' - 03/23/07, 353 shows
Last 'Green Onions' - 07/03/10, 108 shows
Last 'And It Stoned Me' - 07/23/10, 99 shows
Last 'Flat Foot Flewzy' - 07/03/10, 113 shows
Last 'Time Waits For No One' - 07/11/09, 191 shows
Last 'Just Kissed My Baby' - 10/13/10, 82 shows
Last 'Four Cornered Room' - 07/10/10, 98 shows
Last 'Casa Del Grillo' - 10/17/10, 80 shows
Last 'Baby, Please Don't Go' - 10/31/08, 219 shows
Last 'Stag-O-Lee' - 11/04/07, 295 Shows
Last 'Peace Frog' - 11/28/98, 1017 shows
Last Blue Sunday' - 11/28/98, 1017 shows
Last 'Wishbone' - 12/15/89, 2259 shows
Last 'Godzilla' - 10/31/97, 1152 shows
Last 'Werewolves Of London' - 10/29/08, 222 shows

Nice To Meet You:

Only 'Degenerate' - 10/31/11
Only 'Tail Dragger' - 10/31/11
Only 'Iron Man' - 10/31/11
Only 'I'm Losing You' - 10/31/11
Only 'Outtasite (Outta Mind)' - 10/31/11

Not Played:

A of D
Big Wooly Mammoth
Dark Day Program
Nobody's Loss
The Take Out
Three Candles
Time Waits
You'll Be Fine

Other Notables:

Are You Ready For The Country?
Can't Find My Way Home
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Don't Be Denied
End Of The Show
Fairies Wear Boots
Genesis
Good Morning Little School Girl
Help Me Somebody
Hope In A Hopeless WOrld
Last Dance
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Let It Rock
Life DUring Wartime
New Speedway Boogie
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
None Of Us Are Free
One Kind Favor
Ophelia
Sharon
Slippin' Into Darkness
Smokestack Lightning
Spoonful
Strange Times
Superstition
The Shape I'm In
This Cruel Thing
Trouble
Vampire Blues
Weak Brain, Narrow Mind

Guests:

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
DJ Logic
Jeff Austin
Dave Johnston
Johnny Neel
John Keane
Steve Lopez
Widespread Panic Crew

09/15/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA Stream | Download

1: Holden Oversoul > Knockin' 'Round The Zoo, Tall Boy > Diner > Ribs And Whiskey, Pleas > Saint Ex, Bust It Big > Worry

2: Little Kin, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers, Shut Up And Drive > Driving Song > Blight > Jam > Driving Song > Fishwater > North > Fishwater

E: From The Cradle > Travelin' Light

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,763 | Seating Chart

BTD: Super slick transition between Holden and Knockin', almost like the song never changed! Jb takes a minute to let the band find a groove and dips into a very vocal 'Diner' rap. Big tease of something coming out of Diner with JB and Jimmy sharing a riff together. JB switches to resonator guitar. Ooozing into an extended 'Ribs and Whiskey' intro. Right at Jimmy's 5 year anniversary, we're back to his first song, that dark minor Jam into Pleas! Hefty jam developes into it's own little thing out of that, slippin' between the clouds and bringin' the 'Saint Ex' thunder. Dark, convoluted jam out of Bust It Big. JB Mumblin like a crazy man. Barstools with 'Satisfied' rap, An extended jam out of Shut Up And Drive. Just like the very first 'Blight' back in '95, it's the layer within the first of two big ole sandwiches back to back, placed between 'Driving Song' sandwich, except before going back into it they jam what sounds like Ride Me High, Red Hot Mama before sinkin' back into Driving Song. The second sandwich kicks off with a Perfect transition into > Fishwater, with a little drum interlude before sticking it. Clavinet funk before the North, and back end of Fishwater. Encore break "nothing left to prove at that point." JB is getting frisky, rambling on during the end of Worry to close the first set. They play a beautiful lullaby sounding segment out of Shut Up And Drive. Sounds rehearsed!

Quotes: "A lot of meat-n-potatoes Panic tonight" -Dale Murphy

Phantasy Tour: Good crowd and good beantown vibes.

JB was getting after it early. One image I would have love to see again is during Fishwater (?), JB with back to crowd, holding red cup in the air towards the side stage, tapping it for a re-fill, with Todd & Sunny drumming away.

Panic came on around 8:20, it's loud as shit, Go Upstairs for beer, they cut it off at 10:30pm, It was maybe 60% full, but hot as hell.

09/16/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

09/16/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

1: Jam > Imitation Leather Shoes > Who Do You Belong To?, Proving Ground > Cotton Was King, Little Lily, Walkin' (For Your Love), Angels On High, Rebirtha* > Blackout Blues*

2: Ain't Life Grand, Party At Your Mama's House > Flicker > Blue Indian, Pusherman* > Drums > Action Man > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Chilly Water

E: Expiration Day, Climb To Safety

* with Trombone Shorty on trombone

[Last 'Pusherman' - 07/17/10, 88 shows; Last 'Good Morning Little School Girl' - 09/19/10, 75 shows]

Video: Pusherman with Trombone Shorty

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,763 | Seating Chart

BTD: Show opens with a little jam that could definitely go the distance if developed, or maybe it was just improv, but there's a riff to it that the band attempts to get into. Jimmy throws in tease I've heard before right before Zman's 'jam' track out of the Imitation opener. It signals a heavy Immigrant Song bassline lead jam with plenty of feedback and rolling drums, and of course, blistering solos. What a stark contrast as it comes Rumbling into WDYBT? Some of the biggest exploratory songs from this Summer show up tonight, like Proving Ground! Todd getting down on the speed up before bringing it back home. JB thanks the opener, "Mr. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue", before the intro of Cotton Was King comes slowly swirling in. A delicate little jam comes out of Little Lilly, easing in the tension before 'Walkin'. After Angels On High, Schools introduces the first guest of the tour: "You know him, we love him. Trombone Shorty" before the New Orleans 'Rebirtha'.

Trombone Shorty commanding the low brass lead lines during 'Rebirtha'. Quite the understated rarity to have a guest visit in two sets, but Trombone would be back out to summons the return of Pusherman in set #2.

Pusherman regains its gusto by a long break, Trombone Shorty, armed with his bone, dueling the band with the heft of Curtis Mayfield.

Quotes:

"Was in the mezz and that venue was getting down hard. Pusherman, followed closely by rebirtha and aint life grand, which was surprisingly huge."

"Schoolgirl > Chilly [is] maybe one of the most focused, least meandering versions of Schoolgirl Panic of any version has played. Like it a lot... And just as soon as things start to peter out....BOOM. Great little one-two punch there. Some VERY Houserian notes from Jimmy at the beginning of this Chilly... Wow, this Chilly has some swagger...different sort of funk jam in the middle...perhaps inspired by earlier play..."

nothing but smoke of a 2 night run in Boston. far exceeded expectations. pretty sure this was better than Asheville, the last pair of shows I saw.

Proving Ground was slaughtered - "this band is too big for this venue" - and left jaws on the floor. Ain't Life Grand was worth a bold - place was rocking out. I

Highlight of it all is Trombone Shorty. Wow. Dude would hang back getting the feel for the rhythm > look at JB > JB gives a nod > dude cuts loose > venue blows up > finishes solo, steps back with arms raised with the place going nuts and Jimmy & JB pointing to him - this is all while the song is still going on

Pusherman was one of the biggest dance parties I've seen in a long long time, that was some good shit right there.

09/17/11 Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY

09/17/11 Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY

1: Chainsaw City > Pigeons, Henry Parsons Died, Greta > Love Tractor, L.a. > Jack, Good People > Dark Bar > Good People, Papa's Home

2: Disco, Tie Your Shoes > Rock > Bowlegged Woman, Sewing Machine > St. Louis > Protein Drink > Surprise Valley > Porch Song > Junior, Drums > Surprise Valley

E: Up All Night, Mr. Soul

['Use Me' rap during 'Bowlegged Woman'; Slow 'Porch Song']

Notes: A Virtual Food Drive Event (No donations will be accepted onsite. Donate Online! | Doors: 5:30pm / Showtime: 6:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 5,000

BTD notes: Hope ya weren't caught off guard with the L train close and the early start tonight, down on the river starts around 6:45 due to the curfew. The L-strain is shut down tonight and due to state park ordinances, consumption of alcohol is restricted to beer gardens... but the good news is the skyline of New York City opposite the sage and Panic is in mid-tour form, ready to drop the heat on Brookyln! The trend of pairing L.a. with Jack continues, and Herring rips a nasty solo in the back end of Jack, before holding an everlasting note on a very solid 'Papa's Home' to close the set. Set two starts in classic form with Disco, then Tie Your shoes into a walloping, pretty unreal Rock, and Bowlegged Woman with JB takin' her upstairs, putting on his records, getting LOUD when he quotes 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' and belts out a 'Use Me' rap. Panic is playing with the crowd, all smiles during the first inverted Sewing Machine, with a well oiled transition into 'Under The Radar Jam', the ending lick of 'Sewing Machine' and into 'Protein Drink'. Only the 3rd split of the Vic Chesnutt rocker and the first time Sewing Machine leads off. A Surprise Valley sandwich comes next with Slow Porch and the heavy drop into Junior in between.Wow, monster set!

Quotes: "That second set is absolute smoke... I can't fucking wait to stomp holes in concrete in Braleigh."

"Great show..amazing view...to much conversation and beer jail sucked"

"that venue is the definition of clusterfuckery. at least the sound was pretty good no matter where you were standing"

". I tend to have low expectations for the start of the tour, but was surprised with the caliber of playing out of gates. Looking forward to the things to come."

"Good venue in theory. But a cluster F of beer tickets, beers and beer gardens. F'ng packed too. I heard we can add one more venue to the mythical "record breaking ber sales" list? Missed most of 1st set, but settled in very nicely for the 2nd. Wow, great end to end set. Bowlegged and Rock are my highlights, lots of thick gooey widespread panic in there. I thought they could have dragged out porch a little more, but that was a great sight - cups in the air, city all around us, and panic in the air. Cool outro work on surprise, thought a postcard or even all time low would have worked wonders right there, but zero complaints after that show and 3 nights.

This band is making A+ shows the norm right now."

"Second set fucking SMOKED. Rock was huge. JB was VERY loud during Bowlegged, and the Use Me wrap was just awesome. I don't like St. Louis, but it was actually welcome tonight. They knew they were playing to an exceptionally spun crowd it seemed, and the gentle break came at the perfect time. Same with the slow Porch Song. Incredible show. Last night they were very much feeling each other out. Seems like tonight they locked in. Once they're able to hunker down for 3-days in Richmond, they're just going to be on fire.

09/19/11 The National, Richmond, VA

(Beautiful day off in Richmond)

Rotation Notes: 10 songs with double digit LTPs.

BTD's notes: JB flubs lyrics but recovers with a solid JBism during Space Wrangleer. Crazy is wonderfully done, Airplane has a huge jam before the night gets really heavy with another Second Skin, into the only true cover of the second set: Goin' Out West. Second set opens up with Heroes and an impossible with some really deep, dark jamming. JB still wrapping on 'Whip Your Hair Back and Forth' during 'Last Dance'. Huge build in this one and some wonderfully psychedelic play.

A block away at the Marriott hotel there is a SWAT trade show and training seminar going on until the end of the week. The place is already crawling with coppers from other states and Richmond's finest is already posted up with a mobile command center.
If you're gonna do something stupid, don't do it in or around the Marriott.
Fear and loathing in Richmond. That is all.

National, top notch venue. Great sight lines everywhere and never issues. 10 songs not played in over 10 shows. The 2nd set won’t quit tonight. Bell botched the first verse to Space Wrangler and the band never really recovered the rest of the song. The crowd went wild when the first few notes to goin' out west were thrown down. Great set closer.
First set takes a blurb out of the Cynthia Woods setlist from this Summer, with ‘Airplane > Second Skin > Goin' Out West’, and also the first night in Las Vegas with Second Skin* > Goin' Out West*.
Second set was an endless jam session. 9 songs back to back with cream puff war and ride me high as highlights. Give closed out the set with a bang. The boys came back on for a pretty solid encore. (I love She Caught the Katy). I would say Richmond night 1 was a solid B to B+. I hope the crowd was just holding out for tonight and tomorrow night because there were only a handful of people really raging. RICHMOND-- MAKE SOME NOISE
Sold out, unreal, rowdy crowd. Stop-Go > Cream Puff War > Stop-Go, ala Milwaukee 2009 (11/21) with a flawless transition out of Cream Puff War. Serious business in the second set is a developing trend with 4 shows down: heatfire in the second. Papa’s tease before I’m not alone?
You Got Yours was worth the price of admission. They seem to like playing it in Richmond
With The red spot illuminating DAS, Paul put the spotlight on the Schools family in the front of the balcony during his solo in the second set.
A rare She Caught The Katy in the encore slot (3rd finisher)

kaustin review:

We were treated to what felt like an old school first set, once again with some solid jams in the songs and segues. The intro to C. Brown seemed to linger in spirals before finally dropping into the song. They rocked the fuck out of Radio Child! Dyin Man isn’t what it was back in the early 00’s and was well played.
True To My Nature, well I am sucker for anything that has the fingerprints of someone from Bloodkin on it. Right back into the old school Wrangler, JB skipped the first line and immediately recognized his mistake. I think that if a live album comes out of this and Wrangler is included there will be some overdubs, nothing against that.
Crazy is another strong one for Jimmy. It provides a great little spot for his jazz improvisation and this one features a nice little jam.
Airplane, another blast from the past. Although I have caught Jimmy playing it with the band, this one arguably featured Jimmy playing too many of those flurry of notes. There were rocking parts but then he hits that flurry and it doesn’t always gel. I will say that he and everyone is a lot more aware of each other on stage and Jimmy has really eased back on relying on that flurry of notes just to fill a part of a void. Instead he is focusing a few notes or chords that fit with what the rest of the band is doing. The palying has come a long way from 02 and these guys are getting it.
Second Skin>Going Out West provided some nice improve into an all out rocker.
Set II, well HOLY SHIT! If the first set was feeling Old School this 2nd set more or less is pure Old School. It demonstrated just how well Jimmy has studied and learned the music.

I’m not going to go on and on about this set but to say it was fucking awesome. However, the Wooooos during Last Dance are about the lamest fucking thing since glowstick wars. Let's get really folks. Hooot and Hollarrrr during Love Tractor, scream Tall Boy but for the love of anything sacred don’t fuck with Widespread Panic’s take on Neil Young’s Last Dance. Rant over, this set fucking rocked.

The encore was quite a pleasant surprise. Pilgrims is one of my favorite WSP songs and Jimmy plays it damn well. She Caught the Katy brought back a lot of memories from Mikey’s last show. Mind everyone that I have been reflecting on 17 years of seeing this band am about to hit a landmark show.... if I can make this damn trip 2 more times. Pilgrims and Katy was a great way to end the show…the drive back to DC was not nor was the 2 hours of sleep I got before just fucking it and getting out of bed early to go to work.

09/20/11 The National, Richmond, VA

09/20/11 The National, Richmond, VA Stream

1: Let's Get Down To Business, Makes Sense To Me > Better Off, Dirty Side Down, All Time Low > Fixin' To Die > Driving Song > Hatfield > Driving Song > Breathing Slow > Stop Breaking Down Blues

2: Tall Boy, Can't Get High > B of D > Mercy > North, One Kind Favor > Drums > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Don't Wanna Lose You > Conrad

E: Trouble, Gimme > Use Me

['Electric Funeral' and 'Blues For Allah' teases before 'Drums']

Notes: A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 1,500 | Seating Chart

Notes:

Rotation Notes: More of the deeper cuts, 11 songs this time with over 10 LTPs, Electric Funeral jam, Blues For Allah between Schools and Jimmy.

One kind favor was definitely a highlight being on the rail the whole night. The jam rcy out of mercy was huge with schools, Jimmy and jojo all taking respective solos. The drum and bass>guilded was probably the most memorable segment for me. Guilded started off with jb whispering the opening lines reminiscent off early versions, it housed quite a huge funk segment that has been lacking in normal Jimmy versions. It was fun to see DAS lay it down during B of D especially being the schools zone. After they came out for the second set with tallboy and can't get high I was skeptical of how the flow of the set would be, but once they started mercy they really got locked in a groove and didn't let up.

First set highlight were definitely the hatfield, as well as the jam that ensued. Dave and Jimmy were both quoting born on the bayou before the second half of driving, and they also laid down some more funk. I was also very happy to see JB rock the black washburn during stop breaking down, which he was obviously feeling good about. I am also always excited to hear the original outro for driving in breathing slow, JImmy really does love playing it and it shows.

kaustin review:

Apparently no easing off the gas on night two, as the boys open up with an oldschool start.

Highlight: After a Stop Go sandwich last night, why not Driving > Hatfield > Driving > Breathing Slow tonight! One Kind Favor, beyond sick, JB and Jimmy were just laughing and waiting for Schools to get back into it before going completely off. The guilded was by FAR the most out of control version, with John whispering the intro lyrics. Huge jam out of Mercy. 'Born On The Bayou' tease out of Hatfield and back into 'Driving Song'. JB black Washburn during Stop Breaki'n Down. Jimmy and DAS riffing on Blues For Allah between One Kind Favor and Drums.

Bam, the 1set starts off with a real old school feel again. The formula seems to be play some older Houser era tunes (3 to 4) before dropping into something new. The band played these songs quite well. I thought this was the most exploratory, adventurous and improvised 1set of the run. Mind you I am saying the 1set. It was great!
I often feel like Fixin to Die is too often a go to cover song for guests to sit in on. However, seeing the band play this version without guests and in a rocking fashion left me feeling excited.
The rest of the set is just fucking awesome. Classic WSP, Driving Song and Hatfield are two of my favorites. The Jam out of Hatfield was phenomenal. Breathing Slow was a surprise and obviously pointed to the band having another song in the set, which led into a great version of Stop Breaking Down.

Set II kicked off with some short straight to the point songs. Interesting since I thought the 1 set was so jammed out. But the 2nd set proved they were getting down to business. Mercy is where things started to get really out there, I mean that in a good way. I was at the last HOB Myrtle run so the band has definitely redeemed themselves in my eyes with this version. Dark, nasty, deep, emotional, intense are few words that come to mind.
North is a rocker, they have really transformed this song since the early 00’s
One Kind Favor, HOLY SHIT! Has this song morphed into some heavy psychedelic shit. I remember this song from the Mikey days as being sort of short and to the point. The versions from 00 in Vegas and Warfield didn’t really get out there, granted they were sandwiched in Chilly. This was a dark, drawn out version with some great improv and Black Sabbath teases, HELL FUCKING YEAH! Sunny was getting ready to go into drums pounding on those congos and Schools looked over at JB like WTF? So he just starts pulling and slapping on his bass strings which brought Sunny out of drums and they rocked on for a few more minutes.
Here is my confession after that dark and deep stretch of songs and then they started drums, well…. I had to leave. I had a 2 hour solo drive back to DC to get up at 5:45 and it was already 10:45. I made this move so I could hopefully hit the 3rd night. The whole time I drove back I just thought they better not play Fairies Wear Boots (the one song I have been chasing in the post-Mikey era). The move paid off. I got home and about 4 hours of sleep then work.
The rest of the setlist looked sweet and I can’t wait to hear it. I had seen Mikey play those songs with the exception of DWLY. I had also seen George and Jimmy more or less play all of those songs I missed too. Yeah, was it painful to walk out of this show early, absolutely but I felt so much better the next day. I also left after seeing some bad ass fucking shit so I was HAPPY!

I should also mention that I am stone cold sober during the Richmond run.

09/21/11 The National, Richmond, VA

09/21/11 The National, Richmond, VA Stream | Download

1: Diner > Blackout Blues, Holden Oversoul > Walk On, Pickin' Up The Pieces, Clinic Cynic, Solid Rock, Thought Sausage, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers

2: Cotton Was King > Disco > You Should Be Glad, Fairies Wear Boots > Jam > Saint Ex, Bust It Big > Smokestack Lightning > Action Man, Walkin' (For Your Love), Climb To Safety > Blue Indian, Porch Song

E: City Of Dreams, Postcard, Love Tractor

['Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf' rap during 'Barstools And Dreamers']

Notes: A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 1,500 | Seating Chart

BTD's show notes: The show opens up with Diner, with the spinning Noteeaters crawling across the backdrop. No, the crowd hasn't been booin', but Schoolsin' each time he hits the stage, getting the hometown love he so deserves. Jojo gives a really beautiful organ solo between Holden and Walk On, and the abbundance of Richmond gems from the weekend would continue shining brightly, with Fairies Wear Boots and a sublime transition into Saint Ex... Panic's most Sabbathish new jam... and Smokestack Lightning. During Bust It Big "I like the way you look picking up your baby" JB & Schools laughter]

kaustin review:

Well, this is my 200th show almost 17 years to the day (first show 9/30/94 at Oak Mtn). I was going to do this show solo. Drove down, no nap today. Grabbed a bite eat and strolled in early. All 3 nights I was dead center, more or less, of the soundboard.
Band comes on and bam, a monster Diner picking up with that old school feeling from the previous nights. It continued on…
At this point I am going to start reading into shit more then it should probably be read into. Blackout is a band favorite, I have never understood the fan hate. Everyone has been there!
Holden kept the old school flavor and is special since one of my twin boys has that name. Coincidence? I like to think not…
More old school, Walk On! I love Neil Young and to have this with the rest of the Young songs over the past 4 shows was awesome.
Pickin is pickin and it’s a Mikey song, no piss break for me. So glad they brought Clinic Cynic back and recorded a studio version with Jimmy. Mikey WSP with a new flair.
Solid Rock was pretty rocked out and the first time the band really started to improvise in the first set. Yeah, Jimmy rocked some solos in Diner and what not but Solid Rock started to see the band get out there..
A great Thousage for this era, not my favorite song even back to the Houser days.
Classic finish to this set with the Machine>Barstools with Thank U Rap. That is the funk right there. Love the Barstools raps and JB's guitar work in the middle was astounding.
A solid first set with some great old tunes and some great reworked old tunes. Not as exploratory or adventurous as the other 1st sets from the run but a great time.
Second Set, met up with an upstanding member of the WSP community and watched the rest of the show together. The Cotton Was King caught me off guard as an opener. I dig the tune but was surprised they would open up the 2nd set of a 3 night run with it. I don’t let most of the new stuff get to me like others so I said OK, whats up next…..the ole switch’a’roooo…. another Disco the classic set opener. Then the band really started to pick up steam in terms of on stage communication and rockin’!
YSBG has morphed into a monster with Jimmy and was written around the same as my first born so the whole “Let her cry, let her cry, let her cry” is a running joke in my house.
Ahhhh, the Fairies Wear Boots, love me some Sabbath. If there was one song I could request at my 200th show this was it. Fucking BAD ASS into a great Jam! This was worth it all for me. What a great version on some old school heavy metal

Boom into St. Ex, one of the best post-Houser masterpieces! Wow this 2nd set is really picking up!
Bust it Big, holy fuck these guys aren’t messing around this is a 2nd set for the ages (yeah, yeah, yeah Sunday Red Rocks but I wasn’t there). Jimmy has been owning this song for the past several years.
They drop into Smokestack (personal fan of ole school blues so bad ass).
The Action Man was rockin’ and the crowd was going nuts. I will admit I miss the instrumental days but JB’s vocal work on this and throughout the weekend and week is really making some songs sound and feel spectacular as opposed to just going through the motions. The band was feeling it so it carried over to the crowd.
Then back into some older tunes. I like JJ songs so no problem with CTS. A running joke with my wife is how many times I have seen Blue Indian.
Another Porch Song but this time fast. Quite alright a classic Panic tune and I sing it to my 16 month old twins boys every night as I put them to bed.

Stuck around for the encore this time and was not disappointed. A moving version of City of Dreams. Postcard and Love Tractor will always be classics, here is a song to go Yeah Hah and Woooo too.

09/23/11 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

09/23/11 Raleigh Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC Stream | Download

1: Pigeons > Bear's Gone Fishin' > Rock, Travelin' Man > Rebirtha, Send Your Mind > Walk On The Flood, Pleas > Imitation Leather Shoes

2: Fishwater > Arleen > Fishwater, Visiting Day > Jam > Drums* > Drums & Bass* > Shut Up and Drive, Genesis > Surprise Valley > Proving Ground, Ain't Life Grand

E: Her Dance Needs No Body > Chilly Water

* with DJ Logic

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest DJ Logic | Doors: 5:00pm / Showtime: 6:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show
09/24/11 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

The weatherman was wrong, so the show goes on at the new Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater on Friday night. First set opens with three more old original songs: Pigeons > Bear's Gone Fishin' > Rock, and the train rolls by the stage, getting looks from the boys in the band. Fairly standard versions of the first few songs lead into Rebirtha... A very funky jam out of pleas into Imitation Leather shoes to close the first set of all originals except Send Your Mind.

09/24/11 Raleigh Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC Stream | Download

1: From the Cradle, Time Zones > Henry Parsons Died, Happy > Jaded Tourist, Sleeping Man, Christmas Katie > Radio Child, Up All Night, Junior

2: Jam* > Papa Legba* > Red Hot Mama*, Ribs And Whiskey, Party At Your Mama's House > Pilgrims, Old Neighborhood, New Speedway Boogie, Greta > Papa's Home > Drums > Papa's Home

E: Space Wrangler > No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature

* with DJ Logic

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest DJ Logic | Doors: 5:00pm / Showtime: 6:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

They had removed the seats to make one huge pit in front of the sound board, and if last night was full, tonight is PACKED! Jojo has a big night in the second set particularly. Big jams of the first set that featured several post Houser songs include the Time Zones Outro, middle section of Parsons, the whole Sleeping Man, End of Katie really picks up, Radio Child, and of course, JUNIOR. DJ Logic spinning at setbreak invites the band out for a turntable jam that builds into Papa Legba. The outro jam to Pilgrims is played at the beginning of the song tonight,

09/26/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

09/26/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

1: It Ain't No Use > C. Brown, True To My Nature > Stop-Go > 1x1, Tortured Artist > Me And The Devil Blues, The Last Straw > Good People > Dark Bar > Good People, Give

2: Hope In A Hopeless World > Weight Of The World, One Arm Steve > Who Do You Belong To? > This Part Of Town > Flicker > Jam > Driving Song > St. Louis > Blight > Driving Song, Tall Boy

E: Down, Chainsaw City

Notes: SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Seating Capacity: 1,600 | Seating Chart | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

Quotes: The transition out of Stop go was something special and OMG the end of 1 x 1 Jimmy killed it! Jojo all over it tonight.

JB gets the show started off with an "express yourself!" to go along with the house music, and the band kicks it off with a rousing It Ain't No Use. Stop Go is sublime, with a sick transition into a nicely jammed out 1 x 1, and another possessed Me And The Devil Blues, with JB howling harmonies over Jimmy's devilish, soaring notes.Superb transition between a developed One Arm Steve jam into Who Do You Belong To?.

nto the show at 7:30 - started at 8:05, I think. My ticket for the 1st night was left side orch at the back so I went up to the center of the balcony instead where some friends had seats. Really the only bad seat in the house is ... the last 10 rows of the orch on the far left and right ... and it's pseudo general admission in there anyway.

First set highlights: Ain't No Use as an opener - nice choice. Didn't know it had been since '98 for an opener ... Stop/GO jam into 1x1 - very nice. Unfortunately the Tortured Artist > Devil > Last Straw may have gone on a wee too long - that's 3 dirge songs in a row in front of a crowd that's ready to whoop it up

Second set highlights: The all out jam between One Arm Steve into Who Do You Belong To might have been THE moment on a second set full of tasty jams - and I gotta say, I really do like that St. Louis wedge in the middle of Driving, especially when we get another song in there too (in this case ... Blight).

Here in Chainsaw City .. nice way to end the night.

Overall review: Well played, minimal flubbing, 1st set was a little slow ... let's call it average. There is little chance that this night is going to be the topper of the 3 nights, I believe.

Security turned out to be no problem. I don't know how it was downstairs, but on the balcony they were making no effort to clear the aisles or stop anything else going on - the two ushers "guarding" the center balcony had taken off their jackets and were DANCING through each set once they got into the 2nd or 3rd song - I got a kick out of that.

Best intentions to hit the Hutchens post-show as Southbound is literally around the corner from my place, but 7 hours worth of beer drinking had taken their toll and I hit the sack at 12:30 AM. Maybe tonight for local Talking Heads cover band Same As It Ever Was if I feel up to it at the end of the show.

Smaller theater of the year besides the GA Theater (fact check this!)

09/27/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

09/27/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

1: Holden Oversoul > Weak Brain, Narrow Mind > Action Man, Cotton Was King > Little Lilly > Hatfield, Gradle, Gimme > Little Kin > Bowlegged Woman > Worry > Bowlegged Woman

2: North > Dying Man, Disco > Aunt Avis, Goin' Out West > Drums > Jam > You Got Yours > Sharon, Tie Your Shoes > Walkin' (For Your Love)

E: Tickle The Truth, Jack > Mr. Soul > Jack

['Rock On' tease during 'Jam']

Notes: SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Seating Capacity: 1,600 | Seating Chart | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

BTD's notes: After JB wishes the Knoxville crowd good evenin' and announced that they'll be their band this evenin', they smoke up what's becoming a popular opening tune, and a wonderfully jammed out version of Holden Oversoul. There's no transition at all, with the song falling perfectly into Weak Brain, Narrow Mind. The concluding jam of Gimme consists of a Little Kin outro jam.

Night 2 of Knox. Hard to beat a Jack Sammie.

Yeah the Holden> weak brain was very nice, they hit a nice plateau right after the Holden jam and JB stepped up to the mic. As smooth as it gets.

Knoxville night 2: In the door at 7:30, show start again just after the 8:00 hour, right center orchestra towards the back.

Notable absence of police cars outside compared to last night - also apparently a harder ticket as some people with fingers up - there were a couple people with tickets at showtime outside (not apparently wanting to hand them to the finger pointers).

Start with a summary: This is the Widespread Panic ya know and love. It's a great set list, and was played with great energy - the band was could not stop smiling through the entire night. They get an 'A'.

And we'll award the MVP of the night to Dave Schools for taking over the Bowlegged jam and putting it off into Worry - Dave also got them off into Mr. Soul during Jack - how often you going to get a Jack sandwich as an encore? Dave was grinning ear to ear at the end of the show - JB was smiling and laughing with Jimmy - we get it - you nailed it

Highlights: The second half of the first set from Hatfield onward was sublime - really, really fantastic. Bowlegged > Worry jam, Hatfield, putting Little Kin in there late in the set - that worked really nice. BIG JAM out of Goin Out West ... Sharon > TYS > Walkin. JB could not remember the lyrics to Aunt Avis coming out of Disco - we'll let that go ... they had to come around to the head 3 times ...

Jack > Mr. Soul > Jack speaks for itself. (First ever split jack, Mr. Soul comes out of no where!)

If we're building a tower here, they have a whole LIST of giants they could pull out to really send this run off with a bang at the Wednesday night show.

I'm typing this at the kitchen table after getting out of bed at 10 AM. Going in to work from 11 to 5, then I'm taking my sig other/live-in GF out for a nice dinner before the show tonight.

More tomorrow ...

09/28/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

Tonight will be very heavy on the Jojo Hermann songs. Strange section with JB fucking up during blackout Blues??? Contentment, Blackout (with JoJo forgetting to sing but still playing keys perfect, JB trying to fill in words, DAS surely eyerolling, extended jam, JoJo gets it together....)

09/30/11 Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL

09/30/11 Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL

1: Greta > Porch Song, Clinic Cynic > Airplane > Jaded Tourist > I'm Not Alone, Walk On The Flood, Proving Ground, All Time Low > Climb To Safety

2: Ribs And Whiskey, Tall Boy, Shut Up And Drive > Impossible > Chilly Water > Drums > Jam > Maggot Brain > Chilly Water > Surprise Valley > Pilgrims

E: Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, Ain't Life Grand

['Entering A Black Hole Backwards' jam during 'Jam'; Last 'Baby, Let Me Follow You Down' - 03/23/07, 353 shows]

Notes: SOLD OUT | $1 from every ticket sold benefits the City of Tuscaloosa Storm Recovery Fund | A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest Yonder Mountain String Band | Doors: 5:30pm / Showtime: 6:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 7,470

Sea of Crimson (Home game for Alabama tomorrow)

The magnanimous duo of Greta > Porch to open the show.

"Last night was a good ole lets get drunk party"

" Climb to Safety had a real good lil jam in it.Yes I said that."

Entropy Review: http://entropy4205.blogspot.com/2011/10/reviewtuscaloosa-al-tuscaloosa.html

"Had a lot of fun with the Chilly > Maggot / Really homely radio-friendly kind of setlist / Had a blast though, much cooler crowd than Brooklyn"

"Whether couldn't be better, with blue skies all around"

"^.........was the Best and Most Improvisational I have heard Panic all year. Amazing. The Tall boy jam was beatiful, I watched schools and the Jam was like Stop Go or Surprise Valley. Such incredible moments.

This was a huge huge highlight too:
Greta > Porch, Airplane > Takeoff > Jaded Tourist > I'm Not Alone, Walk On The Flood > Proving Ground > All Time Low > Jam > Climb To Safety****

(Long Spacey Jam in the middle, never heard a CTS like this one!!!!!!!!)

"Baby Let Me Follow You Down"......Was a great great treat! Before they went into it the crowd was Chanting ROLL TIDE, loudly. Then JB said....Her is a sweet Love Song. Then came Baby Let Me Follow U Don. Great night on the rail with cool ass people. One last thing.....The segue from Takeoff jam outta Airplane into JTourist was perfect, and I'm Not Alone was Beautiful"

Strange set of repeats (2 shows ago?)

First performance in Tuscaloosa since 1996. New Amphitheater built this year. Cool breeze, sold out show in the middle of Alabama. Yonder Mountain opens, and Tornado benefit. Greta "Mother nature comes to arms, she's in a fighting mood'. Entering a Black Hole Backwards

good time overall last night. Sound was fucking horrible where we were. Up and down energy all night. Came out strong but mid 1st really dragged until the ending combo brought the crowd back to life. Freaks Come Out at Night and Theme from Rocky music set break was fun. 1st half of 2nd set was good but it just seemed a little flat. From Junior on though they were breathing fire. Junior, Ride Me High, North, and Parsons were all HUGE. Again, can't get over how bad the sound was but it could've been where we were sitting bottom level. Jimmy was turned up really really loud and it was hard to hear anybody or anything else. It's a huge room. 3rd level was completely tarped off, hardly no one on 2nd level. 1st level and floor completely packed. The lights were great. Good times. Pre-gamed for a good 4 hrs at Blues City back bar. Was ready for bed after the show. I'm an old. Cheers!

042602 Review:

didn't see alot of details posted about last night's show, so I thought I might throw a couple quick thoughts out there for anyone who cares..

Great venue. Much superior to last week's parking lot imo. Breeze coming off the water was nice.

Greta>Porch - had big potential to be a great way to really kick things off right with a 20 minute jamwich, but the actual execution left much to be desired. Greta jam was very short relatively speaking before they slowed things way down for an obvious transition. Greta jam was so short that I thought they might jam back into Greta after Porch for a proper ending. Nah.. Porch was perfunctory with no lunar. Ouch.

Cynic - standard

Airplane>Jaded>INA - nice takeoff, but not over the top, before finding a more or less standard jaded. Jaded seems to have so much potential (see reno), but doesn't appear to be one they feel confident to go out there on yet. wish they fucking would. just sayin.. INA was a treat as always, with some nice, subtle soloing by Jimmy.

WOTF, Provin - I like both tunes, but just saw em last w/e, and the readings were par. Provin buildup>release wasn't as crazy as it can be.

ATL>CTS - gonna be honest and say I'm pretty burnt on these 2, so I grumbled loudly for sure when I heard someone hinted ATL during the tuneup. ATL can be really good these days when they step on the jam, and we finally get lucky and they hit it hard on the closing jam. This tells me it isn't the closer, hallelujah, as they chug into CTS (much to my chagrin!). No big closing jam here, but the middle jam before the ending verses was very cool. If I remember correctly, it seems like they took it in a little different direction than the norm, and things got real interesting there for a few mins. Excited to hear the playback on that, which I can't believe I just typed that. There are good CTS, but usually it's a big closing jam pushing it over the top.

I look at my watch and see it is 60 mins on the nose and I can't help glaring at my wife as I comment on the overall weakness, relatively speaking of course, of the previous frame.

Ribs - standard at best. I have seen a couple good versions of this recently, but this one didn't ever get cookin.

Tallboy - not what I'm looking for to start the set, but much like some of the atl>cts shenanigans, I'm pleasantly surprised as this gets hitting very nicely during the outtro. Any song is good with a hot jam tacked on and tallboy is no exception.

Suad>impossible>chilly>drums>entering a blackhole backwards>maggot>chilly>surprise>pilgrims - I am a big fan of suad, as the middle jam always seems to get dave and jimmy throwing out their hottest licks, so I was glad when jimmy cued it up. Dave and Jimmy didn't disappoint, as they locked in and laid it down heavy. Jimmy gave the obvious signal for Impossible coming out and that seemed to finally get the crowd back into it (as it should). Impossible was well done, with sunny beatin the hell out of it and the front line rippin it up. As they wound that down Dave started throwing out the EABHB riffs. He quoted it for quite a bit, much like Vegas, before he finally gave the obligatory call for Chilly. Pretty standard pounding on that before Jimmy wove his way into Maggot Brain (no spoken word intro). I miss Mike on this one, but I think Jimmy does a great job with it as well, with his best mournful licks and runs. Very nice. >chilly>surprise was good, but it's always good, before slowing down and drifting into Pilgrims. This was my 10th repeat from last w/e, so I was hoping for something different (though I love pilgrims), and then they didn't really peak it out like they usually do. One of my favorite songs, but a boilerplate reading unfortunately.

The set had it moments, but it won't be one the sets we are sitting there talking about at NYE if you know what I mean.

BLMFYD - WOW. THIS is what I came to see. Band crushes the ever-living-dogshit out of this, with JB growling, leaning and boot kickin his way through as the band hits it out of the park. One of my fave covers of the year so far. Thanks guys, I needed that to get me home.

ALG - no jam, yawn

I had a great time and was happy I went, but performance wise, all things considered, this was a standard night at the office for the band. There will be plenty of heat next w/e, so bring it on!

10/01/11 FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN

10/01/11 FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN

1: Saint Ex, Pleas > Rock, Fishwater, Fixin' To Die*, Papa Johnny Road > Heroes > Space Wrangler > Ophelia > The Shape I'm In

2: From The Cradle > Radio Child > Machine > Barstools And Dreamers > You Should Be Glad > Junior > Jam >Drums > Ride Me High > Blue Indian, North > Henry Parsons Died

E: May Your Glass Be Filled, Life During Wartime

* with Jeff Austin on mandolin

['Green Onions' jam during 'Henry Parsons Died']

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest Yonder Mountain String Band | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 18,119

Entropy Review: http://entropy4205.blogspot.com/2011/10/another-night-in-memphis-review-wp.html

JB Gives thanks to the crowd for the Sunday show and the band gets off to a psychedelic start, with a mechanical rumble leading into the second Saint Ex in the opening slot.

BTD's notes: The unpredictability of arena sound....

Memphis Set 2 was Sickkkk. Memphis is a great ass music city.

I LOVE Memphis, such a great representation of the OLD SOUTH.

Great show, great venue, great people. Memphis just jumped to the lead on my favorite cities of the south east list.

High Points: In the show itself FIxen, heroes, band suite and the entire second set. Encore was perfect.h

Beale street = classy bourbon street? (LG4WSP)

"venue was packed on the floor and all the way up to the upper deck but no one was upstairs. probably the largest attendance show all tour was memphis (~8000 seems about right w a 5K floor). Im going to post a full review later tonight, but in short it was the best memphis show since 11-24-01. The band nod (ophelia>shape) was the highlight of the night for me, also some sweet booker T (fixin and green onions) nods throughout the show. not sure what show that "GOUGEaway" was at but the sound was on point to me. usually it is a bit loud in arena, but hey its rock and roll. Of the whole weekend ttown>memphis>biloxi , i would choose memphis overall . but the whole run this weekend was a blast. Full review w/ pictures to come."

3rd level closed curtains ,but bottom 8,000 imo

Interestingly enough, the interpreter from Red Rocks was there helping out. Show was a blast - - YSBG actually blew me away, very funky bass and Jimmy ripped it apart.

Heroes > Space Wrangler > Ophelia > The Shape I'm In -- was an obvious highlight, the place went nuts.

Throughout -- Radio Child > Machine > Barstools and Dreamers > You Should Be Glad > Junior > Jam > Drums > Ride Me High -- they just didn't give us a chance to take a breath! Great times and good people. The people in our section (behind the soundboard a few rows up) rocked. Thanks folks, it's always a pleasure!

Set 1 was so so, more or the rock n roll set, few rushed moments. Set 2 was amazing, loved the JR > RM High Jam> Riders tease > Drumz > RM High > Blue Indian! Loved that. It wasn't the crazy breakout nt, but a good show.
the sounds was fucking terrible. worst I've ever heard at any major concert ever. Every instrument was to 9 or 10, the reverb was coming off the roof like thunder, the vocals were at 4 or 5, and sounded like they were coming through a tin can, there was no clarity or distinction in the instruments. the show was decent, but the sound really pissed me off. Kings of Fucking Leon did a better job with the sound there in April.

Honestly, I would've been pissed the fuck off if I travelled for that muddy mix of a mess that they called "sound" last night.

On the other hand, Memphis was great all around. The city, scene, and show were awesome. As for my 1st time in Memphis, it was great to hang out on Beale St. and go see Widespread Panic steps away. There's definitely no place like Beale St. Also, as far as the southern-fried hotties, I'd have to say Memphis took it. I was disappointed in the Bama attendance. I would definitely love to get back to a Memphis show, especially the Forum right by Beale St.

10/02/11 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS

10/02/11 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS

1: Chainsaw City > Thought Sausage > Travelin Light, True To My Nature, C Brown*, Who Do You Belong To?**, Walkin' (For Your Love), Crazy > Bears Gone Fishin' > Protein Drink > Sewing Machine

2: Lawyers, Guns, And Money, Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi), One Arm Steve > Jack > Stop Go > Good People > Dark Bar > Good People > Disco > Diner > Driving Song > Breathing Slow, Pigeons, Give

E: Papa's Home, Can't Find My Way Home

* with Dave Johnston on banjo
** with Jeff Austin on mandolin

Notes: ON SALE NOW | $48.00 G.A. Floor / $41.00 G.A. Seats | www.ticketmaster.com | 800.745.3000 | www.mscoastcoliseum.com | Tickets-for-Charity® Sold Out | A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest Yonder Mountain String Band | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 9,000

BTD: Jimmy lends a delicate touch to the backend, 'Breathing Slow' jam out of a tasteful, standalone 'Driving Song'. Jimmy's epic, soaring, cascading, 30 second note in Papa's Home! I say goddamn! Frosty is gettin' fatter.

http://entropy4205.blogspot.com/2011/10/another-night-in-memphis-review-wp.html

I honestly believe that this show posseses all of the crown jewels:
1.) Beautiful seuges
2.) High Octaine Energy
3.) Classis Panic environment - Pristine sunset over the coast headed into venue
4.) A frothy in tune John Bell - His vocals were gloriously soaring (i.e. CFMWH)
5.) Disco > Diner > Driving

I have never been a huge fan of post-Mikey Give but Jimmy hammers the Give set closer. The Disco could not have been more timely. JoJo & Jimmy out of the Papa's pinnacle are spectacular. Jimmy's solos out of the first half of Driving honestly get better with every single show. 2011 Panic is a serious force and they displayed the great strides in cohesivness in Biloxi. I am so grateful I was able to attend this show. I had great hopes for Tuscaloosa but song selection was a serious problem for me. Although the show was well played. The transition out of the Maggot > Chilly is perfecto. The Suprise was beautiful as well. JOJO leading the way into the back side was very nice with the River breeze piercing the floor!! Good ole classic Panic was delivered but I wanted Biloxi in Tuscaloosa! Either way it was a perfect weekend. Biloxi is a force to be reckoned with!!!

"Never miss a Sunday show. Like church, but better"

Attendance was Big enough to have them sell out of beer by set break...

The Coast coliseum was set for Theater Seating, same as they did the year Panic played UNO mid-October, and understimated the demand for cold beverages as by setbreak the beer was hard to find!

However this time, the crowd was VERY MUCH into the show and the band responded appropiately. Nothing was rushed, all the songs were extremely well played with extended jams, and you could FEEL the band was hitting on all cylinders. Impressive show, great crowd energy and the crowd was rewarded. A fitting salute before the hiatus for those of us who won't see them again this tour.

Amazing show tonight. One of my highlight, suprisingly was...Bears > PD....sickness! The Thin Air, Stop Go, and Diner went forever.....just what i wanted! Lots of great jams. Also really loved the Extended Breathin Slow > Pigeons.

2 very good nights, 1 great night.

Such an amazing time, driving thru Bama, Tenn, and Miss. Blue Skies and great weather. Also fun meeting alot of fellow PTers.

The Phrase I heard the most: Roll Tide

The setup for this was weird. They had this "festival" going on w/ camping that had an official tax'd vendor area for shakedown. Wasn't really poppin, people were nervous.

Inside the show was a 100% free for all. Floor was raging superhard, and everyone kept looking back at the stands because they were jumping big time. A few doofus security guards around, didn't accomplish shit.

Many many starry eyes at setbreak, pretty great vibe in my book. Some of the tourheads were complaining about locals but I guess I just knew what to expect in Biloxi. The vibe for me was blissful, especially after Memphis.

FUCK FEDEX FORUM. That is a super sketchy venue, and I will never go back there for any show again. Every corporate venue rule you can imagine was in full effect. Security guards were following me around all night on the floor and I was absolutely not doing shit. Cameras and cops doing lookout from up top sending headset goons to snatch them up from the crowd, saw several people get in trouble.
The vibe, in my mind, was menacing and it was hard for me to let go and be into the music 100%..

Having that show there instead of Mud Island seemed like a set up. Memphis sketched me the fuck out bad. To get onto Beale Street after the show you have to be searched hard!! I'm sure some forgetful WSP fans ended up in handcuffs.

Highlights of last night: Bears>PDSM , Thin Air, STOP/GO, DINER.......the whole show was smoking but those were some insane peaks. They went pretty far out, my face was 100% melted after being at two great shows that weekend.

I have to say, that ....BEAR'S GONE FISHIN > Jam > PD/SM, was some insane Thunder down on the Bayou! Hot damn.

10/04/11 Johnny Mercer Auditorium, Savannah, GA

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1: B of D > Bowlegged Woman > Bust It Big > Mr Soul, Gimme > Little Kin > Action Man, Time Zones > Red Hot Mama, Love Tractor

2: Holden Oversoul > Chilly Water, Cotton Was King > Blight > Tortured Artist > Spoonful > Hatfield > Tie Your Shoes > Arleen > Tie Your Shoes > Heaven

E: Old Neighborhood > Stop Breakin' Down Blues

Notes: SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,524 | Seating Chart

BTD's notes: It's safe to say that the low country has been a breeding ground for ripping shows, and with the road crew pulling into Johnny Mercer, Savannah will not be spared tonight! They set the bar for solid transitioning early with a ripping segueway between the B of D > Bowlegged Woman opener, and then again between Bust It Big & Mr. Soul (the first 3 songs brought to you by the letter B). SLAM! All that is followed by the 3rd Gimme on Tuesday in a row, and a Grateful Dead sounding jam into Little Kin. A surprise with Old Neighborhood coming in the encore slot (2nd only). 2nd set highlights include a schools echoing over the crowd to end blight, a slick Spoonful, and a monster Schools solo during Hatfield. Second Arleen Sandwich in a row, this time wrapped inside an insane Tie Your Shoes, complete with "Love Your Squirells" lyrics. (check this) The age old debate between ARLENE and ARLEEN is now over, with Dave Schools spelling it out for y'all at Savannah's rowdy Johnny Mercy Auditorium.

The segues the first nite in savannah were fantastic

Panic crushed a first set.

"Eye of the Tiger. Place going nuts. So am I. Out."

Jimmy Stuck the landing out of 'Blight'

"That's some 5th gear panic right there" Tie Your Shoes > Arleen > Tie Your Shoes

"The crowd was going nuts from start to finish!"

"Full on party last night. Great vibe, first set is straight smoke.

"Savannah continues to be the breeding ground of insane shows.. when was there not a heater?"

10/05/11 Johnny Mercer Auditorium, Savannah, GA

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1: Wondering > Space Wrangler, Dirty Side Down, She Caught the Katy > Little Lilly, Shut Up And Drive, You Got Yours, Party at Your Mama's House > Ribs and Whiskey, Up All Night, Fishwater

2: Imitation Leather Shoes, Mercy, New Speedway Boogie, Aunt Avis, Rebirtha > Goin' Out West > Jam, Surprise Valley > Vacation, North

E: And It Stoned Me, Postcard > Makes Sense To Me

['In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' tease after 'Imitation Leather Shoes'; 'Electric Funeral' jam after 'Goin' Out West']

Notes: SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,524 | Seating Chart

peep that Jam>Mercy!!!! the GOW too.

Great funk jams in there, good lord. Just now listening since the show, i dont remember it being like that.
Hit me with more Fall tour funk

Biggest surprise of the first set, believe it or not, was Up All Night! Yeah, the Savannah lines makes it a given, but a wonderfully developed and beautifully melodic jam in the middle of the song was a first! As if Imititation Leather Shoes wasn't dark enough already, Schools let's the bass line dip into 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' for a few minutes. Check out the Surprise Valley Outro. Beautiful, silky smooth outro on the vacation jam.

All Houser era songs in the second set and encore.

10/07/11 The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel, Nashville, TN

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1: Ain't Life Grand, Cream Puff War, Cotton Was King, Tall Boy > Porch Song > Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > Climb To Safety > Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Conrad, Blackout Blues

2: Greta > Solid Rock > Better Off, Pigeons, Angels on High, Airplane > Drums > Jam > Junior > Pilgrims, Walkin' (For Your Love)

E: Sharon*, Walk On

*with Johnny Neel on Wurlitzer

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ Special Guest Futurebirds| Doors: 5:00pm / Showtime: 6:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 4,500 | Seating Chart (General Admission)

that was the most females I have seen at a Panic show in quite sometime too...... and to get the only Sharon played, not during a 2-3 night run and as an encore, was pretty badass, esp. with Johnny Neel sitting in.

Carefully built in the middle of the woods, secluded yet close to downtown; i'm in love. Hopefully this venue brings more great music to our city.

hat Porch Song>Low Spark sandwich was one of the better segments of music I've heard.

"That porch jam was hot"

"Random Sharon"

Jam out of Porch > Low Spark was worth the price of admission. Madness. So glad to know Nashville has this wonderful lil nugget of a venue. Superb venue.

" Beautiful Scenery. Security was almost non-existent. I imagine this what Oak Mtn may have been prior to 2002." everything was easy there! parking, food (real), no bathroom lines (i did sue the woods more than the restrooms), beer lines, ease of getting around, no security hassles, courteous staff, and most important the surroundings

The boys were saving room for a huge second set, with none of the songs going too far out there during the 60 minute first set that featured a rowdy Cream Puff War.

He was tearing that rug up, grunting, growling, howling and spilling energy all over the place. Love to see him feel it like that as it translates so well in to wild vibes in the crowd. Another smoking hot encore and JB was fun to watch...

10/08/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

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1: All Time Low > Rock, Tickle The Truth, Dyin' Man, Saint Ex, Impossible > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Christmas Katie > Radio Child, Henry Parsons Died

2: Machine > Barstools And Dreamers, Good People > Dark Bar > Good People > Flat Foot Flewzy, Don't Be Denied*, This Part Of Town*, Flicker > Papa's Home > Drums > Papa's Home, Driving Song > Superstition > Driving Song > Breathing Slow > Chilly Water

E: City of Dreams*, Love Tractor

* with John Keane on pedal steel

Notes: A Food Drive Event | w/ special guest: Futurebirds | Doors: 5:00pm / Showtime: 6:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

http://entropy4205.blogspot.com/2011/10/georgia-sweet-georgia-review-widespread.html

BTD Notes: Panic is clearly showing love for the home team, All Time Low kicks things off for the ATL...
Absolutely beautiful version of This Part Of Town with Jimmy and Keane trading licks and blowing it up!

2nd set was HOT... place was bumping! Possibly one of the best sets I've seen. JK was perfect on TPOT. Flewzy and DBD were fucking awesome and everything seemed to be on point. JH didn't miss a lick all night!

Hot hot hot!

First off, the weather in Alpharetta couldn't have been any better...always helps to have a lot of sunshine in the lot to set the vibe (imo)..

All Time Low was a good opener...unusual in this spot for sure but a good version and appropriate to kick off the night....ROCK! I said in the lot I wanted to hear and BAM! I enjoyed this version and at this point I'm thinking this could be a special night...

This was only my 4th show since Oak 02' so Tickle the Truth went over my head...I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away...that can be said for Dyin' Man and St. Ex...although the Dyin' Man was fun...a lot of folks going nuts down in the first few rows. I enjoy the "sabbath" feeling to parts of St. Ex...well played imo. I could hear the Impossible getting charged up and they brought the heat with the > Guilded...many years and many shows and I can't rembember the last time I heard this in a first a set...if ever. Good stuff on that combination...I ran and grabbed a few beers during the end of Katie and Radio Child although I think they played both songs well...HPD was ROCKING and a fitting way to end the 1st set...

Machine > Barstools...lions, tigers, bears OH MY! That combo got it going quick and it was a full on dance fest on row H Houser side!! I don't mind Good People and I thought is sounded good...kinda funky...good version. Holy crap FFF was hoppin'...crowd going nuts...great version and everybody is moving good at this point...was very suprised to get a DBD and JB just kills the vocals on this tune...I had some Houser thoughts during this one and it was beautiful...The same can be said for TPOT...JB's vocals on this tune are damn good and again, kind of took me back a few years...solid version.....Flicker went over my head like the Tickle but I did enjoy it and the jam at the end was hot...always love to get a Papa's Home and the crowd was loving it > drums > beer...back into Papa's....good stuff. I figured they might give us a Driving and I was right...good start to this one and then BAM! Superstition??? Are you serious? the place went absolutely bonkers...my row included...a Drivin Super Drivin Sammy...I'm satisfied!!....> Breathing slow...only the second time in probably 100 or so shows I've heard this tune...I really couldn't believe it to tell you the truth...really good version and I enjoyed the shit out of it!! > Chilly Water....I've made no mistake about declaring my love for Houser Panic over the years and I will say that this was one of the better Chilly Water's I've ever heard....the place was coming unglued...I thought JB was going to come out of his britches

....DAMN GOOD!

The encore COD of was very fitting and a good version...I thought it might be one and done and then Tractor...a lot energy on this one and a good version....wheew!

John Keane was a pleasant surprise on TPOT and DBD....I came away from this show with a smile on my face....thank you Widespread Panic!

10/09/11 Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA

10/09/11 Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA

1: Pigeons, Ribs And Whiskey, Little Kin, Can't Get High > Shut Up And Drive, Sleepy Monkey > Ride Me High > Hatfield > Surprise Valley > Porch Song

2: North > Bust It Big > Jack, This Cruel Thing*, Blue Indian**, Disco > Diner > Vacation > You Should Be Glad, Goin' Out West

E: Expiration Day**, Blight, Protein Drink > Sewing Machine

* with John Keane on guitar/vocals
** with John Keane on pedal steel

['Don't Cry For Me Argentina' tease during 'Vacation']

Notes: 2011 Tunes For Tots Benefit Concert | Ticket Details | SOLD OUT | www.georgiatheatre.com | Doors: 5:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

10/11/11 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

10/11/11 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
1: From The Cradle, Holden Oversoul, Stop Go > Sleeping Man, Happy > Jaded Tourist, Down, Pleas > Proving Ground > Worry > Proving Ground

2: Papa Johnny Road, Climb To Safety, Time Waits For No One, Second Skin, Coconut, One Arm Steve > Action Man > St. Louis > Bear's Gone Fishin' > Pilgrims, Red Hot Mama

E: The Last Straw, Sometimes

['Time Waits' rap during 'Stop Go'; Last 'Time Waits For No One' - 07/11/09, 191 shows]

Notes: ON SALE NOW $50.00 / $37.50 | www.ticketmaster.com | Tickets-for-Charity® Sold Out | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,476

Magnificent jam out of Holden Oversoul and a big bold Jojo solo during stop go.
Return of Time Waits For No One, a surprise Coconut, wonderfully crafted Bear's Gone Fishin'

Hot Red Hot, Schools whispers 'happy birthday' into the mic before The Last Straw encore.

10/12/11 Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO

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1: Space Wrangler, Walkin' (For Your Love) > Blackout Blues, Dirty Side Down > Time Zones > Thought Sausage > Travelin' Light, Crazy, Rebirtha > Party At Your Mama's House > Stop Breakin' Down Blue

2: Give > Fishwater, Up All Night, It Ain't No Use > I'm Not Alone > Tie Your Shoes > Entering A Black Hole Backwards > Chilly Water > Saint Ex > Junior > Tall Boy

E: Ain't Life Grand, Who Do You Belong To? > Imitation Leather Shoes

Notes: SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 3,500 | Seating Chart

JBisms:

'Good evenin', people!' before-Space Wrangler
'I'm only goin' where the world is pointed, baby. Only goin' if my heart goes there, too. You bought me this old pair of boots, yeah. What I'm gonna do is shine 'em up nice, now' during-Walkin' (For Your Love)

The Peabody Opera House of St. Louis that was chained up for 20 years has opened its doors this fall, and will host tonight's shindig.
Really nasty drop in between Party At Your Mama's House and Stop Breakin' Down Blues.
Nastiest build up in Tie Your Shoes... Smoking hot. Then Sunny drops a loop on the drums after Tie Your Shoes (THIS SHOULD BE LISTED ON SETLIST)

It was an unbelievably well played show. David Schools was in dominant form. Beautiful theatre, and security was a joke. Re-entry was totally allowed, you just had to get a stamp. I went out to the car twice for a beer. One time I walked right in with a can without even trying to hide it. I got away with not buying a single beer in that place. And didn't use their restrooms once either. Before Rebirtha Schools smiled and did a little baseball swing. Then busted into the song. Then someone threw a Cards jersey at JB and it whizzed by his ear.

"So we hear you guys got a pretty good baseball team" DAS Before 'Aint Life Grand' encore

Rebirtha had a big cheer cus someone threw a red Cards hat on stage and the cheers were let out during I'm Not Alone with St. Louis took it home.

Show coincides with Game 3 of the NLCS at home. This could be interesting.

Up All Night gets the jam treatment once again....

Epic tension release before Love Your Girl section of Tie Your Shoes. Booming Entering a Black Hole Backwards jam out of drums before Chilly Water.

"In 1965 Frank Sinantra and the rest of the rat pack, appeared at the Kiel Opera house in a charity concert hosted by Johnny Carson and televised across the country.

In its 57 year history the Keil Opera House hosted everyone from President Truman to the Rolling Stones. But, in 1991 it closed its doors for good.

The art deco gem i snow being polished up. This fall it will be brought back to life.

"It's such a great venue with such a great legacy and we're thrilled to giving that gift back to St. Louis." said John Urban."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmFDiRf-evs

10/14/11 The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, MI

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1: Old Neighborhood, Papa Legba, Wonderin' > Send Your Mind, Greta, You Got Yours, Angels On High, Hope In A Hopeless World, Cotton Was King, Papa's Home

2: Heroes > Conrad, Pickin' Up The Pieces, Visiting Day, Airplane > Aunt Avis, Fairies Wear Boots, Pigeons, Don't Wanna Lose You, Chainsaw City

E: Her Dance Needs No Body, New Speedway Boogie, Makes Sense To Me

[Fast 'Visiting Day'; 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' tease during 'Airplane']

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs57min | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,200

Lions, Tigers and Panic are rocking this week in Detroit.

10/15/11 Akron Civic Theater, Akron, OH

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1: Henry Parsons Died, Rock, This Part of Town, Weight of the World, Dyin' Man, Tortured Artist, Me And The Devil Blues, Clinic Cynic, All Time Low, C. Brown, Solid Rock

2: Let's Get Down To Business, Radio Child, Barstools and Dreamers, Flicker > Driving Song > Let's Get the Show on Road > Driving Song > Breathing Slow > Surprise Valley > Drums > Surprise Valley, Life During Wartime Song

E: Strange Times, When You Coming Home, Porch Song

['Satisfied' rap during 'Barstools And Dreamers']

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs36min | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 3,500

When you coming home seems mighty appropriate for JB's return to Akron. On top of that, STrange Times cover (Black Keys singer's home town) and Let's Get The Show On The Road (MIchael Stanley).

They stop and drop into a beautifully crafted jam out of LGTSOTR, leading back into Driving Song.

Akron first set was solid, the second set was fucking Panic. I really appreciated the Me & the Devil as i figured that was done for the tour. Driving song started with JB on electric > power-driven LGTSOTR > driving song with JB on acoustic > pretty standard BS > steller Surprise Valley. The venue was the real deal. Much like a 50% size version of the Palace. Absolutely beautiful. Its really a shame Panic never had the opportunity to put together a 2 or 3 nighter there. I would put Det at about 1100-1200, nearly the whole balcony was empty and Akron was quite close to being sold out. I should note, 2 completely different crowds as well, alot of Panic Fans in akron as opposed to locals checking them out for the first time. (Listen to 10/15)

10/16/11 PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH

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1: North > Love Tractor, Sleepy Monkey, True To My Nature, L.a. > Jack, Travelin' Man > You Should Be Glad, Climb To Safety

2: Diner > Just Kissed My Baby, Good People > Dark Bar > Good People, Mercy > Vampire Blues > Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) > Drums > Jam > Four Cornered Room > Contentment Blues > Bust It Big > Mr Soul

E: Can't Get High, None Of Us Are Free

[Last 'Four Cornered Room' - 07/10/10, 98 shows; Soundcheck: 'L.a.', 'Cream Puff War']

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs57min | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

JB's Hat is backwards

10/18/11 Orpheum Theater, Omaha, NE

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1: Glory > Ribs And Whiskey, Bear's Gone Fishin' > Proving Ground > Imitation Leather Shoes > Proving Ground, Casa Del Grillo > St. Louis, Shut Up And Drive, Blue Indian > Holden Oversoul

2: One Arm Steve > Pleas > Christmas Katie, Little Kin > Gimme > Worry > Drums > Jam > Impossible > Ride Me High > Pilgrims > Cream Puff War

E: Help Me Somebody, Space Wrangler

['Third Stone From The Sun' tease before 'Pleas']

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs43min | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

BTD's Notes: Jojo Synthesizer jam after Drums.

Drove in from KC, got right downtown, got front row tix behind the pit, right in front of Schools. Had a couple stevies at Jazz and headed to the theater. Beautiful place! Last year I was in the balcony so it was fun being up front this year. House music hi-lite, Hot Pants...I'm Coming - Bobby Byrd.

Glory was a solid opener, not sure I've ever seen it in that slot. Straight into Ribs with Dave hammering away was very nice. My buddy had only been to 4 shows and he wanted Bears and got it. Proving got things ready to blow but it didn't really happen first set. ILS is fun live, but was standard. Back to proving then the unmistakable Sonny intro to Casa. I knew I'd get this song so wasn't too surprised. St. Louis was welcome, thought they might save it for Milwookie during the World series. I'd never seen SU&D and it was pretty solid southern rock. I always like blue indian so was happy to get it, the end of that song got the place rowdy, coupled with a holden closer, great finishing touch!

Went to get a water during set break to get ready for the drive home and couldn't even get through the drink line at the front. It was crazy. House lights went off so I sprinted back without water to my spot to find two dudes in their 50's in our spot. Took a while but we worked our way back in with a totally different crowd than we'd had first set.

One arm steve wasnt bad, my friend dug it too. Love the jam into Pleas, feel like Jimmy is finally nailing it. During the jam I took the time to look around and watch the pit. Dude jumped the rail into the pit and had a skinny security guard in his 40's run over and grab him. Guy spun away four times before the guy got pissed and grabbed his arm, took him over to the other security and gave the umpire toss signal. Was pretty funny. Spun chicks kept banging into him, he didn't look happy. So I called him over and asked him what's the craziest crowd he sees in the place. He points to the floor indicating "THIS" and mouths the words "by a lot!" and makes a wide gap with his hands. Thought it was pretty funny.

Christmas Katie was tight, Lil Kin is always a favorite of mine. Gimme was a good toast to a great Tuesday show. Worry was hot but the steam died in drums until the end when it got funky with bass. Impossible was awesome coming out of that jam. Highlight of the night was definitely Ride me High, got the crowd around me going wild. Somehow that song took the place to a new level. Pilgrims was classic panic, loved it. Knew CPW had to be coming soon since they soundchecked a couple nights ago. Two awesome closers for the night.

Pretty solid encore, nothing crazy but I'll always take some JoJo and Wrangler for the road.

Had a lot of fun with the different people we met. Katelyn from Lincoln, Jeff, Angela, Georgia...can't remember the rest of the names.

Hope you guys get some heaters in Milwaukee! Tell Nyjer Morgan hi while I'm watching the CARDS in the World Series!

Set 2 One Arm Steve > Pleas > JAM > Christmas Katie, Lil Kin > Gimme > Worry > Drumz & Bass > Impossible > Ride Me High > Pilgrims > Cream Puff War (83 mins)
Encore Help Me Somebody > Space Wrangler (13 mins)

Thought the show started off wirth a nice bang. Was with a buddy who was gettin his cherry popped and he really wanted a Ribs so that didn't take long. Thought the Proving sammy was real nice and the crowd was definitely groovin. Had a nice piss/cig session during Casa and timed it perfect to hear the opening notes for St. Louis which I love. Holden closed out the set with a bang. OAS was good but got real excited with the jam into Pleas as it's one of my faves. Got Please last year in Omaha too. CK, Kin, and Gimme were all great but Worry is when the show took off for me. After another piss/cig during drums I was ready for the bust into Impossible. Show was straight fire I thought from there on out. My section was gettin the fuck down all night! Really enjoyed the encore as well.

Personally highlight: Impossible>RMH(peak of the night)>Pilgrims>CPW

Quote of the night: That show was reeeal niiiice Clark.... that show was reeeeaaaal niiiiice

10/20/11 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

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1: From The Cradle, Bowlegged Woman, Gradle, Happy > Jaded Tourist, Little Lilly > Tie Your Shoes > I'm Not Alone, Up All Night, Stop Go, Knockin' 'Round The Zoo

2: Disco > Rebirtha > Jam > B of D > Time Zones > Maggot Brain > Chilly Water > Saint Ex > Chilly Water > Drums > Slippin' Into Darkness*, Machine > Barstools And Dreamers > Action Man

E: Old Joe, Blackout Blues, Dear Mr. Fantasy

* with Steve Lopez on percussion

['Down On The Farm' tease before 'Happy'; 'Three Little Birds' rap after 'Stop Go'; 'Interstellar Overdrive' tease before 'Saint Ex'; Soundcheck: Knockin' 'Round The Zoo, Pilgrims, Weight Of The World]

Notes: Show Length: 3hrs21min | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,500 | Seating Chart

BTD's notes:

Just a week out from the tour closer in Chicago, perhaps the boys decided to stack the setlist tonight to bring hits like '' back into rotation one more time! The Riverside Theatre crowd is nearly as thunderous as the six headed monster always is on the first of a three night stint in Milwaukee! Highlights of the first set include an early 'Bowlegged Woman', the perfect transition between this tour's third pairing of 'Happy > Jaded Tourist', a nasty tail end jam on Little Lilly with JB screaming before Schools ushers in the rollin' and roaring 'Tie Your Shoes' bass line, 'Stop Go' with a surprise 'Three Little Birds' rap, the ripping extended 'Up All Night' jam, and Thursday's favorite song closing the set; 'Knockin' 'Round The Zoo'. They played 'Gradle', too.. what a first set!

Rebirtha concludes with a very developed stretch of improv.

They finally

$4 PBR Tall Boys in the brew city make Blackout Blues the most appropriate choice to end the longest show of the tour a satisfying note... but they're staying on stage... for 'Dear Mr. Fantasy'!

Fans have come to expect a ton of jamming and long distance sets in MKE, so the marathon tonight!

5 Instrumentals. (4/10 original Instrumentals and Maggot Brain)

Review:

Damn glad I was in that building last night....what is it about Riverside and/or Milwaukee that leads this band to almost everytime out play stellar shows, lots of jamming, and extremely long sets??? This was another marathon like the Saturday '09 show.

From the Cradle always leads to good things, definitely glad when that started.

Holy shit the Happy > Jaded Tourist segue was perfect. Tourist has been one of my two favorite on DSD and this has to be its best version yet, hands down. Can't wait to relisten to that combo.

Always like a Little Lilly, and glad to hear TYS especially in first set since it's been 2nd set'd in 3 of my last 5 shows. Rest of the set stayed on fire, even Up All Night was ripping at the end. Stop Go > Knockin is always a good one, this was encore in Louisville earlier this year.

2nd set started hot, I thought it lost steam after Rebirtha for a bit and right before Chilly came out it was arleady like 50 minutes in, so was hoping for a long set and they delivered. Somehow that is my first chilly in awhile, (3 years maybe??) good shit. These guys were fucking jamming tonight.

Slipping is a great song. I like the lights they had going last night, not sure if different than what I saw at Wiltern in last show but they were solid. Solid though standard way to finish off 2nd set but place was rocking.

Encore speaks for itself. I was cruising back to Chicago right after and almost left half way through BB, thank GOD I didn't. Dear Mr Fantasy is a gem, and aside from being played this February its last time before was at Chicago Theater in '07, my lady's first show.

Great times in the Pit on Schools Side. Mike R, looked for you but no luck finding you??

Enjoy tonight y'all. Could only make last night and glad I did.

10/21/11 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

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1: Junior, Walkin' (For Your Love), Chainsaw City, Cotton Was King, Tall Boy > Fixin' To Die, Trouble, The Last Straw, You Got Yours > Fishwater

2: Sometimes, Conrad, Visiting Day, Airplane > Goin' Out West > Drums And Bass > Greta, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys > Papa's Home, Ain't Life Grand

E: Heaven, Dream Song, Red Hot Mama

['Cars' tease during 'You Got Yours'; 'Soul Kitchen' tease after 'Goin' Out West']

Notes: Show Length: 3hrs07min | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,500 | Seating Chart

BTD's NOTES: Some tripped out synth effects at the end of Red Hot Mama (?).

loved the end of set 1: Straw > YgY > Fishwater!

Junior opener is one song that can really get it started right for me. They played the hell out of Cotton was King. It's usually a song I don't get super excited about hearing but this show *put a new light on it.*
Trouble>last straw>you got yours>fishwater really made the set special to me.*
The take off jam out of airplane gets better every time I hear it and is giving new life to the song compared with the first times I heard Jimmy play it. *The jams outta drums have been taking on new meaning and I think they are getting back to the way they used to do it.*
Low spark is always a highlight in my book.*
I don't know how everybody felt about the slow encore but I think they are great when they polish it off with a Red Hot Mama.*

Major highlight:Drumz/Bass > Arleen-like Jam > Greta > Jam > Low Spark > Papas. Also enjoyed Sometimes > Conrad....i got that combo at the Warfield Run I did in 1999. What memories. Great couple of nights in Milwaukee!

What a party last night was. Second set was a straight heater. Airplane > Goin out west had some absolutely ridiculous Jimmy jams... Low Spark > Papas was a lot of fun as well, then saw JBs tech bring the mandolin out so ALG was coming. First 2 encore songs were a change of pace from the high energy of that set, RHM was awesome. Props to the light guy because he's been putting out some great stuff this tour, that place was just red all over.

See ya folks tonight for what's bound to be an absolute barn burner!!

10/22/11 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

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1: Porch Song > Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Party At Your Mama's House > No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, Aunt Avis, Angels On High, It Ain't No Use > C. Brown, Flicker > Love Tractor

2: Last Dance, Radio Child > Travelin' Light, All Time Low, Blight > Pigeons, Bust It Big > Drums > Surprise Valley > Driving Song > Breathing Slow > Surprise Valley > Climb To Safety

E: Genesis, Postcard, Lawyers Guns and Money

Notes: Show Length: 3hrs06min | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 7:00pm / Showtime: 8:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 2,500 | Seating Chart

Breathing Slow from Milwaukee was badass. Jimmy's tone was very clean, reminiscent of the '09 "acoustic" set!

Highlights night 3:
Maybe some of you have had this happen before but it seemed like the boys had a wire at our table at moe's that day because they just about played every song we really talked about that day. My friend Corree and I just kept turning to each other saying you have got to be kidding me. Stop breakin' down> PAYMH>no sugar> Aunt Avis was the highlight if the first set to me. The whole second set was just awesome but the part that really stood out to me and I couldn't get out of my head after the show the the surprise>driving>breathing slow>surprise $5 footlong. I think Jimmy is really nailing the change from driving into breathing slow. They saved the best part of the night for last. Genesis>Postcard>Lawyers guns & money encore!!! Are you kidding me. This was my favorite encore of the weekend by far and left me with a good taste in my mouth when we left the wookie!*

So it's been a few days since I was on here, and I'm not quite sure if this run sucked or not….but if you ask me, Night 3 was fucking outstanding. No crazy bustouts (or even non-crazy bustouts), this was just a well played rock show where even the standardly-played had an extra twist or 'umph' to it.

Some things that stood out, musically:
-Jojo's work on the piano in the outro of PAYMH turning into a funky No Sugar intro
-I kept thinking there were more sammy's happening - was POSITIVE ANU & Radio Child weren't finished , but apparently they were.
-Loved the C Brown. Jimmy's solos in here have a tendency to get bogged down, where a simple melodic one will do, but I thought this version was great.
-Blight>Pigeons>Bust It Big was the Big Ticket.
-Surprise>Driving>Valley>Climb to Safety wasn't exactly out of left field as setlist choices, but it was crushed
-The 2 Surprise outros I caught this fall - Brooklyn & Milwaukee - have not disappointed.
-Encore was fantastic and I think everyone in attendance agreed.
-This was my first Postcard since the Beacon in 2001 and I damn sure agree with the band about the city of Milwaukee, great place.

10/25/11 Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

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1: Heroes > Wondering > Better Off, This Part Of Town > Dyin' Man > Hatfield > Don't Wanna Lose You > North > Jack > Henry Parsons Died

2: Give > Diner > Second Skin > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Proving Ground > Jam > Drums > You Should Be Glad, Holden Oversoul > Blue Indian > Protein Drink > Sewing Machine

E: Solid Rock > Rock

['Day Tripper' tease after 'Second Skin']

Notes: ON SALE NOW | $35.00 | www.ticketmaster.com | Tickets-for-Charity® Sold Out | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

BTD's notes: JB is in rare form tonight, mixing up the lyrics and having a whole lot of fun with Charlie during the most colorful Hatfield rap of the tour. A North of epic proportions highlights the first set, which is followed by a funky jam in E that flows beautifully into Jack.

I really wanna compare these two shows because they were so different. The Minneapolis show was a total rock fest with a lot of heavy Jimmy solos. A total face melter

Highlights for me from the Minneapolis show were don't wanna loss you and guilded. Along with the solid rock>rock encore! Sweet!*

10/27/11 Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA

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1: Hope In A Hopeless World, Pleas > Mr. Soul, Dirty Side Down, Bears Gone Fishing > Shut Up And Drive, St. Louis, Pickin' Up The Pieces, Little Kin, Good People > Dark Bar > Good People, Who Do You Belong To?

2: Old Neighborhood, Imitation Leather Shoes > Worry, Down > Mercy > New Speedway Boogie, Travelin' Man > Vacation, Rebirtha, Space Wrangler

E: May Your Glass Be Filled > Are You Ready For The Country?

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs45min | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:30pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show

BTD: One of the most polished St. Louis jams to date, a very emotionally charged stretch in Mercy >>>>Vacation, with some beautiful jamming and JB talking about Dust, Wind and Light both in Mercy and Vacation. Space Wrangler had a huge outro!

. Ames was alot more mellow than the Minneapolis face melter... almost somber at times which was appropriate considering the death of the tour bus driver.*

Highlights from Ames were the Hope in a Hopeless World, Pleas>mr. Soul opener. Such a flawless jam from pleas into mr. Soul. To me this whole set flowed really nicely. I enjoyed the hell out of the Bear's Gone Fishin'...it has taken me a little time to get into the song but now I love it. To me the song has to distinct layers...there is the this light layer on top and these slower moving deep notes on the bottom. Other highlight for me was new speedway, travelin man>vacation. Traveling' man is the perfect set up for a great vacation.*

10/28/11 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL

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1: Send Your Mind > Disco > Walkin' (For Your Love), Up All Night > North, One Arm Steve > Action Man, Thought Sausage > Machine > Barstools And Dreamers

2: Impossible > Saint Ex > Stop Go, All Time Low > Papa's Home > Tie Your Shoes > Drums > Jam > Tie Your Shoes > Ride Me High > Pilgrims > Ribs And Whiskey > Blackout Blue

E: Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, Baby, Please Don't Go, Makes Sense To Me

['Shake, Rattle and Roll' rap during 'Barstools And Dreamers'; 'Not Fade Away' jam before 'Drums'; Last 'Baby, Please Don't Go' - 10/31/08, 219 shows]

Notes: Show Length: 3hrs13min | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 3,880 | Seating Chart

BTD's notes: Incredible well crafted 2nd set of fire! The slow outro of Saint Ex that would have followed a massive cracendo, was subbed out for the lead lines to Stop Go. And what a Stop Go, it was! Absolutely beautiful wine making rap, incredible Jojo delay jam hinting at Grateful Dead, and then Papa's Home had the most beautiful Jimmy solo!

Highlights for me was Send Your Mind....awesome opener. Another good up all night. The whole second set was rockin but the TYS>not fade away jam>drums>TYS>ride me high was my favorite part. The encore's speak for themselves. Wow!*

Friday: Got in early to get a poster-- best theatre I have ever been in. Started off good. After coming from MKE the crowd energy was a little low, but the band started strong. Machine > Barstools was top notch. The second set had some of my favorite songs. My only complaint was that TYS sort of fell apart but the rest of the set was great. Strong close and a rocking encore. Fun show.

10/29/11 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL

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1: Goin' Out West > Stag-O-Lee, You Should Be Glad, Little Lily > Henry Parsons Died, Me And The Devil Blues, You Got Yours, Christmas Katie > Let It Rock, B of D, Conrad

2: Tall Boy > She Caught The Katy, Can't Get High, Cotton Was King, Airplane > Greta > Fishwater > Drums > Jam > Driving Song > Arleen > Fishwater

E: Peace Frog > Blue Sunday, End Of The Show > Ain't Life Grand

[Last 'Stag-O-Lee' - 11/04/07, 295 Shows; 'Chest Fever' tease before 'You Got Yours'; 'Third Stone From The Sun' tease after 'Drums'; 'Blood & Fire' rap after 'Arleen'; Last 'Peace Frog' - 11/28/98, 1017 shows; Last Blue Sunday' - 11/28/98, 1017 shows]

Notes: Show Length: 3hrs00min | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:00pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 3,880 | Seating Chart

I could talk about this show for days but this thing is getting really lengthy so this is the brief version
Me and the devil blues-holy shit I never thought I would see this and it blew me away
She Caught The Katy-my first and I loved it waited 49 shows to see it
Greta-never heard energy from the crowd like I heard during this greta. Everyone was going nuts!!*
Arleen blood and fire rap-thanks Dgold for the background info I couldn't tell what he was saying.*
Peace Frog > Blue Sunday, End Of The Show, Ain't Life Grand encore left me speechless. JB's voice is just incredible. I still can't believe this encore.*

Saturday: The show kicked ass. GOW opener rocks. MATDB, YGY, LIR were great as well as the Conrad closer. The second set started as standard Panic (which isn't bad this tour) but after the Airplane jam it was almost a completely different show. Greta tore the theatre apart and the energy never left. The best Panic 3.0 I've seen. Fishwater was out of hand. Killer Driving and the best Arlene I've heard in some time. PF>BS got the crowd into a frenzy (more than UNO '98) and it was great hearing it again but in Chicago. Bumped into Todd after the show and he was all smiles.

10/31/11 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL

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1: Pigeons > Radio Child, Wishbone, True To My Nature, Time Zones > Love Tractor, Degenerate > Blight, Tail Dragger, Climb To Safety

2: Godzilla > Iron Man > Godzilla > Imitation Leather Shoes > Jack > Surprise Valley > Blue Indian, I'm Losing You > Chilly Water > Bust It Big

E: Outtasite (Outta Mind), Postcard > Porch Song, Werewolves Of London*

* with members of the Widespread Panic crew

[Last 'Wishbone' - 12/15/89, 2259 shows; Only 'Degenerate'; 'Don't Tell The Band' rap during 'Blight'; Only 'Tail Dragger'; Last 'Godzilla' - 10/31/97, 1152 shows; Only 'Iron Man'; 'Blues For Allah' tease before 'Jack'; 'Hand Of Doom' tease before 'Surprise Valley; Only 'I'm Losing You'; Only 'Outtasite (Outta Mind)'; Last 'Werewolves Of London' - 10/29/08, 222 shows]

Notes: Show Length: 2hrs34min | Stage [Chicago World's Fair of 1893] John [Geoff Peterson From The Late Late Show] Bell; Dave [Jason Voorhees] Schools; Todd [Zoltar] Nance; Jojo [Steve Bartman] Hermann; Jimmy [Moises Alou] Herring; Sunny [Shrek] Ortiz | SOLD OUT | A Food Drive Event | Doors: 6:00pm / Showtime: 7:30pm | Pre-order Download/CD of the Show | Seating Capacity: 4,500

Most Dave Schools songs in 1 show???

just wanna say first off, how trippy and cool was it watchin JB sing songs like surprise valley and blue Indian in that Halloween costume.*
So I got the feeling that some people were not enthusiastic about the obscure nature of some of the covers from this show. Personally I thought they were cool as hell. I loved the bluesy songs wishbone and taildragger....being a MS delta girl i love the blues. I loved the bust out Vic tune Degenerate>blight.*
I will never forget the look on my husbands face when he turned to me and said...."they're about to fuckin sandwich Godzilla!!!!!" Godzilla>ironman>Godzilla was a monster. Sadly I don't remember alot about I'm losing You and I haven't gone back to listen to the shows yet. *I'm sure some of you have some thoughts on it though.*
Wilco being a Chicago band, outta mind(outta sight) made sense*
The band could not have picked a better way to close a tour. Bringing all the crew out there to do Werewolves was really just icing on the cake!!!*

BTDs Notes: Anyone who's been to a show on Halloween knows it's more like Panic Christmas than anything, with all the surprises set up on the stage, and everyone in costume, anticipating the opener. Widespread Panic threw some haymakers to kick of the second set, rocking the Black Sabbath classic 'Iron Man' in FINE FASHION, with JB dressed in metal!

Halloween: Didn't have any expectations other than the soundcheck songs (Wishbone, Godzilla, and Ironman). They played them all. My 9th Halloween run and was ready for about anything. The first set was fun. I really liked all of the covers-- it set the tone for the evening doing both slower and harder songs as well. First set picked up during Tractor and was strong to the end.

It was a treat to see Godzilla again. My all time favorite cover from the old days. The place was going off. The rest of the set was rocking hard. Probably the most consistant set of the weekend. The encore was another massive Halloween series. New cover then a perfectly executed Postcard and a Porch. The Werewolves set us all out with a rocker. Good times.

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09/15/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

09/16/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

09/17/11 Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY

09/19/11 The National, Richmond, VA

09/20/11 The National, Richmond, VA

09/21/11 The National, Richmond, VA

09/23/11 Raleigh Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

09/24/11 Raleigh Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

09/26/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

09/27/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

09/28/11 Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN

09/30/11 Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL