Audio Archive

Widespread Panic Song Origins

The stories behind the songs... how they got written, where they came from, and who's in them. Pulled from band interviews and old fan newsletters. A few I went down the rabbit hole on myself.

1 x 1 song origin Song Origins 1 x 1 149 plays A of D song origin Song Origins A of D 276 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Action Man song origin Song Origins Action Man 286 playsDon't Tell the Band Ain't Life Grand song origin Song Origins Ain't Life Grand 664 playsAin't Life Grand C. Brown song origin Song Origins C. Brown 817 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Chilly Water song origin Song Origins Chilly Water 1,165 playsSpace Wrangler Climb To Safety song origin Song Origins Climb To Safety 428 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Coconut song origin Song Origins Coconut 322 playsSpace Wrangler Contentment Blues song origin Song Origins Contentment Blues 271 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Diner song origin Song Origins Diner 669 playsEveryday Dirty Side Down song origin Song Origins Dirty Side Down 48 playsDirty Side Down Don't Tell The Band song origin Song Origins Don't Tell The Band 19 playsDon't Tell the Band Fishwater song origin Song Origins Fishwater 860 playsAin't Life Grand Greta song origin Song Origins Greta 449 playsBombs & Butterflies Hatfield song origin Song Origins Hatfield 654 playsEveryday Heroes song origin Song Origins Heroes 313 playsAin't Life Grand Honky Red song origin Song Origins Honky Red 93 playsStreet Dogs I'm Not Alone song origin Song Origins I'm Not Alone 527 playsWidespread Panic Jack song origin Song Origins Jack 522 playsAin't Life Grand Papa's Home song origin Song Origins Papa's Home 542 playsEveryday Pickin' Up The Pieces song origin Song Origins Pickin' Up The Pieces 505 playsEveryday May Your Glass Be Filled song origin Song Origins May Your Glass Be Filled 94 playsEarth To America Mercy song origin Song Origins Mercy 309 playsWidespread Panic Old Joe song origin Song Origins Old Joe 108 playsDon't Tell the Band One Arm Steve song origin Song Origins One Arm Steve 318 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Pigeons song origin Song Origins Pigeons 1,112 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Pleas song origin Song Origins Pleas 590 playsEveryday Porch Song song origin Song Origins Porch Song 1,182 playsSpace Wrangler Rebirtha song origin Song Origins Rebirtha 437 playsBombs & Butterflies Saint Ex song origin Song Origins Saint Ex 160 playsDirty Side Down Second Skin song origin Song Origins Second Skin 176 playsEarth To America Space Wrangler song origin Song Origins Space Wrangler 1,221 playsSpace Wrangler The Take Out song origin Song Origins The Take Out 366 playsSpace Wrangler This Cruel Thing song origin Song Origins This Cruel Thing 6 playsDirty Side Down Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) song origin Song Origins Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) 105 playsBall True To My Nature song origin Song Origins True To My Nature 41 playsDirty Side Down Visiting Day song origin Song Origins Visiting Day 138 playsDirty Side Down Walk On The Flood song origin Song Origins Walk On The Flood 32 playsFree Somehow When You Coming Home song origin Song Origins When You Coming Home 10 playsDirty Side Down You Should Be Glad song origin Song Origins You Should Be Glad 173 playsEarth To America North song origin Song Origins North 291 playsDirty Side Down Time Zones song origin Song Origins Time Zones 126 playsEarth To America Her Dance Needs No Body song origin Song Origins Her Dance Needs No Body 40 playsFree Somehow Raise The Roof song origin Song Origins Raise The Roof 45 playsAin't Life Grand Three Candles song origin Song Origins Three Candles 33 playsFree Somehow From The Cradle song origin Song Origins From The Cradle 126 playsEarth To America Driving Song song origin Song Origins Driving Song 840 playsSpace Wrangler Bear's Gone Fishin' song origin Song Origins Bear's Gone Fishin' 256 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Henry Parsons Died song origin Song Origins Henry Parsons Died 717 playsEveryday Wondering song origin Song Origins Wondering 674 playsEveryday Pilgrims song origin Song Origins Pilgrims 583 playsEveryday Makes Sense To Me song origin Song Origins Makes Sense To Me 677 playsWidespread Panic Can't Get High song origin Song Origins Can't Get High 374 playsAin't Life Grand Junior song origin Song Origins Junior 458 playsAin't Life Grand Love Tractor song origin Song Origins Love Tractor 1,003 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Dream Song song origin Song Origins Dream Song 205 playsEveryday Little Kin song origin Song Origins Little Kin 449 playsAin't Life Grand Cotton Was King song origin Song Origins Cotton Was King 121 playsDirty Side Down St. Louis song origin Song Origins St. Louis 71 playsDirty Side Down Shut Up And Drive song origin Song Origins Shut Up And Drive 113 playsDirty Side Down Postcard song origin Song Origins Postcard 263 playsEveryday Fishing song origin Song Origins Fishing 67 playsBall Papa Johnny Road song origin Song Origins Papa Johnny Road 126 playsBall Nebulous song origin Song Origins Nebulous 46 playsBall Travelin' Man song origin Song Origins Travelin' Man 95 playsBall Tortured Artist song origin Song Origins Tortured Artist 87 playsBall Smoke And Burn song origin Song Origins Smoke And Burn 29 playsSandbox (bonus CD) Blue Carousel song origin Song Origins Blue Carousel 14 playsHailbound Queen