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Widespread Panic

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One of my top 10 all time. Released in 1991, their second studio recording, this music really holds up. When any of my friends want to hear one CD of the band I'm so crazy about, I give them this album. Better sound than Space Wrangler, more range than Everyday. "Barstools & Dreamers" and "Rock" are what WSP is all about: Tight playing, sweet jams, thoughtful lyrics, JB's howling vocals, Dave's pounding bass, and Mikey's patented guitar sound (long live the Telecaster!). Just amazing. Too many hi-lights to name, but be sure to check out the cover of Van Morrison's "Send Your Mind" and the epic ballad "Mercy".

Note:Predates the addition of JoJo on keys, and the more dominant New Orleans/funk sound, so if that's what you're looking for in a studio album, check out Til the Medicine Takes or Ain't Life Grand (in that order).

This band is a mix of the Alman Brothers and The Dead. A wonderful CD for the lovers of music ability.

...LOVE this album. This is one of those in your collection you just keep coming back to over - and over - and over. Eight years after first listening to this it still reeks of Athens, GA sentimentality.

This CD was released in 1991. It was Widespread Panic's first official release, but it is actually their second album. It is 72 minutes long and the sound quality is very good.

This an album of fantastic, hard driving, Southern rock songs. It is not like any other band and it is hard to describe. But, every song is great and every song is very distinctive.

At this time, the band was still a quartet. They had guest appearances by Domingo Ortiz on percussion and T. Lavitz (Dixie Dregs)on keyboards. But, the band had a cleaner, more stripped down sound.

After this album, Ortiz would join the band permanently and they would add hack keyboardist John Herrman. The bands sound would get muddled and they would lose their direction to some extent. Most of their later studio albums were not that good. But they always put on a good live show.

The first Widespread Panic album is Space Wrangler. It was originally sold as a cassette tape at concerts. A couple of tracks were added, and it was released as a CD. It is also fantastic.

This is a must buy for those who own a couple of albums and are ready for another Panic purchase. So much of this album is still featured on every tour, including Spring 2000. This is roots panic, this is what you need to get "it."

This 1st Panic studio record contains some of Widespread Panic's most important music. Songs like "Pigeons," "C.Brown," and "Send Your Mind" are some of the best Panic songs to hear at their live shows. Panic's southern-fried blues and hard rock attracts a diverse fan base, which includes everyone--from the grungiest of Jerry lovin' hippies to the slickest of hip-hop bohemians. "Widespread Panic" is like a contemporary fusion of Allman Brothers' "Eat a Peach" and Grateful Dead's "Europe '72," and with over 1000 live shows under their belts you know this band will always leave you smilin'. Jeremy Arieh, Decatur

Classic CD by these southern rockers
Great songs and amazing guitar solos.
Mikeys guitar will warm your soul

Product came to me in one week and was in perfect condition. This is a great Widespread panic CD and virtually every tune is great.

And its beauty could start wars. This disc can glide like a nymph and then kick down trees just three notes later. I bought this CD the week it was released and have listened to it an average of twice a week since. I'm still learning things.

A friend of mine who had been deaf all his life gained his hearing miraculously. He asked me, in his glottal tongue, "What is music?" I played him the David Schools bass solo in "I'm Not Alone" and he wept.

Buy this album and you'll always be glad.

This album reminds me of an all-out hippie bash from the 60s or 70s (in a good way). It just seems like a bunch of buds who love to play came together and combined talents and creativity into one juicy jam session full of fun, lyrically smooth, mellow music. The song "Walkin' (For Your Love)" is Widespread at their coolest. Personally, I like "I'm Not Alone." The music itself is pretty crazy at times: like Phish, but the lead voice is steady and carries the songs in a unique and powerful way.