''Widespread Panic'' is the second studio album by the

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-based band

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. It was first released by

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and

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on July 30, 1991. It was re-released in 2001 by

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. The album was issued on vinyl for the first time ever on July 29, 2014. The vinyl-only reissue will be distributed via ThinkIndie distribution and sold only at participating independent record stores. The band had originally recorded material in September 1990 at producer/collaborator/friend John Keane's studio in Athens, Georgia. This session, called ''Mom's Kitchen'', featured the majority of the songs that would eventually be recorded for ''Widespread Panic'', along with other tracks like "A of D", "Impossible", "Machine", "Liza's Apartment (L.A.)", "Conrad", "Contentment Blues", and "Holden Oversoul", of which the latter two were included on the reissues of '' Space Wrangler'' (1988). ''Mom's Kitchen'', however, was never released because the band signed a six-album deal with Capricorn Records in January 1991. Recording of the album proper took place at Emerald Sound Studios (

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), Kiva Studios (

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), and Duck Tape Music Studio (

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). The album features

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on keyboards and was produced by Johnny Sandlin. For many years after the album’s release, rumors swirled that Track 7, C. Brown, was included on the album as a tribute to Camden, Alabama native Cliff Brown Jr., former singer for Tuscaloosa’s ''The Ecchoing Green''. These rumors were thought to have been put to rest when Brown, along with ''Green'' bass player Keith Ferguson, described their adventure during a 2004 interview with The Tuscaloosa News. However, the rumors have not completely died and are still currently debated. The band played the album in its entirety at the Charter One Pavilion in

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on September 2, 2009.

Track listing

All tracks written by Widespread Panic, except where noted. #"Send Your Mind" (

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) – 3:00 #"Walkin' (For Your Love)" – 4:32 #"Pigeons" – 6:24 #"Mercy" – 6:51 #"Rock" – 5:10 #"Makes Sense to Me" (Daniel Hutchens) – 3:13 #"C. Brown" (Widespread Panic, Jeff Riley) – 5:55 #"Love Tractor" – 5:09 #"Weight of the World" – 4:50 #"I'm Not Alone" – 6:29 #"Barstools and Dreamers" – 9:53 #"Proving Ground" – 6:50 #"The Last Straw" – 4:41

Personnel

;Widespread Panic * John Bell – Vocals, Guitar *

Michael Houser Michael Houser (January 6, 1962 – August 10, 2002) was a founding member and lead guitarist of the band Widespread Panic. He appeared on seven studio albums during his 16-year tenure with the band from 1986 till 2002. He is also feature ...

– Guitar, Vocals *

Todd Nance Todd Nance (November 20, 1962August 19, 2020) was an American musician. He was best known as the original drummer of Widespread Panic, a band he was a member of until his departure in 2016. He struggled with chronic illness for the remainder of ...

– Drums * Domingo S. Ortiz – Percussion *

Dave Schools David Allen Schools (born December 11, 1964) is a bass player and founding member of American rock band Widespread Panic. He is also a record producer, songwriter and journalist with articles published in a wide variety of music magazines. Schoo ...

– Bass, Vocals ;Additional musicians *

– Keyboards *Samantha Woods – Background Vocals on "Mercy" * Wayne Jackson – Trumpet, Trombone * Andrew Love – Saxophone ;Additional personnel *Johnny Sandlin – producer, engineer, mixing *Jeff Coppage – engineer, remixing *Steve Tillisch – engineer *Alan Schulman – engineer *Jim Bickerstaff – assistant engineer, mixing *Greg Archilla – assistant engineer *Johnny Walls – assistant engineer *Andrew Kautz - assistant engineer *Russ Martin – mixing assistant *Glenn Meadows – mastering *Bonnie Koloc – illustrations *William Claxton – photography *Deborah Norcross – artwork

References

External links

Widespread Panic websiteEveryday CompanionPanicStream
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