Bluest Tape

This week, with wish a happy 75th birthday to Jerry Garcia, a musician whose influence is certainly heard in Widespread Panic’s music in the past, the present, and likely in the future, too. Like many other jambands, Panic started as a Dead cover band, but unlike others, they quickly cast aside Dead covers for original material. The Dead ethos, though, certainly remained. Our selections this week include tracks frequently covered by Panic, the Grateful Dead, and the Garcia Band, plus some late Houser era jams and teases of Dead classics. Enjoy! Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream. 02 November 1998 - Macon, GA - Macon Coliseum Let It Rock (w/ David Blackmon on fiddle) Source: FOB Schoeps MK4 > CMC6 > Oade 148 > SBM-1 by Bill Mixon 20 July 1997 - Montgomery, AL - Montgomery Civic Center Nobody’s Fault But Mine (w/ Warren Haynes on guitar, Allen Woody on mandolin, and Matt Abts on percussion) Source: Matrix (60% SBD, 40% AUD (AKG 483 (XY) > Oade M248 > SBM-1) by Harvey Couch 31 October