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Bluest Tape

Harvey Couch, Jeff Kollath

A journey through the live catalog of the band all the way from Athens, GA, Widespread Panic with your hosts, Harvey Couch and Jeff Kollath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23: The Schlabach Sessions

Bluest Tape ·

2017/08/29

The Bluest Tape College Football Preview, ReduxFor this week’s Bluest Tape, we have a special guest, ESPN Senior Writer Mark Schlabach, who further breaks down the upcoming college football season for us. No surprise, he likes Ohio State and Alabama, too. Mark attended the University of Georgia from 1991-96, and, like many UGA students at that time, found himself at the Georgia Theatre and other venues around the South in pursuit of the “lingering lead.” Mark shares a few memories of what life was

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2:16:07

22: Four Teams, Four Shows

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2017/08/22

Forget Phil Steele. Forget Pat Forde. Forget Tony Barnhart. When you want hard-hitting hot takes about the upcoming college football season, everyone knows that The Bluest Tape is the place to get them. What, that’s not the case? Okay, maybe we overstated a bit, but still, we kind of know what’s going on, so give us a chance. Anyway, we pair our preseason top four with four great shows from Widespread Panic’s illustrious past. We start out west with a post-Halloween 2000 gem from the Wiltern Theater

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21: Mikey and Us, Vol. 2: Jeff’s Picks

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2017/08/15

Mikey and Us, Volume Two: Jeff’s PicksJust a few short days ago, we remembered the fifteenth anniversary of Michael Houser’s passing. It seems like yesterday, doesn’t it? This week, we look back at Mikey’s career with several selections curated by Jeff. We start off where we often do, way back in 1996, this time in the heart of the fantastic fall tour at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI. Go ahead, find a better a “Pilgrims.” Next, we share a selection that will likely raise some eyebrows, the

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20: Mikey and Us, Vol. 1: Harvey’s Picks

Bluest Tape ·

2017/08/08

It is truly hard to believe, but on August 10, 2017, it will have been fifteen years since Michael Houser succumbed to cancer. Obviously, Widespread Panic has carried on, and Houser’s memory and music will live on indefinitely, but it is good to pause, honor his legacy, and play some of our favorite cuts from the band’s classic era. This week, Harvey makes his picks, featuring cuts from three shows he attended from 1995-97. We get things started with a demo version of “Pilgrims” with Houser on

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19: A Very Garcia Birthday

Bluest Tape ·

2017/08/01

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

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18: The One Where We Talk About Carrot Top For Way...

Bluest Tape ·

2017/07/25

The One Where We Talk About Carrot Top For Way Too LongWe close out the month of July with the four show run that closed out the summer 1997 tour. Visiting three outdoor venues in three states, plus a special theater gig in Tampa, finds the boys in fine form after a relatively short, but still grueling, summer tour. The best part of this run is the quality of the tapes, as three of the four shows were DSBDs leaked by the band during the prep for the upcoming Light Fuse, Get Away live album. Clearly,

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17: Happy Birthday to a Guy That Really Loves His...

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2017/07/18

Happy Birthday to a Guy That Really Loves His BirthdayHappy Birthday, Jojo! It’s been 25 years since John ‘Jojo’ Hermann joined Widespread Panic - can you believe it? His New Orleans-influenced keyboard stylings have become essential to the Panic sound of the last couple decades, just behind Houser’s guitar and JB’s growl. Panic has typically had a show on July 18, and the band usually has gone out of its way to celebrate Jojo’s day of birth, from giving him the chance stretch out on the synth to a

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16: You guys can stay here and enjoy yourselves but...

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2017/07/11

July 1999This week, we find ourselves in the midst of a tour through America’s Heartland in the blazing hot summer of 1999. When the Bluest Tape got started a few months ago, a 1999-centric show was not on our radar, but looking back, summer 1999 was pretty strong, starting out at Red Rocks, followed by a couple great ones in Montana and Wyoming, and then onto the Midwest. This episode starts off with some of the heaviest Panic we have played to date, an abbreviated second set from the Ranch Bowl in

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15: Thank You Thomas Jefferson

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2017/07/04

Panic does July 4thWell, Happy Birthday USA! You’ve been around for 241 years now and have had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, but you just keep on keeping on. What better way to celebrate this year’s birthday than with Widespread Panic, whose history of shows on July 4th is substantial and, as you will hear this episode, pretty darn good. We start way back in 1990 with the “4th of July X-Plosion” in Columbia, South Carolina, followed up by another outdoor show two years later in

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1:53:43

14: Who Goes Camping with a Samsonite?

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2017/06/27

Panic at Red Rocks, Part 2In case you missed it last week, we decided that if FDR had decided “swamp draining” was a better idea than, say, rebuilding and improving an entire country, we probably wouldn’t have Red Rocks Amphitheatre. It’s an absolutely stunning place, and its clear that the boys turn it up to 11 each year they head up the mountain to Morrison. This week, we get to hear all about that time Jeff went camping with hard shell Samsonite suitcase, which is just the kind of added value

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13: Reason #1168 Why Government Isn't So Bad

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2017/06/20

Panic at Red Rocks, Part 1So, here in this age of “swamp draining” and governmental “deconstruction,” we give you a case study on why sometimes our government isn’t all bad. The absolutely breathtaking Red Rocks was, in fact, a government project, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration during the New Deal. While Mother Nature did most of the heavy lifting in creating a natural amphitheatre, it took tons of concrete, thousands of man hours, and yes, the

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12: Lullabies for All the Little Critters

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2017/06/13

Panic Goes to the ZooThis week, we take a listen to selections from Widespread Panic’s several visits to zoos throughout the United States. The band has always enjoyed playing shows surrounded by natural beauty, but zoos provide an extra added bonus of exotic wildlife. If nothing else, it gave JB and Garrie something random to talk about from the stage. We start off with back-to-back visits to the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi, where Panic played in both 1994 and 1995 (a stellar show, by the way),

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11: Big Star Played There

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2017/06/06

Fall 1992Harvey flies solo this week as Jeff remained without power in Memphis because of storm damage. We look back at a three night run in Fall 1992. The first two shows we cover haven't really circulated digitally. It's interesting to hear the band at an interesting stage in their development. Fresh off of the first HORDE tour and a lengthy tour out west, we pick things up as they come back south. A Wednesday night on Beale Street in Memphis, a Thursday night on the campus of Vanderbilt

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10: According to Google Maps, 21 hours by car

Bluest Tape ·

2017/05/30

Playing with Intention, Vol. 2We continue with part 2 of the Playing with Intention theme. Col. Bruce Hampton's Zambi message of living and playing music with “intention,” stemming from his experience with the band at a show in 1988 with about 25 people in attendance. Basically, the band played for 25 like they were playing for 25,000, and any band that can pull that off - with “intention” - is a band worthy of attention and admiration.We continue with the next night of the 1998 Australia tour,

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9: "You All Feel Like a Million People"

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2017/05/23

When Col. Bruce Hampton spoke of Widespread Panic with admiration, he often used the word “intention,” stemming from his experience with the band at a show in 1988 with about 25 people in attendance. Basically, the band played for 25 like they were playing for 25,000, and any band that can pull that off - with “intention” - is a band worthy of attention and admiration. Even as Panic grew in prominence and began drawing crowds throughout the U.S., there were still occasional nights when the front

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8: Four nights, four cities, four shows

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2017/05/16

Panic closed out spring 1997 with a bang, putting together 8 shows in 10 days, with 3 of the final 4 shows being absolute classics. Episode 7 showcases the best of the best from perhaps the best run of shows Panic has ever done, outside of Halloween, NYE, or Red Rocks. We start off with an all-timer from the Palace in Louisvlle, a magical 2nd set “Airplane.” Heading up Interstate 65 into Chicago, the boys celebrated WXRT’s 25th birthday with a crazy “Rebirtha > Low Spark > Red Beans” opener, before

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7: Our daddy! A tribute to Col. Bruce Hampton (Ret.)

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2017/05/09

In the early morning hours of May 2, 2017, this world lost - but another world gained - the great Col. Bruce Hampton (ret.) after collapsing during the tribute concert for his 70th birthday at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. From the Hampton Grease Band to the Aquarium Rescue Unit and all points beyond, Hampton’s influence on the jamband scene and Southern music in general is without parallel. Widespread Panic, Phish, Derek Trucks, and Jimmy Herring have all fallen under the Hampton’s tutelage at one

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6: A Hat-backwards kind of night

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2017/05/02

Panic fans have long cherished tapes from Spring 1997 with numerous SBDs making their way into circulation, perhaps because of the generosity of Dave Schools. Early 1997 was filled with great shows and interesting setlists, highlighted this week by a first set “Feelin’ Alright’ from May 1, an unexpectedly rare “Stop-Go” sandwich from May 2, an all-time favorite “Sandbox > Just Kissed My Baby” from May 3, and our set closer, a mellow “Gradle” from Jazz Fest on May 4. As an added bonus, we have

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5: "This World Is Nuts"

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2017/04/25

Last week, we gave you the rockin’ part of Spring 2002. This week, we slow it down and look at some of the touching moments from this short and sweet tour through the Southeast. The band, especially Michael Houser, were propelled into greatness by crowds knowing that these shows might be the last time they see the boys from Athens, GA together on stage. Today’s episode highlights the encore from 4/24/02 Savannah, a downcast mid-set “Old Joe” > “This Part of Town” from 4/27/02 at Oak Mountain, and

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4: "Bless Your Soggy Little Hearts"

Bluest Tape ·

2017/04/17

This week, we take trip back 15 years to 2002 for the final spring tour of Michael Houser’s tenure in Widespread Panic. By the time April 2002 rolled around, rumors were fairly rampant about his health, and of course, were confirmed when he left the band in July, and sadly passed away in August. Spring tour was a short little seven show jaunt through the band’s original stomping grounds, the good ole American South. The tour began with a raucous two-night stand in Raleigh, followed by one-offs in

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