Widespread Panic (album)

Widespread Panic
Studio album by Widespread Panic
Released	July 30, 1991
Genre	Rock, southern rock, jam
Length	72:57
Label	Capricorn/Warner Bros.
Producer	Johnny Sandlin
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Widespread Panic chronology
Space Wrangler (1988) Widespread Panic (1991) Everyday (1993)

Widespread Panic is the self-titled, second studio album by the Athens, Georgia-based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by Capricorn Records and Warner Bros. Records on July 30, 1991. It was re-released in 2001 by Zomba Music Group.

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 (Nashville, Tennessee), Kiva Studios (Memphis, Tennessee), and Duck Tape Music Studio (Decatur, Alabama). The album features T Lavitz on keyboards and was produced by Johnny Sandlin.

The band played the album in its entirety at the Charter One Pavilion in Chicago on September 2, 2009.

Track listing

All tracks written by Widespread Panic, except where noted.

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

Personnel

Widespread Panic

• John Bell – guitar, vocals
• Michael Houser – guitar, vocals
• Todd Nance – percussion, drums, vocals
• Domingo S. Ortiz – percussion
• Dave Schools – bass, percussion, vocals
• T. Lavitz – keyboards

Additional personnel

• Greg Archilla – assistant engineer
• William Claxton – photography
• Jim Bickerstaff – assistant engineer, mixing
• David Blackmon – fiddle
• Jeff Coppage – engineer, remixing
• Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
• Bonnie Koloc – illustrations
• Steve Tillisch – engineer
• Andrew Love – saxophone
• Russ Martin – mixing assistant
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Deborah Norcross – artwork
• Johnny Sandlin – producer, engineer, mixing
• Alan Schulman – engineer
• Johnny Walls – assistant engineer

External links

• Widespread Panic website
• Everyday Companion
• PanicStream
• All Music entry