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Chicago, IL 1996

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Released
  
May, 2010

Label
  
Widespread Records

Release date
  
May 2010

Recorded
  
October 31, 1996

Artist
  
Widespread Panic

Genres
  
Rock music, Southern rock, Jam band

Jam band albums
  
Co‑Balt, Nine High a Pallet, Everyday, Ain't Life Grand, Space Wrangler

Chicago, IL 1996 is a complete concert live album by Athens, Georgia's Widespread Panic. This show is the fifth release from Widespread Panic's Porch Songs project. This performance was recorded live at Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on October 31, 1996. The two-track soundboard recording features all original band members including late guitarist Michael Houser.

Contents

As has become customary for Halloween shows from the band, several covers debuted for the first time: The Doors' Riders On The Storm, Space Truckin' by Deep Purple and Golden Earring's hit Radar Love. The show also marked the return of ZZ Top's Sheik, to this date the only song percussionist Domingo S. Ortiz sings lead vocals on. Space Truckin' has yet to return, while Radar Love has only been played one time since, nearly ten years later.

Disc 1

  1. Coconut (Widespread Panic) 8:39
  2. Fishwater (Widespread Panic) 9:21
  3. C. Brown (Widespread Panic) 7:05
  4. Glory (Widespread Panic) 3:28
  5. Rock (Widespread Panic) 6:58
  6. Impossible (Widespread Panic) 5:08
  7. Blight (David Schools / Michael Houser / Todd Nance / Vic Chesnutt) 6:37
  8. Sheik (Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill) 4:03
  9. Pilgrims (Widespread Panic) 7:11
  10. Postcard (Widespread Panic) 4:51
  11. Radar Love (George Kooymans / Barry Hay) 9:31
  12. Ain't Life Grand (Widespread Panic) 4:44

Disc 2

  1. West Virginia (Widespread Panic) 1:00
  2. Porch Song (Widespread Panic) 3:39
  3. Greta (Widespread Panic) 13:07
  4. Space Truckin' (Ian Gillan / Ritchie Blackmore / Roger Glover / Jon Lord / Ian Paice) 4:29
  5. Chilly Water (Widespread Panic) 6:39
  6. Drums (Widespread Panic) 7:38
  7. Chilly Water (Widespread Panic) 4:37
  8. Hatfield (Widespread Panic) 10:52
  9. Conrad (Widespread Panic) 9:27
  10. Riders on the Storm (Jim Morrison / Ray Manzarek / Robby Krieger / John Densmore) 8:30
  11. Henry Parsons Died (Danny Hutchens / Eric Carter) 6:04

Widespread Panic

  • John "JB" Bell - Vocals, Guitar
  • Michael Houser - Guitar, Vocals
  • Dave Schools - Bass
  • Todd Nance - Drums
  • John "Jojo" Hermann - Keyboards, Vocals
  • Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz - Percussion

    • References

    Chicago, IL 1996 Wikipedia
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