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Light Fuse, Get Away

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Released
  
April 12, 1998

Length
  
149:40

Release date
  
12 April 1998

Label
  
Capricorn Records

Recorded
  
1997

Artist
  
Widespread Panic

Producer
  
John Keane

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Light Fuse, Get Away (1998)
  
'Til the Medicine Takes (1999)

Genres
  
Rock music, Jam band, Southern rock

Similar
  
Widespread Panic albums, Jam band albums

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Light Fuse, Get Away is the first live album released by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by Capricorn Records on April 12, 1998. It would later be re-released in 2001 by Zomba Music Group. The album was recorded over various concerts by the band in 1997. Pickin' Up The Pieces featured Branford Marsalis on saxophone and was recorded on September 7, 1997 in Boston.

Contents

On April 18, 1998, the band played a free live show in downtown Athens as part of their CD release party. The concert was filmed and released on DVD and CD as Panic in the Streets According to the band, attendance was estimated at around 100,000 people. This in turn broke a previous record by Metallica for "largest record release party".

The album reached a peak position of #67 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Disc one

  1. "Porch Song" – 7:42
  2. "Disco" – 4:23
  3. "Diner" – 14:04
  4. "Wondering" – 4:24
  5. "Love Tractor" – 5:52
  6. "Pilgrims" – 8:35
  7. "Space Wrangler" – 9:00
  8. "Travelin' Light" (Cale) – 5:51
  9. "Pickin' Up the Pieces" – 5:30
  10. "Conrad" – 9:01

Disc two

  1. "Papa Legba" (Byrne) – 7:10
  2. "Rebirtha" – 7:51
  3. "Rock" – 6:33
  4. "Greta" – 10:44
  5. "Barstools & Dreamers" – 10:53
  6. "Impossible/Jam" – 10:51
  7. "Drums" – 6:25
  8. "Gimme" – 6:01
  9. "Pigeons" – 8:56

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
  • John Hermann – keyboards

    • Technical

  • John Keane – producer, mixing
  • Brad Blettenburg – assistant engineer
  • Billy Fields – assistant
  • Frank Gargiulo – art direction
  • Eve Kakassy – photography
  • Ken Love – mastering
  • Branford Marsalis – horn
  • Thomas G. Smith – photography
  • Jeremy Stein – photography
  • Buck Williams – management
  • Oade Brothers Audio – live audience tracks

    • Songs

    1Porch Song7:42
    2Disco4:23
    3Diner14:05

    References

    Light Fuse, Get Away Wikipedia
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