22: Four Teams, Four Shows

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 featuring a rock legend on guitar, follow it up with a 1993 rarity from Harvey’s tape vault, and then head back to the Newport Music Hall in C-Bus for a nice selection from October 1995. We close out the show the way that the college football season will probably close out as well, with the houndstooth-clad folks in Tuscaloosa riding high yet again. So, get your red Solo cups out of storage - it’s football season! Links below go to whole show streams from Panicstream. 02 November 2000 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater Stop Breakin’ Down Blues, Light My Fire (w/ Robby Krieger on guitar) Source: FOB Schoeps MK41 > CMC6 > Apogee AD1000 19 January 1993 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon Flat Foot Flewzy, Driving Song > Pleas > Driving, Hatfield, Rock Source: DSBD 01 October 1995 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall Smoke & Burn > Happy > Heaven > B of D Source: B&K 4011's > Neumann BS48i-2 > Modified Sony TCD-D10 Pro by Mark Lamke 04 October 1996 - Tuscaloosa, AL - Coleman Coliseum Travelin’ Light, The Last Straw > (I Walk On) Guilded Splinters > Chilly Water Source: MG210>Neumann 48v p/s>sbm-1>D7 by Billy Mixon