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Recorded live at House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Like their jam-happy predecessors the Grateful Dead and their contemporaries Phish, Widespread Panic exist mostly to play live, using studio-based recordings mainly as a jumping-off point for their more exuberant onstage outings. So it goes with NIGHT OF JOY, actually recorded over two nights at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Old friends the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, previously featured on 2000's ANOTHER JOYOUS OCCASION, return to provide further funky backdrops to tunes ranging from the familiar (the smoldering "Arleen" and the mighty New Orleans groove of "Bayou Lena") to covers (Bill Withers's "Use Me" and a Southern-fried version of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish"). Meanwhile, the core band expertly dissects and reinvents old favorites such as "Thought Sausage" and the distinctly 1970s-sounding "Rebirtha," here heard as a triumphant 17-minute finale. For those unable to see the actual shows, NIGHT OF JOY provides both the next best thing and another document of WP's ever-expanding live expertise.
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Widespread Panic: John Bell (vocals); George McConnell (guitar, background vocals); John Hermann (keyboards, background vocals); Dave Schools (bass); Todd Nance (drums); Domingo S. Ortiz (percussion).
Personnel: John Bell , George McConnell (vocals, guitar); John Hermann (vocals, keyboards); Jamie McLean (guitar); Roger Lewis (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone); Kevin Bruce Harris (tenor saxophone); Efrem Towns (trumpet, flugelhorn); Revert Andrews (trombone); Julius McKee (sousaphone); Terence Higgins (drums, percussion); Todd Nance (drums); Domingo Ortiz (percussion).
Audio Mixer: John Keane.
Recording information: House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Excellent! Must For Any Widespread Fan Being a huge Widespread fan, I bought this cd with a little bit of reservation. The post-Mikey Widespread was still good, but seemed to focus less on the guitars. I saw Widespread about 2 months before this show was recorded. George was great, but there didn't seem to be enough George. The Widepsread I heard on this cd was the version of the band coming into their own in the post-Mikey days with George ripping up the guitar solos. As usual, the majority of the songs the band picked for this cd aren't on other live Widespread cd's. The cd ends with a long, jamming version of Rebirtha. Buy this cd! For any Widespread fan, this is a must for your collection. If you're not a Widespread fan, what are you waiting for?
P.S. - We miss you Widespread! Submitted by CC (Rocky Mount, NC, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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