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Posted on 12/12/14 at 8:53 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Posted on 12/12/14 at 8:53 pm to Jefferson Dawg
They took full advantage of a scene that already existed and were given a massive opportunity when the dead dude died. If the Greatful Dead stayed alive and in tact another 10 years, they would not have had near the success. I think even they would admit that...
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:02 pm to Peter Buck
Panic was already around 10 years by time Jerry died. As full time musicians touring and making a living doing so. I don't think Jerry sticking around was going to put Panic out of business.
Sure, more people ended up on Panic and Phish tour after Jerry died, but there's a ton of other bands they could've flocked to as well. Those bands were just playing music and putting on shows people wanted to see. Even before Jerry died they were already playing large venues (Phish more so than Panic). And it's just a simple fact that the 3 sound nothing like each other, it's not like they were copying the Dead.
Sure, more people ended up on Panic and Phish tour after Jerry died, but there's a ton of other bands they could've flocked to as well. Those bands were just playing music and putting on shows people wanted to see. Even before Jerry died they were already playing large venues (Phish more so than Panic). And it's just a simple fact that the 3 sound nothing like each other, it's not like they were copying the Dead.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:06 pm to Peter Buck
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They took full advantage of a scene that already existed and were given a massive opportunity when the dead dude died. If the Greatful Dead stayed alive and in tact another 10 years, they would not have had near the success. I think even they would admit that...
WSP was a thousand times more regional than the Grateful Dead. Totally different animal.
Yes, Panic eventually toured all over the country, but when they played outside of the southeast it was in much more humble venues...........as opposed to selling out Philips arena in Atlanta or Oak Mountain in Birmingham or etc etc three nights in a row down here.
It's true that WSP adopted the two set format with a 30 minute pointless drum solo that the Grateful Dead used, but of all the trendy jambands competing for the Grateful Dead followers after their lead singer croaked, I'd say that Widespread Panic resembled them the least.
They covered a handful of Dead songs, but they also covered Talking Heads, Van Morrison, Traffic, Neil Young, and on and on much more.
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