A percussive beatdown, “Drums” gave Duane Trucks and Sonny Ortiz time to wallop their kits before finishing off the second halves of “Arleen > Bowlegged Woman” that was over-the-the-top glorious. The Saturday night heaters kept flowing like lava when the first half of Calvin Carter & Bobby Rush’s “Bowlegged Woman” gave way to an incredible transition and subsequent introduction to the band’s interpretation of Winston Riley’s “Arleen”. Another jam-heavy favorite “Jack” followed featuring Hermann on organ, JB with wizard raps, and Herring playing the part of Merlin in this Knights-of-the-Round-Table entourage. Panic drove their classic through the psychedelic mire with wrathful hell-fury. The bass dropped out and Hermann sprinkled in piano notes to eventually become fully submerged in “Proving Ground”, a heavy original from their self-titled second album with no conceivable limits or depth. The tune has only been covered five times in the band’s extensive history with the last time played being on New Year’s Eve in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2011. Last night marked George’s 40th anniversary of his passing (hence “Down on the Farm”), and Panic honored his memory, once more, in their distinctive, badass style.
Wrapping up the first set, Schools stepped up to the microphone to burn through Steve Ferguson of NRBQ’s quick-quipped “Flat-Footed Flewzy.” Schools, a breathing poltergeist, added “She’s LOCO!” as well as devilish cackles and the general element of mischievousness to the song with the appropriate lyrics, “Singing Flewzy woozy boogie on a Saturday night!”Īfter opening the second set with a cover of Jerry Joseph’s “Climb to Safety”, Panic busted-out another heavy hitter “On the Way Down” in tribute of Little Feat’s founder, guitarist, song-writer, and vocalist, Lowell George. The heavy, opening track off Dirty Side Down was loosely based on the story of a German pilot shooting down his favorite author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry of The Little Prince in World War II, singing, “If I knew, I knew you… I never would have shot you down!” The instrumental “A of D” bled into a lengthy, psychedelic preamble to “Saint Ex”. Returning to their own repertoire, Panic got halfway into “Good People”, the tribute to the community, before pulling another trick out of their sleeves with Hermann leading the band through the long-shelved “Dark Bar.” This bust-out hasn’t been heard since Panic en la Playa Uno in 2012, nearly 400 shows ago! As is tradition, “Dark Bar” ended and the band returned back into “Good People” to finish out the second half of the song.ĭave Schools pondered to take a melodic stroll down a subsequent pair of old-school originals with “Wondering” being followed by “Walkin’ (For Your Love)” to the appreciation of the crowd. Soul” that gave Jimmy Herring and Hermann a chance to trade furious solos. Just as the night before, the band covered another Neil Young song early in the first set with the rockin’ “Mr. Helping the audience remember the good times, a hatless John Bell wielded his “tiny guitar”, a mandolin for all the users, to perform an opening “Ain’t Life Grand” from the same-titled 1994 studio album. Saturday’s weather remained hot and balmy but showed signs of letting up as the wind brought a refreshingly, cool breeze through the elevated seating area. Testing the audience members’ early acclimation to the elevation, the New Orleans Suspects hosted an after-party at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and were joined by JoJo Hermann for a raucous late-night fiesta. After playing an introductory show with both beloved classics and extremely rare treats for the first night, Widespread Panic surmounted the Rocky Mountains once more to perform their 63rd time ever at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre for night two in Morrison, Colorado.
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