WSP, 10/15/05

pictures, going in reverse order...as always.



Mom after the show.



the band, Todd on Drums, Schools on bass



Patterson Hood, of the DBT in green, George McConnell on left, JB on right, JoJo in back



PH again, JB on left



George, PH, JB



JB



Sonny



GM, PH, JB



John Neff, of the DBT, on pedal steel guitar



George McConnell



me and my mom, in the back was this dude named Craig from Cabbagetown. he looks really scary here.



the band



my mom and me



my mom right before the show, carrying our $3 tiny beers while i snap the shot. her ear plugs are going in in about one minute.



me and my mom in the lot.



mom in the lot. the weather was absolutely beautiful. perfect lot weather.



mom in the lot.



this is right before we head out. we started it by eating lunch and having a margarita at the mexican restaurant right around the corner. we went home, packed our beer and hit the road. it took about an hour and 45 minutes to get to macon. i bought a poster for my mom as a momento. it has the name and date of her first (and last) show.


Widespread Panic
October 15, 2005
Macon Centreplex
Macon, Georgia

Setlist:

1: Papa Legba, Little Kin, Jack, 1X1, Casa, Weight of the World, Pickin' Up The Pieces*, Down*, Give, Love Tractor
2: Ribs And Whiskey, Low Rider, Blight, Don't Wanna Lose You**, Come Together***, Monstrosity, Barstools and Dreamers, B of D, Chilly Water > Drums > Baby, Let Me Follow You Down > Chilly Water
E: Junco Partner > Flat Foot Flewzy

* with Randall Bramblett on saxophone
** with John Neff on pedal steel
*** with Patterson Hood on vocals
[Drive-By Truckers opened]

personal notes-

nice opener.
Legba- one of their lighting tech had dies that day or the day before so Legba was appropriate.
Little Kin- excellent
Jack- one of my most favorite tunes. excellent.
1x1- well played, good tune.
Casa- blah
Weight-good.
Pickin'- excellent. jam consisted of too much George but what are you gonna do. it's times like these that it makes me cringe that Mikey is so greatly missed.
Down- excellent. love this song.
Give- good.
Love Tractor- good, always high energy.

lovely second set opener.
RnW- love this song and it was played extra sweet. usually over played nowadays but still love it no matter what.
Low Rider- usually don't like it when they play this song but it was played well and there you have it, it was there.
Blight- awesome. one of my most favorites. John Neff on steel added a lot to the song. it was tight.
DWLY- this song was released after Mikey died. and I'm not a huge fan of post-MH Panic songwriting but I really really love this song. the ending is beautiful. for me this song is so multi-dimensional. it didn't bring a tear to my eye but it usually does. it was played really well but i know there were points when i just wish george would stop wailing on his guitar. there is so much pain and comfort in this song. i feel like JB is really vulnerable when he plays this.
Come Together- awesome. Patterson Hood kicks so much ass. I love his voice and energy. He sang most of the vocals. I would love to hear PH play "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" (another Beatles cover) with Panic. but that's maybe only b/c i am in love with Patterson.
Monstrosity- all right
Barstools- good but kind of all right at the same time. One of my favorites, it was lacking the sharp, clean guitar. i was hoping for a "satisfied" rap, would have made it better but probably best that it wasn't played b/c really, i am no longer satisfied. and you know, we don't want "satisfied" played in vain.
BofD- all right. maybe better than Monsrosity but about the same.
Chilly- love it. they have really turned this song out to be rockin. not one of the best versions but great nonetheless.
Drums- good, not great. it's mini-drums these days, Sonny's getting tired (and so was my mom).
Baby- good song. played all right. never heard it before. don't know anything about it. it was good to the ears. would have been better replaced with "Drivin" then back into "Chilly". that would have personally made me cry.
Chilly- back into Chilly. their most favorite sandwiching song. set ender. i'm just glad it wasn't like "one armed steve" or "nobody's loss". love chilly water though.

encore:
Junco- also one of my favorites. so much fun to dance to. played all right.
FFF- get tired of this one, staurday night, very predictable but still fun. the last two songs were the songs that i shook my ass to the most.

rating out of 10- i give this show a 7.5 for postMH Panic. i started at 7, took down 2 points for Bramblett, upped a point for John Neff, upped another point and a half for PHood.

aahhh, please, randall, why do you keep reappearing?!

thank the Lord i didn't hear "Old Joe" or "All Time Low" or whatever else kind of crap they like to dish out at encore.

Truckers were good. super super loud. not as much in-your-face as i had hoped for but very glad i saw them. would like to see them again but in a more intimate venue. plus the acoustics sucked in the Macon auditorium.

the only person i saw was patrick on the way in. never ran nito him again. i saw paulie from afar but too far for him to hear me. that was it. no matt, thank god. i called billy to see if he was going, he never called me back.

the next night i had a dream about matt that he saw me at a bar and grabbed me from the back and started kissing me. he had gained about 50 pounds and had an earring in his ear. yikes. i felt weird after the dream was over.