re: How good is Widespread Panic

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If have the ability, listen to some 2026 shows, specifically the recent run out west. Nick Johnson gets it. He is true to the tone and signature licks of classic Houser era. Best they’ve sounded in decades.

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I agree. They sound great, and Nick seems like a perfect fit. Love his chops.

I met Nick in Missoula this year. He's a small guy but very nice and gracious. I think he is fitting in well and improving all along the way.

Now if we can just get confirmation of Nolaween...

ETA: confirmed

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Yep, that was it. I remember it being right at the beginning of May but couldn't remember the year. I remember booking a hotel nearby, and when we got there, the only room available was a handicapped room where it was a roll in shower and a big floor drain in the middle of the floor instead of the traditional tub/shower.

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It was a rowdy scene. I think someone threw an empty whiskey bottle at Schools and he got real pissed. I recall there being a bunch of folding chairs placed on the floor, and the back third of the floor was empty. I remember looking back and seeing a chick giving a dude head in one of the chairs in the empty space it was dark so I didn't see anything too graphic, but yeah, the whole thing was a lot for my young mind to process.

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It was a rowdy scene. I think someone threw an empty whiskey bottle at Schools and he got real pissed. I recall there being a bunch of folding chairs placed on the floor, and the back third of the floor was empty. I remember looking back and seeing a chick giving a dude head in one of the chairs in the empty space it was dark so I didn't see anything too graphic, but yeah, the whole thing was a lot for my young mind to process.

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Definitely. We were in the back section of the floor, and some friends I knew from high school were sitting right behind us. I was in my sophomore year in college. When we went to Memphis after thanksgiving a year or two later we thought a guy had died in the balcony. Went over to check on him, since he didn't look just passed out, but hanging over the chair in front of his seat. Security got him to wake up with some smelling salts.