Audio Archive

Widespread Panic Song Origins

The stories behind the songs... how they got written, where they came from, and who's in them. Pulled from band interviews and old fan newsletters. A few I went down the rabbit hole on myself.

1 x 1 song origin Song Origins 1 x 1 149 plays A of D song origin Song Origins A of D 273 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Action Man song origin Song Origins Action Man 288 playsDon't Tell the Band Ain't Life Grand song origin Song Origins Ain't Life Grand 665 playsAin't Life Grand C. Brown song origin Song Origins C. Brown 816 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Chilly Water song origin Song Origins Chilly Water 1,164 playsSpace Wrangler Climb To Safety song origin Song Origins Climb To Safety 427 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Coconut song origin Song Origins Coconut 318 playsSpace Wrangler Contentment Blues song origin Song Origins Contentment Blues 271 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Diner song origin Song Origins Diner 668 playsEveryday Dirty Side Down song origin Song Origins Dirty Side Down 48 playsDirty Side Down Don't Tell The Band song origin Song Origins Don't Tell The Band 19 playsDon't Tell the Band Fishwater song origin Song Origins Fishwater 860 playsAin't Life Grand Greta song origin Song Origins Greta 451 playsBombs & Butterflies Hatfield song origin Song Origins Hatfield 654 playsEveryday Heroes song origin Song Origins Heroes 313 playsAin't Life Grand Honky Red song origin Song Origins Honky Red 96 playsStreet Dogs I'm Not Alone song origin Song Origins I'm Not Alone 528 playsWidespread Panic Jack song origin Song Origins Jack 523 playsAin't Life Grand Papa's Home song origin Song Origins Papa's Home 543 playsEveryday Pickin' Up The Pieces song origin Song Origins Pickin' Up The Pieces 503 playsEveryday May Your Glass Be Filled song origin Song Origins May Your Glass Be Filled 95 playsEarth To America Mercy song origin Song Origins Mercy 310 playsWidespread Panic Old Joe song origin Song Origins Old Joe 106 playsDon't Tell the Band One Arm Steve song origin Song Origins One Arm Steve 320 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Pigeons song origin Song Origins Pigeons 1,109 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Pleas song origin Song Origins Pleas 594 playsEveryday Porch Song song origin Song Origins Porch Song 1,176 playsSpace Wrangler Rebirtha song origin Song Origins Rebirtha 441 playsBombs & Butterflies Saint Ex song origin Song Origins Saint Ex 163 playsDirty Side Down Second Skin song origin Song Origins Second Skin 178 playsEarth To America Space Wrangler song origin Song Origins Space Wrangler 1,214 playsSpace Wrangler The Take Out song origin Song Origins The Take Out 366 playsSpace Wrangler This Cruel Thing song origin Song Origins This Cruel Thing 6 playsDirty Side Down Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) song origin Song Origins Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) 105 playsBall True To My Nature song origin Song Origins True To My Nature 40 playsDirty Side Down Visiting Day song origin Song Origins Visiting Day 136 playsDirty Side Down Walk On The Flood song origin Song Origins Walk On The Flood 32 playsFree Somehow When You Coming Home song origin Song Origins When You Coming Home 9 playsDirty Side Down You Should Be Glad song origin Song Origins You Should Be Glad 175 playsEarth To America North song origin Song Origins North 290 playsDirty Side Down Time Zones song origin Song Origins Time Zones 126 playsEarth To America Her Dance Needs No Body song origin Song Origins Her Dance Needs No Body 40 playsFree Somehow Raise The Roof song origin Song Origins Raise The Roof 44 playsAin't Life Grand Three Candles song origin Song Origins Three Candles 33 playsFree Somehow All Time Low song origin Song Origins All Time Low 376 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Surprise Valley song origin Song Origins Surprise Valley 399 plays'Til the Medicine Takes Henry Parsons Died song origin Song Origins Henry Parsons Died 717 playsEveryday Wondering song origin Song Origins Wondering 669 playsEveryday Pilgrims song origin Song Origins Pilgrims 582 playsEveryday Makes Sense To Me song origin Song Origins Makes Sense To Me 677 playsWidespread Panic Can't Get High song origin Song Origins Can't Get High 371 playsAin't Life Grand Junior song origin Song Origins Junior 460 playsAin't Life Grand Love Tractor song origin Song Origins Love Tractor 1,003 playsMiss Kitty's Lounge Dream Song song origin Song Origins Dream Song 205 playsEveryday Little Kin song origin Song Origins Little Kin 451 playsAin't Life Grand Cotton Was King song origin Song Origins Cotton Was King 119 playsDirty Side Down St. Louis song origin Song Origins St. Louis 69 playsDirty Side Down Shut Up And Drive song origin Song Origins Shut Up And Drive 113 playsDirty Side Down Postcard song origin Song Origins Postcard 264 playsEveryday Fishing song origin Song Origins Fishing 65 playsBall Papa Johnny Road song origin Song Origins Papa Johnny Road 126 playsBall Nebulous song origin Song Origins Nebulous 46 playsBall Travelin' Man song origin Song Origins Travelin' Man 97 playsBall Tortured Artist song origin Song Origins Tortured Artist 86 playsBall Smoke And Burn song origin Song Origins Smoke And Burn 29 playsSandbox (bonus CD) Blue Carousel song origin Song Origins Blue Carousel 15 playsHailbound Queen