The new year has brought a flurry of archival videos from Widespread Panic, who continued this streak on Thursday with footage of “Greta” from the band’s show at The Classic Center in Athens, GA on February 10th, 2011. This show came as night one of the band’s three-night run celebrating its 25th anniversary, which continued the next night at The Classic Center and wrapped up on the 14th at Atlanta’s Fox Theater.
The video of “Greta” comes after the band shared footage of its 1990s TV appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and CNN earlier this week. Over the past week, the band has also dug up videos from its 2002 documentary, The Earth Will Swallow You, as well as the 2003 concert film, Live from The Backyard, and a 2013 concert in Charlotte, NC.
This rendition of the classic Bombs & Butterflies track came as the first of two encores that evening and was followed by a cover of Talking Heads‘ “Heaven”. The show had already seen a number of highlights including bust out covers of the Grateful Dead‘s “Fire On The Mountain” and Buffalo Springfield‘s “For What It’s Worth” which hadn’t been performed since 1988, per JamBase.
With JoJo Hermann taking lead vocals, this performance seeks to wind down an exciting evening as the band deploys the landing gear. The show isn’t over just yet, however, as guitarist Jimmy Herring is able to fit in some potent guitar licks before bidding the crowd goodnight for the evening.
Watch Widespread Panic perform “Greta” at The Classic Center on February 10th, 2011.
Widespread Panic – “Greta” – Athens, GA – 2/10/11
[Video: Widespread Panic]
Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools was one of over 50 artists and speakers to participate in Georgia Comes Alive on December 26th. Together these artists and activists, along with nearly a million viewers from around the world, raised over $170,000 for local Georgia non-partisan voter registration organizations. Revisit Schools’ illuminating interview with SiriusXM host Ari Fink, where he discussed Panic’s famous 1998 Panic In The Streets concert and how local politics made that legendary event possible.
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