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Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vic Chesnutt, Zedd, JJ Grey & Mofro, Willis Alan Ramsey and Guster. Those roots explain a lot about how Widespread Panic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The String Cheese Incident, Jerry Garcia Band, Umphrey's McGee, The Derek Trucks Band and Dave Matthews Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Strings, Taylor Hicks, moe., Pretty Lights and Umphrey's McGee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Widespread Panic, reaching back through Vic Chesnutt and forward to Billy Strings. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring. The band's original guitarist and sometime songwriter, Michael Houser, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, and the original drummer, Todd Nance, left in 2016 and died in 2020.

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Widespread PanicVic ChesnuttZeddJJ Grey & MofroWillis Alan RamseyGusterFuturebirdsCapriMerl SaundersBilly StringsTaylor Hicksmoe.Pretty LightsUmphrey's McGeeThe String Cheese In…Jerry Garcia BandUmphrey's McGeeThe Derek Trucks BandDave Matthews BandThe Marshall Tucker …Big Head Todd and th…Oysterhead

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Widespread Panic connections

Widespread Panic grew out of Vic Chesnutt, Zedd, JJ Grey & Mofro and Willis Alan Ramsey, shares an orbit with The String Cheese Incident, Jerry Garcia Band, Umphrey's McGee and The Derek Trucks Band, went on to shape Billy Strings, Taylor Hicks, moe. and Pretty Lights. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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