Widespread Panic – Everyday 2LP NEW Online Hot Sale

Widepsread Panic – Everyday 2LP

NEW. SEALED.

Recent reissue.

Volcano Records

Widespread Panic s third album offers 14 southern-fried rock songs, some of which have become the band s most-loved show stoppers. It s also the first album to feature John JoJo Herman s bluesy key pecking. Everyday has been criticized for sounding too uniform. Each track does feature the band s signature loud guitar and bass, jam-rock style, but after a couple of listens the tracks distinguish themselves. From the softly driving Pilgrims to the bouncing exuberance of Wondering, John Bell s emotive vocals and the meaningful lyrics take the listener on a journey through a series of vignettes. Diner is sung from the point of view of a bum while he watches the waitress. She s like natural music anyway she moves, he sings. Hatfield is the true story of a Native American who was called upon to perform a rain dance during a draught in Los Angeles. The song begins very softly like raindrops and builds into a lightening storm of guitar and percussive sounds. The poignant Papa s Home is perhaps the best example of how Widespread Panic can begin a song softly and build it into an all-out jam, with the help of percussionist Domingo Sonny Ortiz s skin slapping. Everyday is considered by fans to be one of the band s best albums, despite its very limited radio play. The subtlety of the band s style is unaltered on this disc. The slice-of-life story lyrics, the tight musicianship that builds and falls with the songs emotions, and extended song length are all unhampered by the pressure for a radio friendly sound.