Street Dogs (Widespread Panic album)

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Street Dogs
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015
RecordedEcho Mountain Recording Studio, Asheville, North Carolina
Genre Rock, southern rock, jam
Length58:42
Label Vanguard Records
Producer John Keane
Widespread Panic
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Street Dogs is the twelfth studio album released by American band Widespread Panic. Recorded at Echo Mountain Recording Studio in Asheville, NC, it was released September 25, 2015.

Widespread Panic American rock band

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 primary song-writer, Michael Houser, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002. And the original drummer, Todd Nance, left in 2016.

Contents

This marks the first album by the band without drummer, and founding member, Todd Nance although he does receive co-writing credit on every song. It features Duane Trucks on drums. He was not an official member of the band at the time of its recording but had been performing live with them since late 2014. He joined the band as a full member in February 2016. [2]

Todd Nance is an American musician. He is best known as the original drummer of Widespread Panic, a band he was a member of until his departure in 2016.

Duane Trucks is an American musician best known as the current drummer for Widespread Panic and Hard Working Americans.

Lead singer and guitarist John Bell has said in interviews that much of the album was recorded live in studio, with as little overdubbing as possible. [3] [4]

John Bell (musician) American musician

John Farmer Bell is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the American rock band Widespread Panic, where he is known for his raspy southern drawl that hits a variety of octaves. He is frequently called JB by fans. For more than 30 years, the voice has fueled 150 concerts a year all over the country and created a road warrior mentality for the band and its fans.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Bell, John Hermann, Jimmy Herring, Domingo S. Ortiz, Dave Schools, Todd Nance and Duane Trucks except where noted. [5]

John Hermann musician

John "JoJo" Hermann is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his involvement in the band Widespread Panic.

Jimmy Herring American musician

Jimmy Herring is the lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead and has played with The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, and The Dead.

Dave Schools American musician

David Allen Schools is a bass player and founding member of American rock band Widespread Panic. He is also a record producer, songwriter and journalist with articles published in a wide variety of music magazines. Schools lives in Sonoma County, California with his two dogs; when not on tour he likes to garden.

  1. "Sell Sell" (Alan Price) 6:24
  2. "Steven’s Cat" 4:28
  3. "Cease Fire" 7:51
  4. "Jamais Vu (The World Has Changed)" 7:15
  5. "Angels Don’t Sing the Blues" 5:54
  6. "Honky Red" (Murray McLauchlan) 6:27
  7. "The Poorhouse of Positive Thinking" 5:11
  8. "Welcome to My World" (John Keane) 5:52
  9. "Tail Dragger" (Willie Dixon) 4:50
  10. "Street Dogs for Breakfast" 4:30 [6]

Personnel

Widespread Panic

Additional musicians

Production

John Keane is an American record producer based in Athens, Georgia, who has worked extensively with R.E.M., Indigo Girls and Widespread Panic. He owns and operates John Keane Studios in Athens, which opened in 1981.

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