{"id":30,"date":"2018-03-22T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/widespreadpanic.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:14:37","slug":"band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/widespreadpanic.com\/band\/","title":{"rendered":"The Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19391\" src=\"https:\/\/wranglerspace.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/05\/Widespread-Panic-Photo-Shoot-2019-242-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"Widespread Panic 2019\" width=\"600\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wranglerspace.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/05\/Widespread-Panic-Photo-Shoot-2019-242-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wranglerspace.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/05\/Widespread-Panic-Photo-Shoot-2019-242-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wranglerspace.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/05\/Widespread-Panic-Photo-Shoot-2019-242-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wranglerspace.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/05\/Widespread-Panic-Photo-Shoot-2019-242.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Widespread Panic is:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>John Bell\u00a0<\/b>guitars, vocals<\/li>\n<li><b>John &#8220;JoJo&#8221; Hermann<\/b>\u00a0keyboards, vocals<\/li>\n<li><b>Jimmy Herring\u00a0<\/b>guitars<\/li>\n<li><b>Domingo S. Ortiz\u00a0<\/b>percussion, vocals<\/li>\n<li><b>Dave Schools<\/b>\u00a0bass, vocals<\/li>\n<li><b>Duane Trucks<\/b>\u00a0drums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Widespread Panic has been together over three decades. Formed by vocalist\/guitarist John Bell, bassist Dave Schools and late lead guitarist Michael Houser in the mid-1980s while the three attended the University of Georgia, over the next several years band\u2019s lineup expanded to include drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo Ortiz, and keyboardist John Hermann. The current lineup now includes lead guitarist Jimmy Herring and drummer Duane Trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Attaining true road warrior status, Widespread Panic has broken attendance records across the country, including a staggering 60 consecutive sell-outs at legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18 sell outs at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, additional records in the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Birmingham\u2019s Oak Mountain Amphitheater, New Orleans Jazzfest and The Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Panic has headlined most of the major U.S. festivals including Bonnaroo (eight times), Lollapalooza, ACL Festival, LOCKN\u2019, Outside Lands, Forecastle to name just a few.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 30 years, Widespread Panic has sold over 3 million albums, 4 million downloads. Twelve years ago the band opened its vault and began to release live recordings through its Archive series of releases, spotlighting exceptional shows spanning the band\u2019s entire career. In 2008 was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and continues to sell out shows across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widespread Panic is: John Bell\u00a0guitars, vocals John &#8220;JoJo&#8221; Hermann\u00a0keyboards, vocals Jimmy Herring\u00a0guitars Domingo S. 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