Chicago, IL 1996

Chicago, IL 1996 is a complete concert live album by Athens, Georgia's Widespread Panic. This show is the fifth release from Widespread Panic's Porch Songs project. This performance was recorded live at Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on October 31, 1996. The two-track soundboard recording features all original band members including late guitarist Michael Houser.

As has become customary for Halloween shows from the band, several covers debuted for the first time: The Doors' Riders On The Storm, Space Truckin' by Deep Purple and Golden Earring's hit Radar Love. The show also marked the return of ZZ Top's Sheik, to this date the only song percussionist Domingo S. Ortiz sings lead vocals on.^[1] Space Truckin' has yet to return, while Radar Love has only been played one time since, nearly ten years later. ^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. Coconut (Widespread Panic) 8:39
2. Fishwater (Widespread Panic) 9:21
3. C. Brown (Widespread Panic) 7:05
4. Glory (Widespread Panic) 3:28
5. Rock (Widespread Panic) 6:58
6. Impossible (Widespread Panic) 5:08
7. Blight (David Schools / Michael Houser / Todd Nance / Vic Chesnutt) 6:37
8. Sheik (Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill) 4:03
9. Pilgrims (Widespread Panic) 7:11
10. Postcard (Widespread Panic) 4:51
11. Radar Love (George J. Kooymans / Barry A. Hay) 9:31
12. Ain't Life Grand (Widespread Panic) 4:44

Disc 2

1. West Virginia (Widespread Panic) 1:00
2. Porch Song (Widespread Panic) 3:39
3. Greta (Widespread Panic) 13:07
4. Space Truckin' (Blackmore / Gillan / Paice / Lord / Wheeler / Glover) 4:29
5. Chilly Water (Widespread Panic) 6:39
6. Drums (Widespread Panic) 7:38
7. Chilly Water (Widespread Panic) 4:37
8. Hatfield (Widespread Panic) 10:52
9. Conrad (Widespread Panic) 9:27
10. Riders on the Storm (Jim Morrison / Ray Manzarek / Robby Krieger / John Densmore) 8:30
11. Henry Parsons Died (Danny Hutchens / Eric Carter) 6:04

References

1. ↑ "Widespread Panic: Porch Songs Vol. 5". 
2. ↑ "Everyday Companion: Radar Love".