Southern jammers Widespread Panic brought their Travelin’ Light touring festival – remember that lineup? – to Berkeley, CA’s historic Greek Theatre in 1998, but the Athens-based band didn’t get to play a typical two set show at the Greek until they returned for a three night stand in 2001. The first two shows of the run are no joke, but the sextet turned it up a notch for the final show when they welcomed Bay Area resident and master guitarist Carlos Santana to join them for the first half of the second set.
Santana added his signature sound to the Panic original Casa Del Grillo before the ensemble tackled three covers in a row including two Funkadelic gems – Red Hot Mama and Maggot Brain. Carlos expertly shreds his way through the first solo in Maggot Brain with the late Michael Houser joining in for some nice call and response action during the second solo. Let’s take a look…
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This was one of the top highlights of my musical life. Thanks for posting the video!
Panic played with many of the best guitarists that year (Trey, JJ Cale, etc.), which may have been no accident given Mikey’s horrendous illness.