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 sometime songwriter, Michael Houser, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002, and the original drummer, Todd Nance, left in 2016 and died in 2020.
Widespread Panic performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2010
Aerial view of crowd at Light Fuse, Get Away CD release party
Widespread Panic performs their 32nd consecutive sold-out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Members of the Allman Brothers join Widespread Panic on stage in Canandaigua, New York. August 22, 2009
Athens is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County where it is the county seat.
Athens City Hall
Historic American Buildings of Athens in 1936
City Hall on College Avenue in Downtown Athens, seen across Washington Street
Broad Street in Downtown Athens at an entrance to North Campus of the University of Georgia
