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Widespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia (Paperback)
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Widespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia (Paperback)
Series: Music of the American South Series
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List price R524
Loot Price R428
Discovery Miles 4 280
You Save R96 (18%)
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In April 1998, legendary southern jam band Widespread Panic held a
free open-air record release show in downtown Athens, Georgia, its
homebase. No one involved could have known that the predicted crowd
of twenty thousand would prove to be nearly five times that size.
The ultimately successful show, now known as "Panic in the
Streets," went on to become a cult favorite of Panic fans and a
decisive moment in Athens music history. This event still holds the
record for the world's largest record release party, but the full
story of how the event came to be has not been told until now.
Widespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia places readers
at the historic event, using in-depth investigation and interviews
with the band, city officials, and "Spread Heads" who were there.
Told as much as possible in real time, music journalist Gordon
Lamb's narrative takes the reader from conception to aftermath and
uncovers the local controversies and efforts that nearly stopped
the show from happening altogether. This deeply researched and
richly sourced book follows every stage of the concert's
development from the spark of an idea to approximately one hundred
thousand people from all over the world packing the streets of a
legendary music town. Taking us back to 1990s Athens through
vibrant, on-the-scene writing, Lamb gives us the story of a band on
the verge of greatness and a town reckoning with its significant
place in music history.
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