Monday, July 19, 2010

Widespread Panic "Dirty Side Down"

I was on the Panic bandwagon from the very start, picking up every recording released in the 20th century. Saw them live in a small venue in the late '90's, maybe 300 people, and was absolutely blown away. Even had a local college girl put her finger on my head for me to spin around under in jam band reverence/acceptance. But something changed in their studio releases this decade and I haven't made any additions to my WP collection. "Dirty..." is a perfect example. Out of the 12 tracks, five are keepers, five are so so, and two suck. It's a front-heavy release as the aforementioned five keepers happen within the first seven songs. Stuck firmly in the middle of the seven is a Vic Chestnutt song which features another Athens, GA, musical veteran, Anne Richmond Boston of the legendary Swimming Pool Q's. Obviously, it's one of the keepers, right? Nope, it sucked. So after much wrangling, I've decided to opt out of adding this record to my vault. I still haven't decided on retaining any of the keepers, either.

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