Light Fuse, Get Away

Infobox Album | Name = Light Fuse, Get Away
Type = Live album
Artist = Widespread Panic


Released = April 12, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Rock, southern rock, Jam
Length = 149:40
Label = Capricorn (1998)
Zomba (2001)
Producer = John Keane
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6tjqoalaiijv link]
Last album = "Bombs & Butterflies"
(1997)
This album = "Light Fuse, Get Away"
(1998)
Next album = "'Til the Medicine Takes"
(1999)

"Light Fuse, Get Away" is the first live album released by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by Capricorn Records on April 12, 1998. It would later be re-released in 2001 by Zomba Music Group. The album was recorded over various concerts by the band in 1997. "Pickin' Up The Pieces" featured Branford Marsalis on saxophone and was recorded on September 7, 1997 in Boston.

On April 18, 1998, the band played a free live show in downtown Athens as part of their CD release party. According to the band, attendance was estimated at around 100,000 people. This in turn broke a previous record by Metallica for "largest record release party". The show was filmed and released later in 1998 on video.

The album reached a peak position of #67 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Porch Song" – 7:42
#"Disco" – 4:23
#"Diner" – 14:04
#"Wondering" – 4:24
#"Love Tractor" – 5:52
#"Pilgrims" – 8:35
#"Space Wrangler" – 9:00
#"Travelin' Light" (Cale) – 5:51
#"Pickin' Up the Pieces" – 5:30
#"Conrad" – 9:01

Disc two

#"Papa Legba" (Byrne) – 7:10
#"Rebirtha" – 7:51
#"Rock" – 6:33
#"Greta" – 10:44
#"Barstools & Dreamers" – 10:53
#"Impossible/Jam" – 10:51
#"Drums" – 6:25
#"Gimme" – 6:01
#"Pigeons" – 8:56

Personnel

Widespread Panic
:John Bell - guitar, vocals
:Michael Houser - guitar, vocals
:Todd Nance - percussion, drums, vocals
:Domingo S. Ortiz - percussion
:Dave Schools - bass, percussion, vocals
:John Hermann - keyboards


John Keane - producer, mixing
Brad Blettenburg - assistant engineer
Billy Fields - assistant
Frank Gargiulo - art direction
Eve Kakassy - photography
Ken Love - mastering
Branford Marsalis - horn
Thomas G. Smith - photography
Jeremy Stein - photography
Buck Williams - management

External links

* [http://widespreadpanic.com/ Widespread Panic website]
* [http://everydaycompanion.com Everyday Companion]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6tjqoalaiijv All Music entry]