Track Listing 1. Radio Child 2. Aunt Avis 3. Tall Boy 4. Gradle 5. Glory 6. Rebirtha 7. You Got Yours 8. Hope in a Hopeless World 9. Happy 10. Greta
| Details | | Playing Time: | 49 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Vic Chesnutt | | Producer: | John Keane | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Widespread Panic: John Bell (vocals, guitar); Michael Houser (guitar, vocals); John Hermann (keyboards, vocals); David Schools (bass, vocals); Todd Nance (drums); Domingo S. Ortiz (percussion, vocals). Additional personnel: Vic Chesnutt (vocals); John Keane (pedal steel guitar, guitar). Recorded at Keane Recording, Ltd., Athens, Georgia. Personnel: John Bell , Michael Houser (vocals, guitar); John Hermann (vocals, keyboards); Domingo Ortiz (vocals, percussion); Dave Schools, Vic Chesnutt (vocals); John Keane (guitar); Todd Nance (drums). Audio Mixers: Clif Norrell; John Keane. Recording information: John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA. Illustrator: John Ritter. Photographer: Nitin Vakukul. Widespread Panic are another of the wave of jam bands who let their music flow organically, a la the Grateful Dead, and like the Dead have had a bit of a problem transferring that loose feeling onto disc. That is not to say that Bombs & Butterflies isn't interesting listening, because it is. However, the cuts here mainly sound stiff, whereas in concert, they tend to sound groovy. Only on a cover of a Staples Singers tune do they catch hold of the magic and let loose with a great big bang. "Hope In a Hopeless World" has everything going for it, and while the rest of Bombs & Butterflies is worthy material, one can't help but wonder just what lies ahead for Widespread Panic and their boogie-groovy genre mates. ~ James Chrispell
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