Photo by Josh Timmermans via @WidespreadPanicHQ on IG

Continuing their triumphant return to Red Rocks, Widespread Panic played two wall-to-wall sets at the historic venue on June 26, including the first version of Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” since 2016.

Highlights from the band’s first frame included an opening “Holden Oversoul,” followed by the always-rocking “Ain’t Life Grand.”

The band also embraced their cowboy ethos with mid-set western favorites like “Walkin’ (For Your Love” and “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.” The band later closed set one with a full-venue sing-along to their first “Tall Boy” since the onset of the pandemic.

Set two kicked off with a high-energy “Greta,” before throttling back to “Mercy” and slowly cranking up to “Big Wooly Mammoth” and “Bowlegged Woman.”

“Driving Song”> “Ride Me High”> “Driving Song” offered one of the evening’s best segues, before the aforementioned “Sweet Leaf” made its first onstage appearance since 10/22/2016 (131 shows).

“Four Cornered Room” also gave way to a Hendrix-infused “Machine Gun” – LTP 6/30/2016, 156 shows.

The show closed with “Conrad” and a two-part “Degenerate”/”Papa’s Home” encore.

Widespread Panic will close their Red Rocks run tonight – June 27.

Check out the full setlist via PanicStream below:

Widespread Panic
June 27, 2021
Red Rocks, Morrison, Colo.

Set I: Holden Oversoul, Ain’t Life Grand, Old Neighborhood, Walkin’ (For Your Love), Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Jaded Tourist > Impossible, Blight, Tie Your Shoes, Tall Boy

Set II: Greta, Mercy, Big Wooly Mammoth, Bowlegged Woman, Driving Song > Ride Me High > Driving Song, Sweet Leaf*, Four Cornered Room > Machine Gun^, Conrad

Enc: Degenerate, Papa’s Home

Notes:
*Sweet Leaf LTP 10/22/2016 Milwaukee (131 shows)
^Machine Gun LTP 6/30/2016 Boise (156 shows)