Widespread Panic Dusts Off Black Sabbath & Jimi Hendrix Covers At Red Rocks

WSP then delivered one of their oldest covers, Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Good Morning Little School,” also covered by the Grateful Dead and others.

JoJo kicked off the second set with a tasty bit of boogie-woogie unfused piano, dropping the band into the “Greta” bass line with his left hand.

Panic then busted out a rare cover of Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf.” The 2021 Red Rocks play marked just the 16th time Panic has performed the Master Of Reality cut since debuting it on Halloween 1989, as per Everday Companion, with the lion’s share of the performances coming during Halloween shows or runs.

Another somewhat rare cover, War’s “Four Cornered Room,’ followed and led into yet another bust out, this time of Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun,” last time played on June 30, 2016 with the RR ‘21 performance marking just the 6th time the band has played the riffy rocker since debuting it in 2014.

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