Sure, the majority of Panic audience recordings are available for streaming but most of them do not sound nearly as good as the GD audience recordings from the '70s even though the Panic recordings were made 10 to 20 years later with most likely better equipment.Originally released on Oct. In the grand scheme of things it's a drop in the bucket compared to what the Grateful Dead have accomplished. They have not even managed to release an average of one show per year in that time frame although they have officially released some more shows in the Porch Song two track series. Since the beginning of their multitrack Archive series in 2006 they have released a whopping 12-14 shows (I think the last two in the series were downloads only- not physical cds with packaging), the last one being several years ago. Try being a Widespread Panic fan like me. Fans of other bands can only dream of this. Just be thankful there are a ton of official releases to devour from their entire history along with all the audience recordings. But anything Dead or Dead-related is either great or gets a pass for not being great. But yeah, Deadheads would forgive a bad Dead show as 'they're just having an off night' or 'Healy dosed Bobby and was messing with him over the PA, maaaaaaan'.but, like, when The Black Crowes opened for the Dead or were on Further tour, the Deadheads covered their ears, it was 'too loud' and 'he's shrieking!' Like anything 'not Dead' or Dead-related was immediately dismissed, out of hand, whether it was really good or not. In 19, the Dead were consistently inconsistent, and their openers were constantly blowing them off the stage.

1991 was still great, a slight dip in 1992, a rebound in 1993 (and 'Here Comes Sunshine!'), but after 1993, I don't know if there's much worth really seeking out after that. Some of those 1995 shows are pretty damn rough, though.

Some of the stuff is a little too 'Michael McDonald era Doobies' for me - like We Can Run, Tons of Steel, etcīut I agree with you, there's stuff to like in all eras - the early one drummer pure psychedelic era, the 68-70 two drummer neo-prog-folk-rock monster, the laid back rootsy Workingman's beauty era band, the 1972 band is it's own thing, with both Godchauxs and Pigpen, then of course they turned jazzy and coke fueled in 1973 (and Pigpen died, so there went the blues/R&B soul).1977 was TIGHT.but after 1977, they became less consistent and settled into the band they were for the rest of their run. Click to expand.I like some of Brent's stuff - Never Trust A Woman, Just A Little Light, I Will Take You Home are all great.

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