OnMilwaukee.com Review
By: Jeff Sherman - onmilwaukee.com

Widespread Panic, the Athens-based jam band, came to town this weekend for two shows at the Riverside Theater. Of course, this also meant that their fans, many who travel from concert to concert, much like the die-hards who for years followed the Grateful Dead and Phish, also set up shop Downtown. In the Rock Bottom parking lot, hours before the Friday show, concert goers (looking like hearty campers and tailgaters) from across the country started setting up. Dogs, people, vans, vendors and music filled the area all day and night. From Indiana, Alabama, Nevada and other states, fans filled the lot near the Riverwalk at Plankinton and Wells Streets. One fan, Mike, from Las Vegas, follows the band from show to show. He wholesales stereo equipment on side, but like many Panic fans uses the pre-show tailgates to support his concert Read More...