Songs Widespread Panic covers, and who wrote them
Every cover in 727 Widespread Panic setlists from 1989 to 2024 (from setlist.fm), most-played first. The most-played: “Travelin' Light” (J.J. Cale), “Henry Parsons Died” (BloodKin), “Climb to Safety” (Jerry Joseph), “Junior” (Junior Kimbrough) and “Can't Get High” (BloodKin).
Play this week's Widespread Panic Covers game → A real setlist, one cover highlighted, name who wrote it.
| Song | Original artist | Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Travelin' Light | J.J. Cale | 197 (1989-2024) |
| Henry Parsons Died | BloodKin | 176 (1993-2024) |
| Climb to Safety | Jerry Joseph | 121 (1997-2024) |
| Junior | Junior Kimbrough | 121 (1993-2024) |
| Can't Get High | BloodKin | 102 (1993-2024) |
| Ride Me High | J.J. Cale | 95 (1996-2024) |
| North | Jerry Joseph | 94 (1999-2024) |
| Mr. Soul | Buffalo Springfield | 89 (1989-2024) |
| Papa Legba | Talking Heads | 88 (1989-2019) |
| Send Your Mind | Van Morrison | 83 (1991-2024) |
| It Ain't No Use | The Meters | 76 (1991-2022) |
| Who Do You Belong To? | BloodKin | 73 (1993-2024) |
| Arleen | General Echo | 67 (1993-2024) |
| Goin' Out West | Tom Waits | 61 (1996-2024) |
| Heaven | Talking Heads | 60 (1989-2024) |
| Me and the Devil Blues | Robert Johnson | 60 (1989-2022) |
| Stop Breakin' Down Blues | Robert Johnson | 60 (2001-2022) |
| Flat Foot Flewzy | NRBQ | 59 (1991-2024) |
| Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man | Bobby Rush | 57 (1993-2024) |
| Red Hot Mama | Funkadelic | 56 (1999-2024) |
| Hope in a Hopeless World | Roebuck “Pops” Staples | 51 (1996-2022) |
| Chainsaw City | Little Women | 49 (1995-2024) |
| Walk On | Neil Young | 47 (1989-2024) |
| 1 x 1 | Beanland | 43 (1995-2022) |
| Sometimes | fIREHOSE | 41 (1999-2022) |
| City of Dreams | Talking Heads | 39 (1995-2024) |
| She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride | Taj Mahal | 39 (1989-2015) |
| No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature | The Guess Who | 38 (1995-2024) |
| Knockin' Round the Zoo | James Taylor | 35 (1989-2024) |
| End of the Show | BloodKin | 34 (1995-2022) |
| Honky Red | Murray McLauchlan | 34 (2015-2024) |
| I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) | Billy Joe Shaver | 34 (1995-2022) |
| Solid Rock | Bob Dylan | 32 (2005-2017) |
| Tail Dragger | Howlin’ Wolf | 32 (2011-2024) |
| Weak Brain, Narrow Mind | Willie Dixon | 32 (1997-2022) |
| Life During Wartime | Talking Heads | 31 (2003-2024) |
| Pusherman | Curtis Mayfield | 31 (1991-2019) |
| Just Kissed My Baby | The Meters | 30 (1991-2011) |
| Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | 30 (1993-2022) |
| Sell Sell | Alan Price | 29 (2013-2022) |
| Use Me | Bill Withers | 29 (1997-2019) |
| Let's Get the Show on the Road | Michael Stanley Band | 28 (1993-2022) |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | War | 28 (2003-2024) |
| Genesis | Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson | 27 (1989-2022) |
| Help Me Somebody | NRBQ | 27 (1995-2019) |
| Last Dance | Neil Young | 27 (1993-2022) |
| Red Beans | Professor Longhair | 27 (1995-2022) |
| Sharon | David Bromberg Band | 26 (2001-2024) |
| Fixin' to Die | Bukka White | 24 (2001-2022) |
| Good Morning, School Girl | Sonny Boy Williamson | 22 (1989-2022) |
| Trouble | Cat Stevens | 22 (2001-2019) |
| Let It Rock | Chuck Berry | 21 (1989-2024) |
| Lawyers, Guns and Money | Warren Zevon | 20 (1993-2024) |
| Don't Be Denied | Neil Young | 19 (1993-2024) |
| Doreatha | Beanland | 18 (2003-2005) |
| See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 18 (1997-2022) |
| None of Us Are Free | Ray Charles | 15 (2005-2022) |
| Time Is Free | David Earle Johnson | 15 (1993-2022) |
| Honey Bee | Tom Petty | 13 (2017-2024) |
| Nobody's Fault but Mine | Blind Willie Johnson | 13 (1995-2015) |
| Vampire Blues | Neil Young | 13 (2005-2019) |
| Dirty Business | New Riders of the Purple Sage | 12 (1989-2022) |
| The Shape I'm In | The Band | 12 (1995-2019) |
| Do What You Like | Blind Faith | 11 (1989-2019) |
| I'm So Glad | Skip James | 11 (2017-2024) |
| Trashy | BloodKin | 11 (2022-2024) |
| Are You Ready for the Country? | Neil Young | 10 (2003-2019) |
| Four Cornered Room | War | 10 (1997-2022) |
| Get Up Early in the Morning | Professor Longhair | 9 (1993-1995) |
| Jesus Just Left Chicago | ZZ Top | 9 (2009-2019) |
| Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory | Traffic | 9 (1989) |
| A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | Bob Dylan | 8 (2015-2024) |
| Down on the Farm | Little Feat | 8 (1996-2019) |
| Smoking Factory | John Hermann | 8 (2007-2017) |
| There Is a Time | The Dillards | 8 (2015-2024) |
| You Wreck Me | Tom Petty | 8 (2017-2024) |
| Chest Fever | The Band | 7 (2007-2013) |
| Fixin' to Die Blues | Bukka White | 7 (2001-2013) |
| For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield | 7 (2015-2024) |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Jimmy Cliff | 7 (2013-2022) |
| Waitin' for the Bus | ZZ Top | 7 (2009-2024) |
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 7 (1997-2017) |
| Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | Eric Von Schmidt | 6 (2005-2011) |
| Daisy Mae | John Hermann | 6 (2003-2005) |
| Dear Prudence | The Beatles | 6 (2022-2024) |
| Feelin' Alright? | Traffic | 6 (1989-1999) |
| Let It Bleed | The Rolling Stones | 6 (2003-2005) |
| Quarter Tank of Gasoline | BloodKin | 6 (2011-2022) |
| Spoonful | Willie Dixon | 6 (1997-2019) |
| Sweet Leaf | Black Sabbath | 6 (1989-2022) |
| Ace of Spades | Motörhead | 5 (2013-2022) |
| Drinking Muddy Water | The Yardbirds | 5 (2013-2015) |
| Fairies Wear Boots | Black Sabbath | 5 (2007-2022) |
| Riders on the Storm | The Doors | 5 (1996-2015) |
| Rumble | Link Wray & His Raymen | 5 (2017-2022) |
| The Ballad of John and Yoko | The Beatles | 5 (2013-2019) |
| Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon | 5 (1993-2015) |
| Yard of Blonde Girls | Jeff Buckley | 5 (2003) |
| You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | 5 (2015-2024) |
| Cortez the Killer | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 4 (2001-2019) |
| Devil in Disguise | J.J. Cale | 4 (2013) |
| Geraldine and the Honeybee | Willis Alan Ramsey | 4 (1991-2019) |
| Light Is Like Water | Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons | 4 (2001-2013) |
| Rockin' in the Free World | Neil Young | 4 (1996-2022) |
| Snake Drive | R.L. Burnside | 4 (2005-2019) |
| Stranger in a Strange Land | Leon Russell | 4 (2022-2024) |
| Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & the Family Stone | 4 (1991-1996) |
| The Wind Cries Mary | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 4 (1999-2001) |
| Turn On Your Love Light | Bobby “Blue” Bland | 4 (1995-2019) |
| "Heroes" | David Bowie | 3 (2015-2022) |
| Astronomy Domine | Pink Floyd | 3 (1989-2001) |
| Baby, Please Don't Go | Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers | 3 (2011-2013) |
| Basically Frightened | Col. Bruce Hampton | 3 (2017-2022) |
| Bird on the Wire | Leonard Cohen | 3 (2022-2024) |
| Bowlegged Woman | Bobby Rush | 3 (1993-1995) |
| Crippled Inside | John Lennon | 3 (2007) |
| High Time We Went | Joe Cocker | 3 (2015-2019) |
| Junco Partner (Worthless Man) | James Waynes | 3 (1999-2005) |
| Road to Damascus | Jerry Joseph | 3 (2001-2007) |
| Swamp | Talking Heads | 3 (1999-2003) |
| The Dark End of the Street | Dan Penn | 3 (2005-2007) |
| The Harder They Come | Jimmy Cliff | 3 (2001-2015) |
| Tonight's the Night | Neil Young | 3 (2003) |
| Wishbone | Willis Alan Ramsey | 3 (1989-2019) |
| (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | 2 (2005) |
| Auld Lang Syne | Robert Burns | 2 (2013-2015) |
| Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) | The Temptations | 2 (1989-2001) |
| Blue Sunday | The Doors | 2 (2011-2022) |
| Come Together | The Beatles | 2 (2005) |
| Drive | Little Women | 2 (2001) |
| Enter Sandman | Metallica | 2 (2007-2022) |
| Godzilla | Blue Öyster Cult | 2 (1997-2011) |
| Heart of Gold | Neil Young | 2 (2015-2019) |
| Help Me | Sonny Boy Williamson | 2 (2013) |
| I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | 2 (2015) |
| I Trusted You | Andy Kaufman | 2 (2019) |
| I Wish | Stevie Wonder | 2 (2003-2009) |
| I Wish You Would | Billy Boy Arnold | 2 (1997-1999) |
| Interstellar Overdrive | Pink Floyd | 2 (2003) |
| Jessica | The Allman Brothers Band | 2 (2015-2022) |
| Journey Through the Past | Neil Young | 2 (2013-2015) |
| Just Like a Woman | Bob Dylan | 2 (2009) |
| Love and Happiness | Al Green | 2 (2007-2011) |
| Mountain Jam | The Allman Brothers Band | 2 (2017-2022) |
| Orange Blossom Special | Rouse Brothers | 2 (1996-1997) |
| Peace Frog | The Doors | 2 (2011-2022) |
| Runnin' Down a Dream | Tom Petty | 2 (2022-2024) |
| Shake, Rattle and Roll | Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings | 2 (1996-2003) |
| Sitting in Limbo | Jimmy Cliff | 2 (2015) |
| Somewhere in Time | Los Lobos | 2 (2019) |
| Spill the Wine | War | 2 (2013) |
| Stir It Up | The Wailers | 2 (2001) |
| This Cruel Thing | Guy Pearce | 2 (2011-2019) |
| This Masquerade | Leon Russell | 2 (2009) |
| Time Waits for No One | The Rolling Stones | 2 (2011-2017) |
| We'll Be Fine | Jerry Joseph | 2 (2001-2003) |
| You Better Run | Junior Kimbrough | 2 (2001-2003) |
| You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | The Beatles | 2 (2019-2022) |
| (Don't Go Back to) Rockville | R.E.M. | 1 (2009) |
| All Right Now | Free | 1 (2017) |
| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | Monty Python | 1 (2007) |
| Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 (2013) |
| Beat on the Brat | Ramones | 1 (2003) |
| Born on the Bayou | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 (2013) |
| Born Under a Bad Sign | Booker T. & the MG’s | 1 (2005) |
| Burning Down the House | Talking Heads | 1 (2013) |
| Can't Get Enough | Bad Company | 1 (2013) |
| Chicken Strut | The Meters | 1 (2019) |
| Children of the Grave | Black Sabbath | 1 (2007) |
| Cissy Strut | The Meters | 1 (2003) |
| Come as You Are | Nirvana | 1 (2009) |
| Crime and Punishment | Jerry Joseph | 1 (2001) |
| Dead Flowers | The Rolling Stones | 1 (2015) |
| Desperados Waiting for a Train | Guy Clark | 1 (2019) |
| Dooley | The Dillards | 1 (2015) |
| Dragonaut | Sleep | 1 (2022) |
| Dream Warrior | Dr. John and the Lower 911 | 1 (2022) |
| Dreams | Buddy Miles | 1 (2022) |
| Dreams | The Allman Brothers Band | 1 (2022) |
| Excitable Boy | Warren Zevon | 1 (2009) |
| Familiar Reality | Dr. John | 1 (2019) |
| First We Take Manhattan | Leonard Cohen | 1 (2015) |
| Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 (2013) |
| Georgia (on My Mind) | Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra | 1 (2005) |
| Get in Get Out | Randall Bramblett | 1 (2003) |
| Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work on You) | Ann Cole with the Suburbans | 1 (2013) |
| Gotta Get Mean | Blues Traveler | 1 (1991) |
| Gotta Have Money | Bobby Rush | 1 (2022) |
| Grandma's Hands | Bill Withers | 1 (2003) |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | 1 (2015) |
| Have a Cigar | Pink Floyd | 1 (2015) |
| Hey Pocky A-Way | The Meters | 1 (2019) |
| Home on the Range | Daniel Kelley | 1 (2017) |
| I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train | Billy Joe Shaver | 1 (2005) |
| I Put a Spell on You | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | 1 (2005) |
| I Shot the Sheriff | The Wailers | 1 (2015) |
| I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones | 1 (2003) |
| I Want Candy | The Strangeloves | 1 (2013) |
| Indian Song | Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ | 1 (1996) |
| Iron Man | Black Sabbath | 1 (2011) |
| It's All Over Now | The Valentinos | 1 (1999) |
| Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine) | Kris Kristofferson | 1 (2019) |
| Joe's Garage | Frank Zappa | 1 (2001) |
| Johnny Appleseed | Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros | 1 (2007) |
| Keep Me in Your Heart | Warren Zevon | 1 (2024) |
| Keep On Chooglin' | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 (2013) |
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | 1 (1989) |
| L.A. Woman | The Doors | 1 (1997) |
| Lake of Fire | Meat Puppets | 1 (2009) |
| Lean on Me | Bill Withers | 1 (2015) |
| Let the Good Times Roll | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 1 (2013) |
| Lonely Avenue | Ray Charles | 1 (2001) |
| Long Live Rock | The Who | 1 (1997) |
| Love for Sale | Talking Heads | 1 (2001) |
| Love Is the Drug | Roxy Music | 1 (2003) |
| Love the One You're With | Stephen Stills | 1 (2022) |
| Low Down Dirty Dog Blues | Son House | 1 (2015) |
| Machine Gun | Band of Gypsys | 1 (2022) |
| Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf | 1 (2017) |
| Mama Told Me Not to Come | Randy Newman | 1 (2009) |
| Mambo Sun | T. Rex | 1 (2022) |
| Man on the Moon | R.E.M. | 1 (2019) |
| Mercy Train to Bogart | BloodKin | 1 (2022) |
| Midnight Train to Georgia | Jim Weatherly | 1 (2005) |
| Misty Mountain Hop | Led Zeppelin | 1 (1999) |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | 1 (2009) |
| Morning Dew | Bonnie Dobson | 1 (2009) |
| Mystic Highway | John Fogerty | 1 (2013) |
| Nature's Way | Spirit | 1 (2022) |
| Nel blu, dipinto di blu | Domenico Modugno | 1 (2019) |
| Nowhere to Run | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | 1 (2005) |
| On Broadway | Barry Mann | 1 (2003) |
| Outta Mind (Outta Sight) | Wilco | 1 (2011) |
| Perfect Day | Lou Reed | 1 (2019) |
| Pet Sematary | Ramones | 1 (2003) |
| Phosphene Dream | The Black Angels | 1 (2022) |
| Piece of My Heart | Erma Franklin | 1 (2024) |
| Radar Love | Golden Earring | 1 (1996) |
| Room at the Top | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 1 (2024) |
| Rot Gut | BloodKin | 1 (1995) |
| Run for Your Life | The Beatles | 1 (2005) |
| She Walks Right In | Professor Longhair | 1 (2003) |
| Shiek | ZZ Top | 1 (1996) |
| Sick and Tired | Chris Kenner | 1 (1996) |
| Slip Kid | The Who | 1 (2007) |
| Space Truckin' | Deep Purple | 1 (1996) |
| Spirit in the Dark | Aretha Franklin | 1 (2005) |
| Starman | David Bowie | 1 (2019) |
| Straight to Hell | Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ | 1 (2015) |
| Strange Times | The Black Keys | 1 (2011) |
| Success Yourself | BloodKin | 1 (1995) |
| Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits | 1 (2013) |
| Susie-Q | Dale Hawkins | 1 (2013) |
| Sweet Dreams | Don Gibson | 1 (2022) |
| Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones | 1 (2011) |
| That Don't Make It Junk | Leonard Cohen | 1 (2011) |
| The Fishin' Hole | Andy Griffith | 1 (2015) |
| The Guns of Brixton | The Clash | 1 (2015) |
| The Old Man Down the Road | John Fogerty | 1 (2013) |
| This Friendly World | Ken Darby | 1 (2019) |
| Time Fades Away | Neil Young | 1 (2013) |
| Time Warp | Richard O’Brien | 1 (2003) |
| Trondossa | Aquarium Rescue Unit | 1 (2019) |
| Vicious | Lou Reed | 1 (2003) |
| Walkin' After Midnight | Lynn Howard | 1 (2009) |
| Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | Michael Jackson | 1 (2009) |
| Welcome to My Nightmare | Alice Cooper | 1 (2007) |
| What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1 (2015) |
| Wild Thing | Chip Taylor | 1 (2001) |
| Won't Get Fooled Again | The Who | 1 (1999) |
| Yield Not to Temptation | Bobby “Blue” Bland | 1 (2017) |
| You Can Get It If You Really Want | Jimmy Cliff | 1 (2015) |
| You'se a Viper | Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys | 1 (2005) |
| Young Lust | Pink Floyd | 1 (2015) |
Shows = how many of these 727 setlists include it, not every show Widespread Panic ever played. Each song links to the last setlist we saw it in. 13 songs from this week's and upcoming Covers puzzles are left off until they've been played.
Questions
What songs does Widespread Panic cover most?
In the 727 Widespread Panic setlists we looked at (1989-2024, from setlist.fm), the most-played covers are “Travelin' Light” (J.J. Cale), “Henry Parsons Died” (BloodKin), “Climb to Safety” (Jerry Joseph), “Junior” (Junior Kimbrough) and “Can't Get High” (BloodKin).
How many covers does Widespread Panic play?
Those 727 setlists include 287 different covers of songs by 164+ original artists.
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