Widespread Panic is a southern rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring. Michael Houser and George McConnell have also played lead guitar for the band.

The band has played as many as 250 shows a year, and have ranked among the top 50 grossing touring acts for eight years running , doing so without substantial radio airplay, television exposure, or promotion. The band holds sellout records at:

• Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver (23 shows),
• Oak Mountain Amphitheatre near Birmingham, Ala. (17 shows),
• Philips Arena in Atlanta (17 straight sold-out New Year's Eve/New Year's Eve Eve shows), and
• UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans (18 shows).

Widespread Panic is a southern rock / jam band from Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1985 at the University of Georgia as a weekly jam session at the Uptown Lounge in Athens, the band tours widely, drawing particularly large audiences near its origins in the southeastern United States. The founding members of the group are guitarist/singer John Bell, guitarist Michael Houser and bassist Dave Schools. Drummer Todd Nance would soon join, and percussionist Sonny Ortiz and keyboardist John Hermann joined