Widespread Panic feat. Maggie Koerner with members of Galactic (Corey Henry - Trombone , Ben Ellman - Sax, Rich Vogel - Keys)cover "Use Me" (Bill Withers)at the Mann Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia on 6/14/14.

Widespread Panic feat. Maggie Koerner - Use Me (Bill Withers Cover)

Reflector

Gotta Get Southbound

Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3: Fillmore East, New York, NY 5/15/70

Turn on Your Lovelight (Live at the Filmore East, New York City, NY, 5/15/70)

Waiting for Columbus

Spanish Moon (Live at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, 8/8/1977)

A Buck Ramble Christmas: Festival of Lights 

A lost rider and a singing companion are swept into the oldest story ever told.

After a desperate ride through a midnight storm, Buck Ramble and his faithful tenor companion arrive on the outskirts of Bethlehem just as the angel appears to the shepherds. They were never meant to be there—yet somehow they are. Their arrival shifts the story, and the angel turns to confront them. If they want the world to remain whole, they must remain and make it right.

What follows is a sacred western journey seen through the eyes of a man and his horse who never expected to witness a miracle. They follow the angel’s command to Jerusalem, where the Festival of Lights fills the Temple with fire and song. There, in the arms of an old man named Simeon, they behold the Child who would someday call Himself the Light of the World.

The encounter changes everything. They ride back not with answers but with peace—carrying a quiet flame that was never theirs to earn. The final songs are not about what happened, but what remains: light for the weary, mercy for the broken, and peace for every stranger still out on the road.

Part Christmas album, part biblical epic, part sacred western myth, Festival of Lights is the story of a man and his horse who stumbled into prophecy by accident—and stayed long enough to be transformed.

Summary Themes:

Doubt & faith

Accident & providence

Smallness & glory

Light carried through darkness

The gentleness of redemption

The way God works in ordinary men

Tone:

Cinematic, reverent, frontier, mid-century hymn, sacred Americana, biblical poetry, quiet emotional catharsis.

This isn’t just a Christmas album.
It’s a pilgrimage.
And somewhere in its journey, the listener finds themselves in the story too.

We Rode Back Through the Wind

The Pizza Tapes

Man Of Constant Sorow

Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Rosalee Mcfall

After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80

After Midnight (Live) [feat. Jerry Garcia]

Official Soundcloud Page of the Jerry Garcia Estate

Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) created an unparalleled legacy across the American landscape, most notably in his role as a founding member, singer, songwriter and lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead. Garcia's unmistakable guitar tone enchanted multitudes of "Deadheads" throughout the band's 30-year career and beyond. His work with the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Legion of Mary, Garcia/Grisman, and projects with Merl Saunders, only scratch at the surface of his musical influences, as he set out to master the Great American Songbook. Unequivocally devoted to the craft of music, Garcia continues to inspire future generations through the body of work he has left behind and his creative spirit.

Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Jerry Garcia

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