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Widespread Panic's Michael Houser: Eight Years Gone

Posted: Aug 09, 2010

Michael Houser: The Quiet Genius: Eight Years Gone
By James Calemine

Eight years ago Widespread Panic’s founding guitarist died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 40. It doesn’t seem like eight years since he’s been gone…

Houser proved the quietest member of the group, but his songwriting and guitar playing served as the backbone to Panic’s indelible sound. University of Georgia students John Bell (English major) and Michael Houser (chemistry) struck up a musical kinship around in the early 80s. Bell, from Cleveland, Ohio, and Houser from Boone, North Carolina, began playing guitars, listening to music and writing songs together. They met English major, bassist Dave Schools from Richmond, Virginia, in 1984.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, native Todd Nance joined the band in 1986 after his first show. Sunny Ortiz joined the same year. These five guys served as the nucleus of a brilliant musical odyssey and never wavered in their vision. Todd told me in 2008 about how Widespread Panic formed since Todd knew Houser before anyone else in the band: “So, Mikey went to UGA in 1980–we didn’t see each other until 86 so he and JB (John Bell, Panic guitarist) met each other in 83 or 84..."  (continue reading Michael Houser: Eight Years Gone)

James Calemine

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