George McConnell

...less than a month after the final performance of lead guitarist Michael Houser, who would shortly die from pancreatic cancer. George McConnell, who would later officially succeed Houser, plays lead guitar throughout the performance but is...

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...band was July 30, 2006, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2008, McConnell began performing with a new band, George McConnell & The Nonchalants. McConnell is debuting his new batch of tunes exclusively via digital download on his new website,...

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...which performed and recorded primarily from 1986 to 1993. Beanland was founded in Oxford in 1985 by guitarists Bill McCrory and George McConnell. After some early shuffling, the band's line-up consisted of McConnell and McCrory on guitar,...

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...and Canada with a number of tours. They have shared the stage many times with Widespread Panic (with whom longtime Kudzu guitarist George McConnell eventually joined up with in 2002), as well as with many other artists, including Bob Weir...

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...and I'm sure they gave it a try. I think they still love George, and I like him a lot, too. I haven't seen him in a long time but I knew him before he played with Widespread. To me, you can love someone to death but they may not be...

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...Beach, CA. The full itinerary is below. Herring, who joined the Panic crew in 2007 following the death of former guitarist George McConnell, has tapped drummer Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit), saxophonist Greg Osby, keyboardist Scott...

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"Free Somehow" is Widespread Panic's first release with new guitarist Jimmy Herring, who replaced George McConnell in 2007. McConnell had joined Panic following the 2002 cancer death of founding member Michael Houser. Over the last...

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...Widespread Panic. It was released on April 15, 2003 and it was the band's first studio album with George McConnell on lead guitar. McConnell joined the band in 2002 after the death of founding member Michael Houser. This process of...

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...hit stores in February, is the group's first release with new guitarist Jimmy Herring, who replaced George McConnell last fall. McConnell had joined Panic following the 2002 cancer death of founding member Michael Houser. Widespread...

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...Unit would have left the state of Georgia. What happened when Michael Houser passed away in 2002, when George McConnell joined the group? George had played with Jojo in a band called Beanland, before Jojo joined Panic, so they had a thing...

In this article: Jimmy Herring, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Free Somehow, Allman Brothers, and John Bell