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Another Joyous Occasion

live album by Widespread Panic

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ4770257 ↗
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Another Joyous Occasion is the second live album released by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was recorded over the summer and fall of 1999, when the band performed shows accompanied by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. It was the first release on the band's own label, Widespread Records, after leaving Capricorn Records. It was released on June 6, 2000.

The album peaked at No. 161 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs by Widespread Panic unless otherwise noted.

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The public source identifies “Another Joyous Occasion” as live album by Widespread Panic. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Another, Joyous and Occasion.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Another, Joyous and Occasion providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4770257. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Another Joyous Occasion” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.