Widespread Panic Wooer Video Bombs Local News Report

Earlier this week an ABC affiliate posted a news story about the cleanup efforts that have followed last weekend’s inaugural Lockn’ Festival. The story contained video of a report that was aired on the station which has an unlikely star.

As a female festivalgoer is interviewed about the garbage left on the concert fields, a man sporting a whiskey bottle who looks like he hasn’t slept since the festival started interrupts with screams of “Widespread Panic!” The woman being interviewed does her best to ignore the screaming Panic fan but can’t help cracking a smile. The article with the video has gone viral with thousands of Facebook likes and posts dedicated to the “Widespread Wooer” on many jam-related message boards. In case one of your friends hasn’t already shot you a link with the video, here it is:

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The report also reveals that festival organizers estimate that 25,000 music fans attended the first-ever Lockn’.