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===2014–present: Todd Nance departure, reduced touring and Nance's death=== On October 2, 2014, the band announced that [[Duane Trucks]] would join the band for the 2014 fall tour. Trucks temporarily filled in for Todd Nance, who was taking personal time off. Nance reunited with the band for four shows in Mexico in early February 2016. However, on February 9, 2016, the band announced that Nance was leaving the band and that "Duane [Trucks] will be the drummer for Widespread Panic moving forward."<ref name="WSP.com Special Tour Announcement">{{cite web|url=http://www.widespreadpanic.com/news/special-tour-announcement |title=Special Tour Announcement :: News |publisher=Widespread Panic |date=2014-10-02 |access-date=2015-07-25}}</ref> Prior to joining Widespread Panic, Trucks was the drummer for [[Hard Working Americans]], whose lineup also included Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools. On September 25, 2015, ''[[Street Dogs (Widespread Panic album)|Street Dogs]]'', their 13th studio album, was released through [[Vanguard Records]]. ''Street Dogs'' was recorded by John Keane at Echo Mountain Recording Studio in [[Asheville, North Carolina]].<ref name="discography"/> The album is composed of seven originals and three covers: [[Alan Price]]'s "Sell Sell", [[Murray McLauchlan]]'s "Honky Red" and "Tail Dragger", a [[Willie Dixon]] tune popularized by [[Howlin' Wolf]]. In April 2016, keyboardist John Hermann announced that Widespread Panic would stop touring extensively at the end of the year. However, he said that the band is not breaking up and will continue to make festival appearances and perform shows at select venues such as Red Rocks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Widespread Panic to End Extensive Touring|url=http://www.relix.com/news/detail/widespread_panic_to_end_extensive_touring|website=Relix.com|date=April 15, 2016|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref> Nance died on August 19, 2020, in Athens, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.al.com/life/2020/08/todd-nance-founding-drummer-of-widespread-panic-dies-at-age-57.html |title=Todd Nance, drummer for Widespread Panic, dead at 57 |date=August 19, 2020 |website=Al.com |access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> He was 57; his death was first announced on [[Facebook]] by collaborator Cody Dickinson<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickinson |first=Cody |date=August 19, 2020 |url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcodytaylordickinson%2Fposts%2F10151524235969978|title=I just can’t believe I am writing these words... |website=Facebook.com |access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> and was later confirmed by ''[[Relix]]'', a magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/news/detail/r-i-p-todd-nance-founding-drummer-of-widespread-panic/|title=R.I.P. Todd Nance, Founding Drummer of Widespread Panic|date=August 19, 2020|website=Relix.com|access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> Details on the chronic illness which led to his death were not disclosed.
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