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General Discussions => Tribal Funk Affliction => Topic started by: stefpav on June 26, 2007, 04:17:48 pm


Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: boombox on July 28, 2007, 06:18:50 pm
For anyone interested in hearing what this limey experienced:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=508553
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: kartoon42 on July 19, 2007, 04:15:23 pm
not the biggest mule fan, but they did put on a great show at mt jam. played a sick no quarter. warren is one of my favorite friends to play with phil

.....phil, warren, scoefield at mt jam was siiiick
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: jking on July 18, 2007, 02:13:00 pm
gotcha! my bad! :lol:

fwiw, i\'m working on getting at least 4/28/99 for ya...
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: boombox on July 18, 2007, 03:26:58 am
My comments referred to the London setlist. Sorry, should have been clearer.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: jking on July 17, 2007, 07:59:59 pm
are you sure you have the tracks in the right order?

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Set One/Disc One
01 Play with Fire*
02 Thorazine Shuffle
03 On The Banks of The Deep End
04 Million Miles from Yesterday
05 Sugaree**
06 Loser**
07 Johnny Bratton Jam***

Set One (cont.)/Disc Two
01 Unring the Bell>
02 Drums>
03 Moby Dick****
04 Livin\' Lovin\' Maid****
05 Since I\'ve Been Loving You****
06 No Quarter****

Set Two/Disc Two (cont.)
07 Come Back Baby*****
08 Death Don\'t Have No Mercy*****
09 Streamline Woman

Set Two (cont.)/Disc Three
01 Brand New Angel
02 That\'s What Love Will Make You Do******
03 32/30 Blues******
04 E: Sweetleaf> War Pigs
05 E2: Soulshine

* w/ Michael Franti
** w/ Bob Weir
*** w/ Lewis Black
**** w/ John Paul Jones
***** w/ Jorma Kaukouen, Jack Cassady,



also, i tried to find a bt out there for ya, but two of the best shows of their i ever saw were 4/28 & 29/98. i actually lost hearing permenantly in my right ear (25%) due to standing too close to woody\'s stack the first night. still decided to bail on work and whatnot and go to the second night, though! :lol:
 
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4/28/99

Richmond, VA

Alley Katz

Recordings
   Comments: w/Federale
Set: Grinnin\' In Your Face > Blind Man In The Dark > Mother Earth > Lay Your Burden Down, Bad Little Doggie +> Trane > Third Stone jam > St. Stephen jam > Rocking Horse > Painted Silver Light, Lively Up Yourself > Drums > Temporary Saint, Mule > I\'ve Been Working > Mule
Encore: Almost Cut My Hair *, Can\'t You See *+> Hey Jude jam *+> Can\'t You See *+
Setlist Notes: * Marc Ford on guitar; + 1st time played

4/29/99

Norfolk, VA

Friar Tuck\'s

Recordings
   Comments: w/Federale
1st Set: Mule > Woody/Matt jam +> Mule > Who Do You Love? > Mule > Rocking Horse > She Said, She Said > Kind Of Bird, Gambler\'s Roll, Mr. Big > Never In My Life riff > Mr. Big
2nd Set: Thorazine Shuffle, Game Face > No Need To Suffer > Pass The Peas, Sin\'s A Good Man\'s Brother > Blind Man In The Dark, Young Man Blues > Out On The Tiles tease > Young Man Blues > Power Of Soul tease > Young Man Blues > Thick As A Brick tease > Young Man Blues > Good Morning Little School Girl > Young Man Blues
Encore: Presence Of The Lord *> Look On Yonder Wall *
Setlist Notes: * Marc Ford on guitar,+ Warren has guitar problems
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: boombox on July 17, 2007, 05:52:09 pm
Quote from: jking;152467
i honestly believe that in combo with woody\'s death, playing with plq really \'jammied\' up his playing. he used to be much more straight forward rocking (even with abb) than he\'s become since going uber-psychedelic with plq. don\'t get me wrong, i loved that incarnations, but still, mule has gone from face crushing rock to noodly jamband.

but the bonnaroo set is still badass! there\'s even a 5.1 matrix out there..d

Have to agree with a lot of this - I too prefer the heavier stuff - eg 1st closer Thorazine Shuffle was a killer while the reggaed and jammed up Play With Fire at the start of Set 2 didn\'t really do it for me. However, Soulshine (played strangely midway through set one) was really beautiful and some of the High & Mighty album was nearly as good as previous Woody era stuff - Streamline Woman is a return to the Mule of yore.

Not got that 5:1 version of Bonnaroo, but I can\'t imagine how good that must sound on the right system.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: jking on July 16, 2007, 12:57:34 pm
i honestly believe that in combo with woody\'s death, playing with plq really \'jammied\' up his playing. he used to be much more straight forward rocking (even with abb) than he\'s become since going uber-psychedelic with plq. don\'t get me wrong, i loved that incarnations, but still, mule has gone from face crushing rock to noodly jamband.

but the bonnaroo set is still badass! there\'s even a 5.1 matrix out there..d
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: freddiewaht on July 16, 2007, 12:13:13 pm
yea great..
warren haynes can play a mean slide guitar.
the hardest working/most boring musician on the scene today.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: Todd on July 15, 2007, 10:19:33 pm
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matt abts is literally the only drummer i\'ll sit through a drum solo for.

oh, and sorry adrian. your drum solos are really good, too.

Nice recovery! I thought there was going to be some :slap: coming to Virginia.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: jking on July 15, 2007, 09:01:32 pm
matt abts is literally the only drummer i\'ll sit through a drum solo for. i have a good story about insulting him before realizing who he was, but i\'m too many craft beers into the evening to bother typing it out. maybe later. suffice it to say i\'ve since apologized, but at the time it was truly embarassing! but honestly, its not my fault his new hair cut was extremely iggy circa the stooges....



oh, and sorry adrian. your drum solos are really good, too.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: boombox on July 15, 2007, 06:05:07 pm
Well, as promised, here\'s my take on the mule live.

Really enjoyed the show - two 70 min sets, though I missed the first 15 mins due to parking problems. The real star of the show for me was Matt Abts, who is one hell of a drummer - hits those skins like, well, a mule, and his drum solo was probably the best I have ever witnessed. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he needed to replace his snare after it.

The only downside for me is that while he is an excellent guitarist and vocalist, Warren Haynes has all the charisma of a concrete post, even when giving it some welly during a solo. Don\'t get me wrong, I would willingly drive the three plus hours each way to see them again, but given they were playing a small venue with a capacity of <800, Warren could have made more of an effort to connect with the audience.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: freddiewaht on June 29, 2007, 12:43:11 pm
Quote from: RadicalRich1138;150842
raq @ toads
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: weekapaug19 on June 29, 2007, 09:20:16 am
Quote from: RadicalRich1138;150842
raq @ toads

I\'ll be joining you at that one unless somethin else comes up
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: RadicalRich1138 on June 29, 2007, 08:37:43 am
raq @ toads
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: boombox on June 28, 2007, 08:57:14 pm
Bonnaroo set is fantastic - but on bt.etree make sure you get the nak version - way better than the other one, and that was good too.

I have my ticket to see them next month in London. Will let you know how my first live mule experience goes.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: Todd on June 26, 2007, 09:02:46 pm
I used to love Mule!! Then after Woody\'s passing they went off of my radar. Only saw them a couple times and it just didn\'t cut it for me. I\'m going to have to check out that Boneroo set.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: jking on June 26, 2007, 05:18:57 pm
yeah, as of late mule\'s become more jammy than it originally was. but before woody\'s passing, they were easily one of my all time favorite bands. easily. some of the \'98 shows i saw are still at the top of the list, to me. and, actually, the warren and matt acoustic show just after woody\'s passing is literally one of the top four musical experiences i\'ve ever had. big cypress, the first full band Leftover Salmon show after mark died, and then, depending on the day, the john butler trio show from starr hill or this warren and matt show, also from starr hill. but i digress....


anyway, if y\'all haven\'t heard their late night set from bonnaroo this year, GET IT!!! sit ins from michael franti, bob weir, lewis black, john paul jones, hot tuna and luther dickenson. GREAT set!!
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: Igziabeher on June 26, 2007, 04:32:54 pm
seen moe. there 3 or 4 times now.  i dig the place.  i\'m not a major mule phan, but warren is a beast on guitar.  i\'ve seen some solid shows from them, and some i wasn\'t too into.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: stefpav on June 26, 2007, 04:29:20 pm
yeah, i wasn\'t sure...i remember listening to them way back when, but i\'ve stopped since (probably with good reason) and can\'t recall what they sound like...ha, oh well!
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: davepeck on June 26, 2007, 04:26:35 pm
cool venue. saw radiohead there last summer.

that said, government mule = wet fart noise.
Title: Gov\'t Mule
Post by: stefpav on June 26, 2007, 04:17:48 pm
i don\'t know if anyone is interested, but gm\'s playing at the bank of america pavilion (boston) sept 7 (fri).  and tickets are on sale now for $30 through ticketmaster.