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Post by Warreng on Nov 28, 2005 12:01:08 GMT -5
Any Mule fans on the board?
Banks of the Deep End is playing right now. When I need a little fix of good ol' southern rock I reach for the mule. A few tracks that stand out for me are "Time to Confess", "Banks of the Deep End", "Temporary Saint" and of course "Soulshine". If anyone has the first Bonnaroo DVD check out the "Time to Confess" its pretty powerful stuff.
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Post by cari on Nov 28, 2005 12:09:50 GMT -5
i love govt mule, i saw them for the first time over halloween weekend. loved them!!! warren haynes has the greatest voice and banks of the deep end is probally my favorite. he came out and did a few songs with phil and friends. it was a great musical experience and wonderful weekend at vegoose.
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Post by Dennis 2 Society on Nov 28, 2005 13:56:29 GMT -5
is D. Schools still playing bass with the mule?
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Post by Jarad on Nov 28, 2005 19:03:22 GMT -5
No... They got this cat named Andy Hess on bass and they added a keyboardist named Danny Louis.
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Post by trapper on Mar 25, 2006 13:39:18 GMT -5
Go out and buy The Deepest End. Amazing stuff. It's one live show recorded on 5-3-03 in New Orleans. There are two audio discs and a DVD. Over 5 hours of music. Over the night, there was a rotating lineup. Here are some of those who showed up: Jack Casady Les Claypool Roger Glover Mike Gordon Jason Newsted Victor Wooten Rob Wasserman Dave Schools Sonny Landreth Bela Fleck Ivan Neville Karl Denson Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The DVD is amazing, hearing and watching each bassist add their touch to the music. It's over 3 hours, which includes tunes like Blind Man in the Dark, Banks of the Deep End, Mule, Thorazine Shuffle, Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy I&II, Beautifully Broken, War Pigs (with Jason Newsted), Sweet Leaf, and a ton of others.
Gaddis, if you read this, send me your address, or just check your yahoo email.
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Post by trapper on Apr 20, 2006 14:55:30 GMT -5
I went to the Gov't Mule show last night (4-19) at the Innsbrook Afterhours pavilion. This was my first Mule show since the Warren Haynes X-Mas Jam in Asheville in 12-2004. The show started around 7pm. Kinda early, but at my age, I liked that. The thing about Mule shows is that they play several songs regularly, and change up about half of the setlist from show to show. They started the show with Bad Little Doggy. I like that song. Good way to start the show. The first set also included Temporary Saint, which I was happy to hear. Other songs throughout the night included Mule, Banks of the Deep End, ScoMule, and a lounge style Watchtower. I really wasn't impressed with the Watchtower. It might have been due to the two clowns standing behind me trying to sing. They only knew half of the words and yelled out the last word of every line, usually about a second after. And they kept yelling to each other, "Dude! I know this song!". They said this about 10 times. I can usually drown out the "background noise", but these guys seemed to be singing directly into my left ear. Ron Halloway sat in on about half of the songs (sax). He seemed to slow down the songs/jams. The Mule jam was one of the better ones I have heard. I headed home after the long jam in Game Face. I really don't like that song too much. And they stretched it out to about 20 minutes. It would have been a good late second set song if the setting was different. But it was an outdoor venue and people were getting into the show. The vibe was lost with this slow jam. So I went home. Fortunately, the venue is only 25 highway miles from my house. I couldn't believe how many people came out for the show. Very impressive. I remember at my first Mule show, there were maybe 250 people there. But that was 2000. Since then, they have more than doubled their song catalog and have gone through some growing pains. And they appeal to so many different music fans. The crowd was a majority of older folks (yep, older than me). There was a fair amount of dancin' hippies, but not too many.
Next up for the Innsbrook shows will be Robert Randolph and the Family Band on May 3. I haven't seen him since the 2003 X-Mas jam.
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Post by J. Mahoney on Apr 21, 2006 13:27:21 GMT -5
Andy Hess was on Deja Vu. If you like Gov't Mule, check out The Kris Lager Band, (Kris Lager and Warren Haynes sound almost identical). They are (to quote the Kansas City Blues Society's newsletter) "One of the best kept secrets in America". There website is currently down, but they do have a new album being released this month. Apparently you can check them out at: www.myspace.com/krislagerband*the keyboardist, jeremiah weir, looks just like tim friesner--only jeremiah is cool!!
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Post by trapper on Apr 21, 2007 9:27:43 GMT -5
Went to another Mule show on Wednesday. Same venue as last year. I froze my ballzoff. The crowd was pretty big considering the 40 degree weather. I actually got bored before the show ended. I skipped out on the encore and went home to warm up. It was an average show. No surprises. Their new cd High and Mighty isn't that great. And they played a bunch of songs from it. Blind Man in the Dark was probably the best song of the night. Nothing much to write about. At least I got out to see a show again.
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