11.16.2009 Sala Heineken Madrid, Spain

Set 1:
Bad Little Doggie
Mr. High & Mighty
Steppin' Lightly
Red House
Broke Down On The Brazos
Million Miles From Yesterday
Lively Up Yourself
Frozen Fear
Soulshine

Set 2:
John The Revelator
Railroad Boy
Forevermore
Sco-Mule> w/ Smoke on The Water Tease
Drums
Painted Silver Light
Brighter Days
New World Blues

Encore:
Beautifully Broken
Driving Rain

The link is in Warren on the radio in Madrid.  He does four songs.  Very
beautifully.

--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Whelan" <garciagd@...>
wrote:
>
> where did you hear that?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peace
>
> Roger
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: angelemerald2006
>   To: WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:11 PM
>   Subject: [WH/GM] Soulshine
>
>
>
>   Just when I'm thinking negative thoughts about it, another version comes and
speaks to me. The radio performance in Spain. Funny how the song transcends so
many barriers. That gets brought home, once again.
>

----- Original Message -----

From: angelemerald2006

To: WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:11 PM

Subject: [WH/GM] Soulshine

 

Just when I'm thinking negative thoughts about it, another version comes and speaks to me. The radio performance in Spain. Funny how the song transcends so many barriers. That gets brought home, once again.

11.15.2009 Sala Apolo Barcelona, Spain

Set 1:
Brand New Angel
Steppin' Lightly
Any Open Window
Larger Than Life
Soulshine
Child of The Earth
Fools Moon
Temporary Saint
Thorazine Shuffle

Set 2
Broke Down On The Brazos
Inside Outside Woman Blues
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown>
Solo Quedo Tres Jam>
Drums
Lazy Intro> w/ Hook Herrera
Lazy w/ Hook Herrera
32/20 Blues w/ Hook Herrera
Mule

Encore:
Goin' Out West> w/ Hook Herrera & Eric McFadden
Gimmie Shelter>w/ Hook Herrera & Eric McFadden
Goin' Out West w/ Hook Herrera & Eric McFadden


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nice set list, nice guests.  Glad Eric was able to make the show.  And Hook H.
of course.

Just when I'm thinking negative thoughts about it, another version comes and
speaks to me.  The radio performance in Spain.  Funny how the song transcends so
many barriers.  That gets brought home, once again.

It is a rather long show due to some of the translations involved.  But it's
worth listening to as Warren does some songs live.  It takes about 7 minutes
before you get to hear him talk so be patient.

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http://www.rtve.es/me\
diateca/audios/20091116/carne-cruda-govt-mule-concierto-noviembre-2009/629641.sh\
tml&sl=es&tl=en&history_state0=


Copy and paste in your browser if the link is broken.

http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio3/
Here is the link to the radio station directly and it is probably under the pod
casts, if not on the front page today.

The sound of muzak

Due anni or sono il Mulo di Warren Haynes stupì i fan italiani regalando
finalmente una data al nostro paese. Il posto ed il palco erano gli stessi di
questa sera - l'entusiasmo, se vogliamo, è esponenzialmente amplificato dalla
recente uscita di "By A Thread".

In un calendario concerti affollato come quello degli ultimi tempi, può
risultare difficile scegliere a quale evento partecipare. Chi ha deciso di
investire sui Gov't Mule ha ottenuto sotanzialmente due risultati: un concerto
quantitativamente (3 ore circa) e qualitativamente di proporzioni epiche, ma
soprattutto quello che tanta, troppa musica di oggi non riesce più a
trasmettere. Chiamatela magia, chiamatelo feeling o chiamatelo più
semplicemente sano, onesto e sudato rock'n' roll, fatto sta che ben pochi
musicisti riescono a tradurre le vibrazioni di una performance live in un fiume
in piena di emozioni così come fanno Haynes e compagni.

L'Alcatraz è davvero affollato di un pubblico maturo ed eterogeneo, a cui la
scelta di far suonare la band sul palco minore poco importa. Sono tutti lì che
pendono dalle labbra (ma soprattutto dalle dita) di Warren che alle 9 in punto
trascina la propria mole su di uno stage spartano ed essenziale �" non servono
orpelli, per fare magia sono sufficienti amplificatori e strumenti. Ed è così
che la magia si compie davvero, manifestandosi sotto i nostri occhi e dentro le
nostre orecchie ammaliate dal tocco sanguigno di Warren Haynes, o devastate dai
ritmi di Matt Abbs.

Strutturato su due set di circa 80 minuti ciascuno, separati da un breve
intervallo (doveroso, considerata l'anagrafica dei protagonisti), il concerto
non può e non deve vivere di meri titoli di canzoni. Quelli, se davvero vi
interessano, potete leggerli in calce a queste poche righe. Citiamo tra le
altre, per dovere di cronaca, gli estratti dal nuovo disco "By A Thread", nella
consapevolezza che in uno show dei Mule la canzone di per se diventa strumento
funzionale alla performance. È facile dire jam band, ma spesso la semplicità
è tale perché non serve dire altro. Ogni brano è un buon pretesto per
suonare, spesso e volentieri neanche tanto per il pubblico quanto per se stessi.
Vedere Warren abbandonarsi al flusso musicale che viene dritto dritto dal cuore
è uno spettacolo di per se, e a poco serve sapere che quel determinato
passaggio sia innestato in una "Soulshine" piuttosto che in una "Birth Of The
Mule". La magia e la bellezza di questa splendida creatura musicale attinge
direttamente dalla forza del collettivo, e nell'improvvisazione.

Ci troviamo così tre ore dopo, con la mascella per terra e due centimetri di
brividi lungo la schiena, toccati nel fisico e nell'anima da una serata che non
è stato solo un mero concerto, ma è la quintessenza stessa della musica. E per
questo, non possiamo che esprimere il massimo rispetto per il Mulo e ringraziare
Warren Haynes, che con la musica riesce sempre a farci riconciliare.


Photos: http://www.loudvision.it/foto-gov-t-mule--1337.html
         http://www.loudvision.it/foto-gov-t-mule--1331.html

Video: 
http://www.loudvision.it/media-gov-t-mule-gov-t-mule-livealcatraz-12112009--3656\
.html


Article: 
http://www.loudvision.it/musica-concerti-gov-t-mule-concerto-milano-alcatraz--36\
2.html

I think - my thoughts only, of course - he has for a long long time wanted to
put out something that was outside of straight ahead rock music.  While Mule is
very adaptable and can do a lot of music, they are seeped in rock and that is
good.  I think with other players there is a freeing of the form and there can
be a whole different sound achieved. It's almost like asking why dub?  Cause he
likes to play around with his music.  I think that is the essential reason, but
that a solo cd is certainly something a lot of people have been waiting for. 
(And he already did the solo acoustic cd with Bonnaroo, so why do it again?) I
know I look forward to hearing his do r&b, soul, straight ahead blues, cause he
does it all so good.

What I found most interesting about what the person had written was that the cd
would be all original soul, R&B compositions and no covers.  Well I would love a
Warren cd that was about soul, R&B and possibly even a touch of gospel but all
songs he wrote.  Well I'll buy it even if Soulshine is on it too.  Ha ha. 
(Though of course I prefer it not be on it.  Cause you know it will be a song I
skip.)

I think it just gives him a chance to do other things and frankly, I think it is
high time he focuses on his own work.



--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Whelan" <garciagd@...>
wrote:
>
> >Why do you suppose Warren would need to do a solo CD? Isn't the Mule pretty
> >much his own vehicle to do pretty much whatever he wants? I can understand
> >if it was an album of acoustic solo tunes, but if he's going to have a
> > >band sound, why not just use the Mule guys, and have Porter sit in on a
> >tune if he wants a Porter bass sound?
>
> >Just curious...
>
> Hello!
>
> -Bring in guys he has always wanted to play with and not worry about band
> politics
> -acoustic songs
>
> just two thoughts....
>
> Peace
>
> Roger
>

>Why do you suppose Warren would need to do a solo CD? Isn't the Mule pretty
>much his own vehicle to do pretty much whatever he wants? I can understand
>if it was an album of acoustic solo tunes, but if he's going to have a
> >band sound, why not just use the Mule guys, and have Porter sit in on a
>tune if he wants a Porter bass sound?

>Just curious...

Hello!

-Bring in guys he has always wanted to play with and not worry about band
politics
-acoustic songs

just two thoughts....

Peace

Roger

Why do you suppose Warren would need to do a solo CD? Isn't the Mule pretty much
his own vehicle to do pretty much whatever he wants? I can understand if it was
an album of acoustic solo tunes, but if he's going to have a band sound, why not
just use the Mule guys, and have Porter sit in on a tune if he wants a Porter
bass sound?

Just curious...



--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "angelemerald2006"
<angelemerald2006@...> wrote:
>
> On the evening of the Gov't Mule show in Antwerp, Belgium Warren did an
interview with a cool Belgium music website named www.rootstime.be.
> I'm not sure that all the details regarding his upcoming solo cd were already
mentioned on HTW. His solo cd will be released in the spring or summer at the
latest.
> As reported previously it will be very soul orientated and will contain only
original compositions. No covers. Warren mentioned that the recordings have
finished and that he hopes he won't be changing to much because "with me you
never know".
> He describes the recordings as "Stax soul combined with the three Kings...
something in that direction.""It will be similar to the sound on older Albert
King records with a horn section on various songs".
>
> But the most interesting stuff are the musicians he mentioned:
> George Porter jr. on bass and Raymond Webber on drums.
> Guest musicians are Ruthie Foster, Ivan Neville and Ian Mclagan (the Faces).
>

Rocks.

On the evening of the Gov't Mule show in Antwerp, Belgium Warren did an
interview with a cool Belgium music website named www.rootstime.be.
I'm not sure that all the details regarding his upcoming solo cd were already
mentioned on HTW. His solo cd will be released in the spring or summer at the
latest.
As reported previously it will be very soul orientated and will contain only
original compositions. No covers. Warren mentioned that the recordings have
finished and that he hopes he won't be changing to much because "with me you
never know".
He describes the recordings as "Stax soul combined with the three Kings...
something in that direction.""It will be similar to the sound on older Albert
King records with a horn section on various songs".

But the most interesting stuff are the musicians he mentioned:
George Porter jr. on bass and Raymond Webber on drums.
Guest musicians are Ruthie Foster, Ivan Neville and Ian Mclagan (the Faces).

My bad.  I listened to the cd again last night as I was driving into the city,
and yes, it is "unwillingness."

I guess he means, unwillingness to live your life is just frozen fear.

I agree.

Funny how words can play tricks on your hearing. Or I should say your hearing
can play tricks on the words.  LOL.


--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "rokinjim@..." <rokinjim@...>
wrote:
>
>
>
> I heard "unwillingness" from the get go.
>
>
>
> Anyone else?
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "angelemerald2006" <angelemerald2006@...>
> To: WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:16:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [WH/GM] Frozen Fear
>
>  
>
>
>
>
> I thought the words were Loneliness is just frozen fear.
>
> The lyrics on Mule.net read:
>
> Unwillingness is just frozen fear.
>
> While I think it is true, I think Warren is singing:
>
> Loneliness is just frozen fear.
>
> Am I hearing wrong?
>
> If I'm not, I'm sure it was just a printing error. And not some subconscious
comments from an earlier draft. :-)
>
>
>
>  
>
>
>
>
> I thought the words were Loneliness is just frozen fear.
>
> The lyrics on Mule.net read:
>
> Unwillingness is just frozen fear.
>
> While I think it is true, I think Warren is singing:
>
> Loneliness is just frozen fear.
>
> Am I hearing wrong?
>
> If I'm not, I'm sure it was just a printing error. And not some subconscious
comments from an earlier draft. :-)
>

Album Review: Gov't Mule - By A Thread

By Maria Murriel on November 12th, 2009

In Consequence of Sound, blog

Let me tell you, Jorgen Carlsson's got a heavy bass. By A Thread is Carlsson's debut as bassist with Gov't Mule, and together they bring about a sweet cohesion. Non-Allman Brother Warren Haynes leads his side-project band into and through a record of 11 tracks that are full of soulful, bluesy jam-band riffs, and a strange sincerity exuded by few.

Clearly, this record's gonna hold some southern rock. Exhibit A: "Railroad Boy", which is a mixture of rolling country rock and movie western showdown tune. On a more psychedelic note, "Monday Mourning Meltdown" allows for a visualization of the reason Gov't Mule takes over basically every summer music festival around the country. Echoing guitars, resonating keyboards, and a jaded, raspy moan are more than enough to paint a swirl of spirals in the mind's eye.

Haynes is an old school player, but he has tremendous skill in applying his guitar prowess and style to new releases in a fresh way. By A Thread's musical wingspan covers moody tracks like the aforementioned "Monday Mourning Meltdown" to the more summery "Frozen Fear", and touches on some pretty out there `60s era rock n roll in "Inside Outside Woman Blues #3". At times throughout this record, I am overwhelmed by the might of Waynes' guitar, and the hard-pressing, dragging sound of the band as a whole.

Gov't Mule is in fact, a very talented band with a good sound. While they might be considered underrated by some, they make just the kind of music that will stand the tests of time due to its tried-and-true style and quality of musicianship. Of course, this does not imply that they will be topping charts or hogging the limelight of the mainstream. Nevertheless, they continue to be one of the better rock jam bands around, and hopefully will continue to trudge on.

Rating:

They should go pop to a degree.  A slicker sound, imho.  But not too pop like
that chick that won all the cma awards.  That is just processed cheese.

Grace's cd's have always had a very modern feel to them.  She knows what she is
doing.  She should get Santana to play on something.  Maybe even Dave Matthews
and Missy Elliot or someone like that.  I've always wanted Mule to so something
with a rapper or maybe that guy from the roots.  DJ  Logic is good but he's not
in the larger hip hop community deep enough.  There is nothing wrong with having
a song that uses rap or hip hop imho.  All music is valid.  If it is done well. 
I also thought Michael Franti and Warren on Play with Fire should have heard in
that community too.  You know music is about blurring the edges of the limits of
style too.

Grace needs to have a big hit so she can get money to sustain her band on the
road.  They should not have to be supported by VT cheese to eek out a meager
existence toiling on the roads in a crappy bus.   Sorry.  I know she isn't going
to sell out.  That she has taken this project to someone else means it hasn't
gotten to the place she wants it.  This is Somewhere was a very well produced
album and her moving to someone else now mid-production means she isn't getting
what she is looking for.  She is right to listen to her instincts and make a
move.  She is a good songwriter but that alone isn't enough.

Also, one thing about Grace is she has a voice that can go the commercial route.
She is choosing not to go into the adult contemporary wasteland and be the next
Snora Jones (who btw, has a lovely voice).  Grace is sticking to rock.  Maybe
she can do something with Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders?  That would be
something.  There is nothing wrong with some greater visibility in the larger
music scene.

You know I am someone who thinks outside the box.

I don't understand why fans are so afraid of these jam bands getting larger
audiences?  It is the only way they can sustain on the road.

Or they end up on the road 300 days a year like Warren.


--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, Doug and Rhonda <dougrhon@...>
wrote:
>
> I hope they are not going pop.
>
> angelemerald2006 wrote:
> >
> > Grace Potter and the Nocturnals tap Mark Batson
> >
> > Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been planning a Spring 2010
> > release for their new album, but recently the band switched producers,
> > bringing in hip-hop producer Mark Batson to help with the album.
> > Batson also worked with the Dave Matthews Band on their Stand Up
> > release. The band was previously working with T-Bone Burnett on the
> > album, and it's unclear if they've scrapped those sessions or if those
> > sessions will be added to the work that they do with Batson. Batson
> > will get at least some songwriting credits on the album, according to
> > Potter. I don't know if they didn't listen to Stand Up or if they just
> > think that they can work better with Batson than DMB did, but I'm
> > pretty worried about what this change in producers will mean.
> >
> >
http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/121966/Jam-Central-Station-11.14.09:--Gala\
ctic.htm
> >
<http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/121966/Jam-Central-Station-11.14.09:--Gal\
actic.htm>
> >
> >
>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/unaerica/

Looks like the weather finally took a  turn for the better in Europe.  Leave it
to the sunny Italians to make things brighter and a little warmer. The band has
covered a lot of miles and many many countries and they have seen a lot of cold
and gray weather.  So the Italian stop had to have cheered them.  :-)  LOL.

It's been cold and gray here for a few days too.  And very rainy.  But tonight
I'm going to see Kevn Kinney and Drivin' n' Cryin' in the city so I am happier
than yesterday.  I'm, also going to completely clean and paint my bedroom so I'm
not always just on the computer.  I could go out to my frineds on the island but
I rather get some things accomplished in the house.  It's my Taurean nature.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.  I know I'm going to like tonight's show.  I
hope Kevn doesn't talk too much and rocks us out.  I hate driving in this type
of weather, but hopefully most people will stay home because of it so the roads
won't be as crowded.  I have to get my ass out of the house early for this one.
Just trying to get into the city for 7 is too early these days.  But I know I'll
hear some really good music so I'm motivated.  And I was so late to the last
show that I better not do it again or he won't like me.  And I want him and
Shayni to like me.

That's because I like musicians that play from the heart.  Warren and Kevn are
two musicians and song writers that play from the heart. I'm sure there are
other good song writers around, but to me, Warren and Kevn are the top in the
business right now.  Top in terms of their writing skills and their ability to
transcend themselves and write intellectually of course, metaphorically for
sure, but most importantly, from the heart.

Both of them have new cds out right now.  Mule's By A Thread and Kevn, with
Drivin' n' Cryin' with The Great American Bubble Factory.  It's a very good cd. 
It isn't as heavy of a rocker as Mule's cd, but still  it has a really nice
country rock sound overall.  There are at least five songs I really like on it. 
I See Georgia sticks to me first as the best song on it.  The rendition of Pre
-Approved Pre-Denied is great too.  And there is a third song I like a lot too
but am blanking on the title.

Anyway, more later.  No procrastination today.

* :-) *

angelemerald2006 wrote:
>
> Thursday, November 12, 2009
> Stewart Oksenhorn
> The Aspen Times
> Aspen, CO Colorado
>
> Short of the resurrection of Jerry Garcia, the news could hardly be
> better on the Grateful Dead front.
>
> Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, once on opposite sides in the battle over the
> Dead's treasure chest of recordings, have reconciled to the point of
> becoming bandmates again. Further, which features Dark Star Orchestra
> guitarist John Kadlecik and drummer Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo
> Duo, debuted late this past summer. Those dates went well enough that
> they've signed on for a short East Coast run in mid-December.
>
> Hopefully, the advent of Further doesn't spell an end to the Dead, the
> band that features Weir and Lesh as well as the longtime Grateful Dead
> drumming corps of Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. That group's spring
> tour was almost unanimously applauded, thanks to the spectacular work
> of singer-guitarist Warren Haynes.
>
>
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091112/AE/911129985/1077&ParentProfile=1058
>
<http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091112/AE/911129985/1077&ParentProfile=1058\
>
>
>
>

I hope they are not going pop.

angelemerald2006 wrote:
>
> Grace Potter and the Nocturnals tap Mark Batson
>
> Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been planning a Spring 2010
> release for their new album, but recently the band switched producers,
> bringing in hip-hop producer Mark Batson to help with the album.
> Batson also worked with the Dave Matthews Band on their Stand Up
> release. The band was previously working with T-Bone Burnett on the
> album, and it's unclear if they've scrapped those sessions or if those
> sessions will be added to the work that they do with Batson. Batson
> will get at least some songwriting credits on the album, according to
> Potter. I don't know if they didn't listen to Stand Up or if they just
> think that they can work better with Batson than DMB did, but I'm
> pretty worried about what this change in producers will mean.
>
>
http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/121966/Jam-Central-Station-11.14.09:--Gala\
ctic.htm
>
<http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/121966/Jam-Central-Station-11.14.09:--Gal\
actic.htm>
>
>

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Stewart Oksenhorn
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado

Short of the resurrection of Jerry Garcia, the news could hardly be better on
the Grateful Dead front.

Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, once on opposite sides in the battle over the Dead's
treasure chest of recordings, have reconciled to the point of becoming bandmates
again. Further, which features Dark Star Orchestra guitarist John Kadlecik and
drummer Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo, debuted late this past summer.
Those dates went well enough that they've signed on for a short East Coast run
in mid-December.

Hopefully, the advent of Further doesn't spell an end to the Dead, the band that
features Weir and Lesh as well as the longtime Grateful Dead drumming corps of
Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. That group's spring tour was almost unanimously
applauded, thanks to the spectacular work of singer-guitarist Warren Haynes.


http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091112/AE/911129985/1077&ParentProfile=1058

Warren Haynes Presents: The 21st Annual Christmas Jam is set for the Asheville
Civic Center in Asheville, NC on December 12. The latest additions to the
line-up include Stax vocalist and songwriter William Bell, Jimmy Herring, George
Porter Jr. and drummer Adam Deitch. They join a line-up that already includes
moe., Ani DiFranco, Counting Crows and a variety of guest musicians: Troy
"Trombone Shorty" Andrews, DJ Logic, Audley Freed, Eric Krasno, Col. Bruce
Hampton, and Robert Kearns. A number of VIP Tickets which include admission to
the Pre-Jam are still on sale while the general on sale will take place this
coming Saturday November 14.

http://www.jambands.com/news/2009/11/11/jimmy-herring-george-porter-jr-join-chri\
stmas-jam

GOV'T MULE - By A Thread
/ paru le 13-11-2009

Fond� en 1994, Gov't Mule avait d�j� � son actif sept albums studio et deux
millions de chansons vendues par t�l�chargement via leur site internet. Ce
dernier point d�montre combien leur base de fans est importante. Cette nouvelle
rondelle du groupe de Warren Haynes, faut-il le rappeler aussi membre de The
Dead et de l'Allman Brothers Band, a �t� enregistr�e au Texas dans le Pedernales
Studio de Willie Nelson. Les fans auront d� attendre trois ans pour ce nouvel
opus studio. C'est aussi le premier opus avec le nouveau bassiste su�dois Jorgen
Carlsson.

Au premier regard, nous appr�cions le design de la pochette et du livret qui
contient �galement les paroles. A l'�coute, nous sentons que Gov't Mule
s'inscrit dans la m�me lign�e que des groupes Blues-Rock am�ricains comme ZZ
Top, Grateful Dead et Allman Brothers Band. La voix de Warren Haynes est
l�g�rement rocailleuse, juste ce qu'il faut. Le groove du combo captive et le
nouveau bassiste se montre � la hauteur de la t�che.

Parmi les points forts de ce nouvel album, on appr�cie la guitare �blouissante
de feeling sur "Steppin' Lightly", mais aussi le captivant "Railroad Boy", un
traditionnel Folk transcend� par le groupe. Le bassiste Jorgen Carlsson nous
parle sur la ballade "Monday Mourning Meltdown". Le milieu de l'album sera plus
m�lodique, nous offrant des titres doux typiquement am�ricains. Mais ce qu'on
pr�f�re, c'est le Blues transcendant de "Inside Outside Woman Blues #3", neuf
minutes d'extase sur lesquelles la wah-wah chauffe grave. Epinglons encore un
"Scenes From A Troubled Mind" doux et groovy dont les harmonies vocales et les
riffs nous charmeront. Ce sera les pr�mices du m�lodique "World Wake Up" qui a
du Sting dans les veines.

Voil� un nouvel album qui va ravir les fans de Gov't Mule et les amateurs de
Blues-Rock poignant � l'am�ricaine. Vous passerez une bonne heure de bonheur �
son �coute.

Jean-Pierre Lhoir
Pays: US
Provogue Records PRD 7294-2
Sortie: 2009/10/26


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8

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals tap Mark Batson

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been planning a Spring 2010 release for
their new album, but recently the band switched producers, bringing in hip-hop
producer Mark Batson to help with the album. Batson also worked with the Dave
Matthews Band on their Stand Up release. The band was previously working with
T-Bone Burnett on the album, and it's unclear if they've scrapped those sessions
or if those sessions will be added to the work that they do with Batson. Batson
will get at least some songwriting credits on the album, according to Potter. I
don't know if they didn't listen to Stand Up or if they just think that they can
work better with Batson than DMB did, but I'm pretty worried about what this
change in producers will mean.

http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/121966/Jam-Central-Station-11.14.09:--Gala\
ctic.htm

I thought the words were Loneliness is just frozen fear.

The lyrics on Mule.net read:

Unwillingness is just frozen fear.


While I think it is true, I think Warren is singing:

Loneliness is just frozen fear.

Am I hearing wrong?



If I'm not, I'm sure it was just a printing error.  And not some subconscious
comments from an earlier draft.  :-)

11.12.2009 Alcatraz Milan, Italy

Set 1
Brighter Days
Like Flies
Gameface
Birth of The Mule
I Think You Know What I Mean
When the Levee Breaks
I Think You Know What I Mean
Blind Man In The Dark>
Mother Earth>
Steppin' Lightly
Broke Down On The Brazos

Set 2
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Wandering Child
Drums
Fallen Down>
The Other One Jam>
Fallen Down Outro
Painted Silver Light
Soulshine w/ Gospel Intro

Encore:
Out of The Rain
Can't Hold Out

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Out of the Rain.  Nice compensation for the lack of Tracy Chapman.  Isn't that
Brunella one beautiful young woman?  I love that more and more beautiful young
women are following this band.  It has made all the difference.  It has been so
much less of a sausage fest at the shows for the last 2-3 years than ever
before.  So many more women up front and in front of the guys instead of all
those big men.  And so many more couples too.  That is how the band has grown. 
Yes, it is finally ok for Gov't Mule to have a LOT of beautiful young and yes
even beautiful older women swooning over the guys.  Brunella's mom isn't too bad
looking either.  ;-)  LOL.  LOL.  LOL.

Like I always say:  Take the F'in drugs out and put the SEX back into to rock
and roll.  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)

We will all be dead soon enough.  Might as well have a good time before you go.
;-)

Encore 2 - It Hurts Me Too

--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "angelemerald2006"
<angelemerald2006@...> wrote:
>
> 11.11.2009 Theatrefabrik Munich, Germany
>
> Set 1
> One of These Days
> Thorazine Shuffle
> I Believe To My Soul
> Banks of The Deep End
> Rocking Horse
> Need Your Love So Bad
> Patchwork Quilt
> Slackjaw Jezebel
>
> Set 2
> Broke Down On The Brazos
> Lay Your Burden Down>
> Smokestack Lightning>
> Lay Your Burden Down
> Steppin' Lightly
> Streamline Woman
> Drums
> Railroad Boy
> Monday Mourning Meltdown
> Mule
>
> Encore 1
> Tastes Like Wine
>

11.11.2009 Theatrefabrik Munich, Germany

Set 1
One of These Days
Thorazine Shuffle
I Believe To My Soul
Banks of The Deep End
Rocking Horse
Need Your Love So Bad
Patchwork Quilt
Slackjaw Jezebel

Set 2
Broke Down On The Brazos
Lay Your Burden Down>
Smokestack Lightning>
Lay Your Burden Down
Steppin' Lightly
Streamline Woman
Drums
Railroad Boy
Monday Mourning Meltdown
Mule

Encore 1
Tastes Like Wine

I am pretty excited to be seeing two of my favorite musicians this next week or
so.

Kevn Kinney and Drivin' n' Cryin' are playing this Saturday Nov 14 at the
Highline Ballroom. It's the first time DNC is playing in NYC in 10 years.  Doors
open at 6pm. The Madison Square Gardeners hit at 7pm, and Drivin' n' Cryin'
starts at 8pm!! http://www.highlineballroom.com/calendar.php For info.

Then on Friday Nov. 20th Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are playing at Terminal
5.  The doors are at 7:00PM / 8:00PM Sean Bones / 8:45PM Brett Dennen / 10:00PM
Grace and the Nocturnals. http://www.terminal5nyc.com/

Both bands are touring now so check out their tour dates if you aren't in NYC.

Grace
http://www.gracepotter.com/shows.php

Kevn
http://www.drivinncryin.com/tour/

The Daily Free Press
Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University
Running on a Thread-Mule

By Dan Rys

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009


With Gov’t Mule, you know what you’re gonna get. Massive riffs, infectious
grooves, and a ton of swagger accompany every Mule release, and By A Thread, the
band’s latest album released October 27 on Evil Teen Records, does not deviate
from that trend.

Mule is fronted by the prolific Warren Haynes, also a regular guitarist for The
Allman Brothers Band, along with the man who toured with The Dead over the
summer in place of Jerry Garcia. Haynes’ thick, meaty guitar sound,
high-flying solos and slide work are well known to many, and his gritty voice
meshes perfectly with the blues rock of both the Brothers and Mule.

And Haynes shines brightly on this latest release, the first with new bassist
Jorgen Carlsson, who replaced Andy Hess earlier this year. The bass player
position has been an elusive one to maintain for Mule since it was first vacated
by the death of Allen Woody in 2000 of a drug overdose, five years after the
group’s first album. The following three years saw Mule release two
full-length albums with guest bassists and embark on a tour which involved the
bassists from The Allman Brothers, The Meters, Widespread Panic and The Black
Crowes before Hess joined full time in 2003.

The album leads with an ominous bass line and a guitar duel between Haynes and
ZZ Top guitarist and singer Billy Gibbons, which gives way to perceptive Haynes
lyrics and typically heavy, in-your-face distorted riff rock. This melding of
heavy guitar with a funk feel mixed with Haynes’ full vocals is the Mule
sound, and one that is found throughout their catalog, from “Bad Little
Doggie” off 2000’s Life Before Insanity (Capricorn) to the title track of
their 2006 release, High and Mighty (ATO).

“Railroad Boy” is a classic Haynes story: eerily depressing and sad, yet at
the same time both heartfelt and with a message that he delivers through his
well-traveled voice, singing “tell the world I died for love.” The lyrical
sob story is set against the backdrop of an electrified Delta blues song with a
marching beat from drummer Matt Abts that spurs the song along. The song feeds
into “Monday Mourning Meltdown,” which, along with album ender “World Wake
Up,” contains a serious look at some social and political issues, asking
“what about all the blood on the battleground?” against a spacey and
effects-laden backdrop.

Despite the occasionally depressing nature of his lyrics, Haynes is a phenomenal
writer about the human experience, a fact that comes through strongly in both
“Gordon James” and “Frozen Fear.” The former is another semi-sad story
about a lonely character in the vein of “Wine and Blood” from 2004’s Deja
Voodoo (ATO), while the latter is another take on Haynes view of how life should
be, invoking his song he originally recorded with the Allmans, “Soulshine,”
with the effervescently optimistic “don’t be afraid to live your life, my
dear / All the rest is just frozen fear.”

Recently Mule has taken their collective foot off the distortion pedal and
dabbled in dub and reggae influences, most notable on 2007’s release Mighty
High (ATO). The album features such reggae guests as Michael Franti, Willi
Williams and Toots Hibbert, and the dub influences can be seen in aspects of
“Frozen Fear.”  Mule has in the past reworked old songs to be played in a
reggae style, though this album marks a return to the dirty blues-rock they made
their mark playing.

By A Thread peaks during “Inside Outside Woman Blues #3,” an incredibly
simplistic and powerful song, reminiscent of Mule’s first album, which they
delivered as a trio before adding keyboardist Danny Louis in 2002. Louis’
influence is heard in the high organ that is used to fill out the background to
Haynes’ snarling wah guitar and halting funk/blues riff. The song builds to a
peak before stopping completely, then transitioning into a filthy Haynes solo
through a Led-Zeppelin’s-“Since I’ve Been Loving You”-esque guitar lead.

The album is solid and well structured, with the heavy riff-rock neatly
balancing out slower tracks, but as strong as some of the songs are (“Broke
Down” and “Inside Outside”) it just feels like more of the same from Mule.
However, since the band thankfully decided on abandoning their reggae
flirtation, a return to form seems like a great thing from one of the most
talented and meanest rock bands around.

http://news.collegemedianetwork.com/news/running-on-a-thread-mule

I know Warren doesn't read this or even goes on the net but wouldn't it be sweet
for this woman to get a song she spoke about on Facebook.  And like I say, the
Mule hasn't done that song in a long long time so maybe someone will ask him to
play something by Tracy in Milan.  She is such a good songwriter.  For a female
that is.  :-)  The guys are traveling so much on this tour.  Safe travels guys.

--- In WarrenHaynesandGovtMule@yahoogroups.com, "angelemerald2006"
<angelemerald2006@...> wrote:
>
> I hope in Milano the band can play Tracy Chapman for my friend Brunella who is
an Italian woman I met on Facebook.  Her and her husband love the Mule and she
loves Tracy like I do.  It's been a long time since they played For My Lover. 
Of course any other Tracy song would do.  She also loves the song Forevermore. 
Which is one beautiful song.
>
>
> 11.10.2009 WUK Vienna, Austria
>
> Set 1
> Bad Little Doggie
> Lola Leave Your Light On
> Steppin' Lightly
> Any Open Window
> She Said, She Said>
> Tomorrow Never Knows
> Little Toy Brain
> Time To Confess
> Inside Outside Woman Blues #3
> Broke Down on the Brazos
>
> Set 2
> John The Revelator>
> Smokestack Uutro
> Maybe I'm A Leo
> Frozen Fear
> Wandering Child >
> Drums
> Trane>
> Third Stone Jam>
> Eternitys Breath>
> St. Steven Jam
> Forevermore
> I'm A Ram
>
> Encore:
> Mr Man
>
>
> 11.08.2009 Live Music Hall Koln, Germany
>
> Set 1
> Brand New Angel
> Steppin' Lightly
> Larger Than Life>
> If 6 Was 9>
> Larger Than Life
> Kind of Bird
> No Need To Suffer
> Railroad Boy
> Monday Mourning Meltdown
> Thorazine Shuffle
>
> Set 2
> Broke Down On The Brazos
> Slackjaw Jezebel
> 32/20 Blues
> So Weak, So Strong>
> Hand Drums
> Brighter Days
> Like Flies
> Mule>
> Whole Lotta Love>
> Mule
>
> Encore:
> Soulshine w/ Gospel Intro
>