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Rock torchbearers Gov’t Mule are celebrating their 20th anniversary with an extensive tour and a series of dynamic live archival releases that highlight the group’s versatility and epic, fearless live performances. No two Gov’t Mule shows are alike, as the band draws on the more than 300 songs in their repertoire (and often a host of special guests) to create a unique experience each and every time. Their steadily expanding fan base knows that the Mule always has something special waiting for them. Expect the unexpected.

The deep chemistry and steely confidence shared by the quartet allow them to tackle any form of music and stamp it their own while remaining true to the spirit and intent of the original. This can of course be heard any time guitarist-singer Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, bassist Jorgen Carlsson and multi-instrumentalist Danny Louis take the stage, but a series of new live archival releases really drives the point home.

The first of the archival releases, Stoned Side of the Mule: Volume 1, captures the Mule on Halloween 2009 ripping through seven impassioned Rolling Stone covers. This special Record Store Day Black Friday release (out November 28, 2014), available only at select independent record stores, will be available as a limited edition vinyl-only pressing, newly-edited and mastered, with the vinyl lacquers cut from the old Stax Records lathe in Memphis. The release also features special guests Jackie Greene and Steve Elson.

The second archival release, Dark Side of the Mule, will be released on December 9, 2014, and features 90 minutes of Pink Floyd covers recorded during the band’s Halloween 2008 show at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA. There will be three configurations including a standard version (1-CD), a deluxe version (3-CD/1-DVD package featuring the entire 3-hour performance) and as a double vinyl version. All configurations feature audio newly-mixed and mastered.

The third release, Dub Side of the Mule, will be released in early 2015 and shines a light on the band’s New Year’s Eve 2006 Beacon Theatre show. Newly-mixed and mastered, it includes a 45-minute set of reggae songs with special guest, reggae legend Toots Hibbert (founder of Toots & The Maytals). This will also be available in three configurations including a standard version (1-CD), a deluxe version (3-CD set of the entire 3-hour performance and one DVD of the Toots set) and a double vinyl version. The release also features special guests Gregg Allman & Friends and John Popper.

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Gov't Mule at the Fox Theatre

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Gov't Mule Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado September 17, 2022 What's new with Gov't Mule? Like every other band in the world, they had to take a COVID break from touring. And now, like many bands, they are back on the road after their forced vacation. One thing that's new is their stage setup. After spending decades on stage right (left as you look at the stage), Warren Haynes now takes centerstage. And that's appropriate since ...

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Album Review

Gov't Mule: Bring On The Music - Live at the Capitol Theatre

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In the essay within the 2CD/2DVD package of Gov't Mule's Bring On The Music, Warren Haynes makes note of the the group's twenty-fifth anniversary. And while the co-founder and titular leader of an ensemble originally spun off from the Allman Brothers Band goes to great length in rightfully stipulating the band's music as the source of its longevity, he doesn't formally assign Live at the Capitol Theatre, the formal designation as recognition of the quarter-century milestone. Thus, only a tacit ...

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Gov't Mule at Red Rocks

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Gov't Mule Red Rocks Denver, CO September 14, 2018 Many musicians like to collect instruments. Certainly guitarists collect guitars. Pat Metheny is a case in point. Over the years he has added a synth-guitar as well as the exotic 42 string Pikasso guitar to his recordings and live performances. Not satisfied with switching guitars for a different sound, Metheny even built a whole new instrument, the auto-mechanical Orchestrion. It's an elaborate machine with drums, ...

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Gov’t Mule, The Avett Brothers and Magpie Salute At The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

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Gov't Mule, The Avett Brothers and Magpie Salute The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Dark Side Of The Mule Tour 2018 Wantagh, NY July 12, 2018 Gov't Mule is a southern rock influenced jam band, formed in 1994 bu Warren Haynes and Allen Woody, as a side project to what, at the time was their main gigs as lead guitarist and bassist for the Allman Brothers Band. After releasing ...

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Gov't Mule: Dub Side of the Mule (Deluxe Edition)

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If there are any groups out there who have, for their 20th anniversary, celebrated with a year-long series of as many live releases as Gov't Mule they'd be a challenge to find. As the year-long festivities wind down for the group--beginning as a side project for then- Allman Brothers Band guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes and (now-sadly deceased) bassist Allen Woody, but which has since taken on a serious life all its own--Mule has released two multi-disc sets, each demonstrating a different ...

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Year of the Mule - Gov't Mule and the Future Past

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What has previously been relegated to Gov't Mule's live downloads have now been released on CD and LP. But first, a little back ground. Gov't Mule adopted a concert practice of Phish, who began (approximately) yearly coverage of a famous “classic" rock album in concert, typically on Halloween. Phish began this practice in 1994 with The Beatles' White Album (Apple, 1968). Gov't Mule began their similar tradition on Halloween and/or New Year's Eve with a covers from ...

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Gov't Mule with John Scofield at the Ogden Theatre

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Gov't Mule with John Scofield Ogden Theatre Denver, CO February 24, 2015 A jazz guy plays with a heavy rock band? That would be the superficial description of Sco-Mule. A deeper examination shows that John Scofield and Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes are twin brothers of different mothers. Each possesses a yearning, restless soul, constantly seeking new musical forms and combinations. Each is fearless behind his guitar. And each is possessed of a virtuoso talent and, ...

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Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, Moe. on Warren's the Benefit Vol 4

Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, Moe. on Warren's the Benefit Vol 4

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ALSO FEATURING JOHN HIATT, ROBERT RANDOLPH, JERRY JOSEPH, DAVE SCHOOLS AND MORE Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Volume 4, a 2-disc live benefit concert featuring Gov't Mule, Bob Weir & Friends, John Hiatt & The Goners, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, moe. and more will be released December 6 via Evil Teen. The Benefit Volume 4 was recorded at the 14th annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam in Asheville, NC on December 21, 2002. Proceeds from the album will Benefit ...

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Gov't Mule: Mulennium

Gov't Mule: Mulennium

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MULENNIUM OUT AUGUST 3; '99-00 NYE SHOW FEATURES ORIGINAL MULE LINEUP, BLUES LEGEND LITTLE MILTON AND THE BLACK CROWES' AUDLEY FREED

Gov't Mule December 31, 1999 ushered in a new century and millennium and called for something truly magical--and that night's Gov't Mule show at Atlanta's historic Roxy Theatre delivered it. What made this New Years Eve show so extraordinary? For starters, Little Milton, one of Warren Haynes' most important influences, joins Gov't Mule for six songs including “I Can't ...

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Gov't Mule: Raleigh Date Rescheduled, in-Store, iPhone App

Gov't Mule: Raleigh Date Rescheduled, in-Store, iPhone App

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DATE RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 26; IN-STORE APPEARANCE TO PROMOTE MULENNIUM

Gov't Mule The Gov't Mule concert scheduled to take place at the Raleigh Amphitheater on July 16 has been rescheduled for July 26. Tickets purchased for the July 16 concert will be honored night of show on July 26. The original concert, this past Friday, needed to be halted 3 songs into Gov't Mule's show due to severe weather. Jackie Greene, who opened the show and was able to perform ...

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Taos Mountain Music Fest: Gov't Mule, Ymsb, S. Copeland

Taos Mountain Music Fest: Gov't Mule, Ymsb, S. Copeland

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MORE ACTS TO BE CONFIRMED IN THE COMING DAYS

Gov't Mule The Taos Ski Valley Chamber of Commerce will present the Second Annual Taos Mountain Music Festival in Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico on September 5, 2010. The Taos Ski Valley is situated on four acres of fenced land and surrounded by the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

This year's lineup includes Gov't Mule, Yonder Mountain String Band, Shemekia Copeland, and Mia Borders, with more bands to be announced. ...

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Gov't Mule: Summer Tour

Gov't Mule: Summer Tour

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MULE HITS RALEIGH, BOSTON, BUFFALO AND MORE

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule has announced ten new “By A Thread" Summer Tour dates. They will kick off their U.S. Summer Tour on July 16 at The Raleigh Boutique Amphitheatre before heading to Charlotte, NC (7/18), Birmingham, AL (7/22), Cocoa, FL (8/01), Mrytle Beach, SC (8/03), Glen Allen, VA (8/04), Boston, MA (8/06), Buffalo, NY (8/07) and Philadelphia, PA (8/14).

Jackie Greene will be opening up for Gov't Mule on all of these ...

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Gov't Mule | 01.15 - 01.19 | Jamaica

Gov't Mule | 01.15 - 01.19 | Jamaica

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Words & Images by: Dino Perrucci

Gov't Mule Island Exodus :: 01.15 - 01.19 :: Negril, Jamaica

Gov't Mule :: 01.18 :: Jamaica Gov't Mule held its first ever Island Exodus at the all-inclusive Grand Lido Resort in Negril, Jamaica. The event featured three headlining shows from Gov't Mule as well as a Warren Haynes solo show, three sets from Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, guests Ron Holloway (sax), “Mean" Willie Green (drums) and DJ Logic. The weekend fiesta ...

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Interview

Gov't Mule: Any Open Window

Gov't Mule: Any Open Window

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By: Dennis Cook

Warren Haynes Gov't Mule's ninth studio album, By A Thread (released October 27 on Evil Teen Records), roars out of the gate with a steely intensity - helped along by “badass guitar" from pal Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) - that's helped define the hard rocking group since its inception in the mid '90s. For all the excellent ballads and fruitful exploration - which has exposed influences ...

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Gov't Mule | 10.31 | Philadelphia

Gov't Mule | 10.31 | Philadelphia

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Words by: Jake Krolick | Images by: Jake Krolick & Allison Murphy

Gov't Mule :: 10.31.09 :: Tower Theater :: Philadelphia, PA

Gov't Mule :: 10.31 :: Philadelphia by Krolick Chaos from the previous evening had yet to be stuffed back into the hole that it crawled out from. You could gauge the craziness of this year's Halloween in several ways. One way was hop into the back seat of a cab early the next morning and find it ...

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Gov't Mule: Halloween in Philly

Gov't Mule: Halloween in Philly

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GOV'T MULE - 10.31.09 - TOWER THEATRE IN PHILADELPHIA

Gov't Mule returns to one of its favorite venues - The Tower Theatre in Upper Darby (Philadelphia), PA on Saturday October 31. Following in the tradition of 2007's “Holy Haunted House" and last year's Pink Floyd spectacular, the band, once again, has something very special planned for the occasion. Pre-Sale Tickets will be available through Mule Ticketing on Tuesday August 18 at Noon Eastern. The band will also be offering you ...

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Gov't Mule Island Exodus: 1/15-1/19 Negril, Jamaica

Gov't Mule Island Exodus: 1/15-1/19 Negril, Jamaica

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Gov't Mule Island Exodus: January 15-19 Negril, Jamaica

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule has announced The First Annual GOV'T MULE ISLAND EXODUS, taking place at The Grand Lido Negril Resort in Negril, Jamaica, January 15 through the 19 (4 nights).

Grand Lido Negril is a SUPER-INCLUSIVE resort, meaning that all meals and beverages (including top shelf liquor), as well as non-motorized water sports, scuba diving, airport to resort ground transportation & all gratuities are included.

This event will feature three full-length ...

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