Gov’t Mule for all intents and purposes is a direct descendant of the Allman Brothers Band and a perfect fit at the Peach Festival. Two of the founding members of Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes and Allen Woody, came right from the Allman Brothers Band in the mid 90s.

Gov’t Mule’s set at the Peach was sandwiched in between the tribute to Gregg Allman & Butch Trucks and Widespread Panic’s set with sit-ins from Taz and Marcus King—tough acts to stand up against, but Uncle Warren didn’t disappoint.

The Mule kicked off the set with a few tunes off their new album, including “Travel Tune” which is the same song they led off with at Summer Camp immediately after hearing the news of Gregg’s passing.

By the fourth song of the set, Warren welcomed out his protégé of sorts, Marcus King for a soaring version of the Marshall Tucker Band classic “Can’t You See.” The guests continued through out the set and included Chuck Leavell, John Scofield and Marc Quiñones. Before the final tune, the Mule reprised “Traveling Tune” and then welcomed out Widespread Panic members Jimmy Herring and John Bell for one of Mule’s all-time great covers, Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer.”

Setlist
Traveling Tune >
Stone Cold Rage
Revolution Come, Revolution Go
banter
Can’t You See#
Soulshine* >
Night Time Is The Right Time*
Devil Likes It Slow+
Which Way Do We Run+
Hottentot^
Kind Of Bird^
Traveling Tune >
Cortez The Killer%

# w/ Marcus King & Jack Pearson
* w/ Chuck Leavell & John Scofield
+ w/ John Scofield
^ w/ John Scofield & Marc Quiñones
% w/ Jimmy Herring & John Bell

Thanks to Ted Gakidis for the recording.

Photo credit: The Peach Music Festival