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Instant Classic: Listen to Gov’t Mule Pay Their Respects to Jerry Garcia at Maine State Pier – 8/9/2017 Full Show AUD

The annual period of morning, reflection and gratitude for Jerry Garcia, dubbed “The Days Between” has come to an end with the passing of August 9—the anniversary of Jerry’s death. Warren Haynes, who never knew Jerry Garcia, but is cosmically and musically linked with the Grateful Dead legend, took the opportunity to pay homage to his fallen hero on the anniversary. Gov’t Mule kicked off the “Days Between” with a tribute to open their Augusta, GA show on Jerry’s 75th birthday. To close “The Days Between,” Warren and the Mule closed their show on the 9th with a tribute to Jerry.

After trotting out some new and old familiar tunes to kick off the show, Warren welcomed Ben Ellman from the opening act Galactic to jam on the classic Elmore James tune “It Hurts Me Too.” The tune was a staple in the Grateful Dead repertoire in the late 60s and early 70s.

The Jerry tribute started in earnest in the latter half of the set when Warren welcomed Galactic drummer Stanton Moore to the stage for “The Other One” jam and the Dead tunes just continued to flow. Rich Vogel, the keyboardist from Galactic joined in the celebration and finished the set with “Dark Star > St. Stephen Jam > Loser > Morning Dew.” Wow.

Warren topped off the show with a “Patchwork Quilt” encore—an ode to Jerry he wrote upon hearing the news of his passing.

1 Set:
Railroad Boy >
Traveling Tune
Slackjaw Jezebel
It Hurts Me Too with Ben Ellman
Sarah, Surrender
Stone Cold Rage
Pressure Under Fire
I’m A Ram
Bad Little Doggie
Mr. High & Mighty
Fallen Down >
The Other One Jam > with Stanton Moore
Drums > with Stanton Moore
Dark Star > with Stanton Moore & Rich Vogel
St. Stephen Jam > with Stanton Moore & Rich Vogel
Loser > with Stanton Moore & Rich Vogel
Morning Dew with Stanton Moore & Rich Vogel

Encore:
Patchwork Quilt

Thanks to SmokinJoe for the recording.

Photo credit: Heath Robson

Instant Classic: Listen to Gov’t Mule Pay Tribute to Jerry Garcia on his 75th Birthday – 8/1/2017 Full Show AUD

Jerry Garcia would have turned 75 years old on August 1st. Jerry’s birthday, the day he passed away (August 9th) and the “days between” are all sacred days to Dead fans. One of the biggest Jerry fans in the business today is Gov’t Mule frontman and former Dead guitarist& vocalist Warren Haynes. Warren not only played in the Dead for a couple of years in the 2000’s, but has lead several Jerry Garcia Symphonic summer tours and even played Jerry’s famed Tiger guitar in public for the first time since Garcia passed away. So yea, Warren wasn’t going to let 8/1 pass quietly.

Mule recently launched into another leg of their tour to support their new album, Revolution Come… Revolution Go. On Jerry’s birthday, the Mule found themselves at the Jessye Norman Amphitheater in Augusta, GA.

Warren and the Mule opened up with “Patchwork Quilt,” a tune that Haynes penned after hearing about Garcia’s death on August 9th, 1995. Warren was on tour with the Allman Brothers in Jones Beach (as he recalls in the opening lines of the song) with the Black Crowes. Watch Warren recall the night he found out about Jerry’s passing backstage at the ABB show.

After a sobering and soulful opening, Mule continued the Garcia tribute with the epic Grateful Dead tunes “Dark Star” and the soaring “Morning Dew.” For the two Dead covers, Galactic’s Stanton Moore sat in on drums. Gov’t Mule returned to some of their original and more familiar material for the rest of the first half of the set. “Traveling Tune” from the new album kicked off a few other songs from Revolution Come… Revolution Go leading into the second half of the set.

Warren still had Jerry on his mind late in the set and welcomed Stanton Moore back out to reprise “Dark Star.”

The Beatles cover and Jerry Garcia Band favorite, “Dear Prudence” was a fitting encore to a great tribute to Jerry.

Setlist
Patchwork Quilt >
Dark Star* >
Morning Dew*
Larger Than Life >
Sco-Mule (with Smoke on The Water Tease)
Inside Outside Woman Blues
Steppin’ Lightly
World Boss
Traveling Tune
Sarah, Surrender >
Dark Star * >
Drums *
Revolution Come, Revolution Go
Kind Of Bird ^
Blind Man In The Dark #

Encore
Encore Break
Dear Prudence *

* w/Stanton Moore on Drums
# w/ Ben Ellman on Sax
^ In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Jam

Thanks to David Dyche for the excellent recording.

Photo credit: brandinmotioncreative

Listen to Gov’t Mule & Charlie Starr Cover “Danger Bird” and “Take Me To The River” in Saratoga – 8/30/2016 Full Show AUD

Gov’t Mule and Blackberry continued their Smokin’ Mule tour in Saratoga, CA last Tuesday. As they had done at every show this tour, Mule welcomed Charlie Starr for a couple of classic encore covers.

Mule’s set was chalked full of classic Mule tunes like “Banks of the Deep End”, “No Need to Suffer” and “Thorazine Shuffle” as well as a boatload of covers including songs by ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles and more.

This night’s selection included a rare “Danger Bird” – only the fourth time Gov’t Mule has ever covered the Neil Young tune. Mule and Starr also covered Al Green’s “Take Me To The River” which is right in Warren’s wheelhouse.

Here is the full setlist:

One Set:
Hammer & Nails
Banks Of The Deep End
Patchwork Quilt
Fool’s Moon
Flip Wilson
Left Coast Groovies
No Quarter
No Need To Suffer
Tastes Like Wine
Kind Of Bird with Hottentot & Stairway To Heaven teases
Need Your Love So Bad
I Believe To My Soul
Just Got Paid
Thorazine Shuffle

Encore:
Danger Bird > with Charlie Starr
Take Me To The River with Charlie Starr

Thanks to Heath Robson for the photo and thanks to D. Fires for the recording!


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