Warren Haynes, often referred to as the hardest working man in Rock, put a solo date on the calendar a few months back before heading out on the road with Gov’t Mule. What was special about this date was that it was with the Asheville Symphony and was a career-spanning tribute to all of the bands he played with and music he wrote.

The response to the first Dreams and Songs: A Symphonic Journey was so strong, that Warren Haynes put a second performance on the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium schedule.

The second of the two performances opened with Mule’s recent heartfelt tune, “Dreams and Songs Part 1” that segued into the Allman Brothers Bands’ classic “Dreams.” The rest of the two symphonic sets went much of the same way, weaving the music of Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and others together.

After the two symphonic sets, Warren jammed with his band sans-symphony for a third little set. Warren’s line-up included John Medeski on keys, Jasmine Mohammad on vocals, Edwin McCain on vocals, Greg Osby on sax, Jeff Sipe on drums and Oteil Burbridge on bass.

set1t01 Dreams and Songs, part 1>
set1t02 Dreams
set1t03 Just Another Rider
set1t04 Broken Promise Land
set1t05 Banks of the Deep End
set1t06 Makes No Difference
set1t07 Spots of Time
set1t08 Terrapin (Lady with a Fan)> Slipknot> Terrapin

2nd Set
set2t01 Raven Black Night
set2t02 Thorazine Shuffle
set2t03 Shakedown Street
set2t04 Black Peter
set2t05 Instrumental Illness
set2t06 One
set2t07 Whipping Post
set2t08 Crowd> Band intros

Encore:
set2t09 Dreams and Songs part 2

set3t01 Symphony exits

set3t02 Lovelight> Smokestack Lightnin’> Lovelight
set3t03 Spanish Moon>
set3t04 Tough Mama >
set3t05 Melissa> Mountain Jam> Melissa
set3t06 crowd

Asheville Symphony conducted by Rich Daniels

Thanks to mrsoul for the excellent recording!

Photo credit: ashevegas