Gov’t Mule continued their spring tour in upstate New York earlier this week. The Palace Theater in Albany is a staple of any northeast Mule tours worth its salt.

As with nearly all the shows of this tour, harmonica extraordinaire Hook Herrera came out to join the Mule for a couple of tunes. Albany was also treated to another guest, Reeves Gabrels, guitarist for The Cure among other titles for a few songs.

While the Allman Brothers Band DNA runs deep in Gov’t Mule and Warren Haynes especially, the Mule leaned heavy on their ABB roots at the Palace Theater. “Game Face” has been a trustworthy vehicle for delivering a healthy dose of “Mountain Jam” for Mule. To close out the first set, Warren slipped a “Les Brers In A Minor” tease in “I’m a Ram.”

Another ABB tease came in the second set during “Kind of Bird” with a taste of “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed.” To cap off the show, Mule brought both Herrera and Gabrels back out for a second encore to jam on the ABB classic “Statesboro Blues.”

Set 1:
01. intro music
02. Million Miles From Yesterday
03. World Gone Wild
04. Stone Cold Rage
05. Drawn That Way
06. Stratus
07. Game Face >
08. Mountain Jam >
09. Game Face
10. The Man I Want To Be
11. I’m A Ram ^

Set 2:
01. Catfish Blues *
02. Bad Little Doggie *
03. Bad Man Walking
04. Thorns Of Life
05. Banks Of The Deep End
06. Kind Of Bird > #
07. Soulshine >
08. Kind Of Bird
09. Bring On The Music
10. encore break
11. Children Of The Revolution $
12. You Don’t Know How It Feels *$
13. encore break
14. Statesboro Blues *$

* with Hook Herrera
$ with Reeves Gabriel

^ with Les Brers In A Minor tease
# with In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed tease

Thanks to Rob Clarke for the recording.

Photo credit: Heath Robson