Watch Gov’t Mule Open Mountain Jam Set with a Slamming Cover of “Sweet Leaf”

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The Mule made their presence known from their very first song at Mountain Jam. The hard-hitting cover of Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” was a helluva way to kick off an epic set of 20 originals and covers.

Warren has mentioned in interviews lately that Mule will be recording a new album in the fall that harkens back to the early days of the Mule. Hopefully this is the sound he is talking about.

Setlist for those of you keeping score at home:

Sweet Leaf (Black Sabbath cover)
Yer Blues (The Beatles cover)
Thorazine Shuffle (>)
Funny Little Tragedy (> ‘Thorazine Shuffle’ reprise)
Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock) / Rebel Rebel (with Nels Cline)
Larger Than Life
Kind of Bird (The Allman Brothers Band cover) (with ‘Stratus’ tease)
Captured
Stage Fright (The Band cover)
Hunger Strike (Temple of the Dog cover) (>)
Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic cover) (> ‘Hunger Strike’ reprise)
Painted Silver Light
Frozen Fear (>)
D’yer Mak’er (Led Zeppelin cover) (> ‘Frozen Fear’ reprise)
Mule (unfinished) (with ‘Shakedown Street’ tease) (>)
What Is Hip? (Tower of Power cover) (with Marcus King, Dean… more )
Hope She’ll Be Happier (Bill Withers cover)
Game Face (with ‘Birdland’ & ‘Mountain Jam’ teases)
I’m a Ram (Al Green cover)