OFF: Govt Mule

[Paul Mather]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Zeitgeist wrote:

=> THE MULE TRAIN ROLLS
=> Government Mule, the American blues-rock trio, will hit the road at the
=> end of this month to play a handful of US shows. This will be the first
=> time the band have stepped into the spotlight since the death last year
=> of bassist Allen Woody. The Mule will use Dave Schools of Widespread
=> Panic for this brief trek, although he will not be saddling up
=> permanently. Government Mule have also been working on songs for a new
=> album, and one track - 'Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy' - has been
=> co-written with Les Claypool of Primus fame.

Gov't Mule (or the "New School of Gov't Mule" as the mini-tour is
billed) will also feature Mr. Chuck Leavell of the Allman Brothers Band
on keyboards.  (Woo hoo!)

The new album alluded to above is actually the "tribute album" mentioned
not too long ago, and features a boatload of famous bassists.  Rather
than cover old Mule tunes, it will feature new material, hence the "new
Mule album" designation.  A recent interview with Warren posited the
notion of a brief international tour featuring said bassists on stage
with "the Mule."  If they could pull that off, well, now that would be
something!...

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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