Browsing: Gov’t Mule

If you’re going to bring your band to Jazz Festival weekend in New Orleans, you better bring your A game. Gov’t Mule brought more than that.

“It’s slightly different. We’re not trying to rip anything off from the past or anything. But we used our influences and this is the consequence.” – Jorgen Carlsson on ‘Pop & Tacos’.

“We thrive on the energy coming from the crowd so the different energy coming from the audience makes us play differently, makes us respond to each other differently…”

Over in the Delta tent, Bobby Rush, the sassiest and downright sexiest 85 year old on the scene, was thrusting his way through a dynamite set.

The Florida Jazz and Blues Jam is an intimate, one-day event. But with six headlining acts, it packs a big punch.

Marcus King joined Mule, and they played an incredible version of the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post,” with Haynes and King swapping leads that had the crowd screaming for more.

“Well, blues is pretty much a part of everything that I do. …That music is in my heart, and always will be.”

The Tel-Star Sessions captures the rawness and excitement of the earliest days of Gov’t Mule.

Warren Haynes has an exclusive, telling conversation about challenging new Mule material, the high profile end of one prolific band, and three decades on the scene as one of the hardest working, most prolific and most ubiquitous guitarists to crisscross musical genres.

The Mighty Mississippi was flowing in the evening sunlight as citizens of the Mid-Delta gathered for a celebration of the announcement, which included Gov’t Mule and many more!