Gov't Mule On the Road
Friday March 9, 6:07 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
Warren and Matt Return to the Studio With Stellar Lineup of Special Guests
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ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 9, 2001-- Warren Haynes and Matt Abts of Gov't
Mule will be returning to the road after much speculation as to whether Gov't Mule would continue.
After the passing of Allen Woody late last year, Warren and Matt were undecided as to the fate of the band. Thanks to the support of
the music industry, the band has decided to continue and will begin touring again this March. Even though a permanent bass player has
not been selected, Gov't Mule will tour with special guest players. On this first leg of the tour, Warren and Matt invited Widespread
Panic's Dave Schools and the Rolling Stones' Chuck Leavell along. Dave and Chuck will start the tour March 29th in Raleigh, NC, and
will be on the road with the Mule until April 8th. Gov't Mule will begin the second leg in New Orleans on May 5th at the Orpheum
Theatre (sold-out), perform at Music Midtown in Atlanta, GA, on May 6th and will head to the northeast from there, in part to support
their benefit album, Wintertime Blues, hitting stores nationwide in March.
Warren Haynes and Matt Abts have also returned to the studio to record what will be their fourth studio album. Although the record has
been billed as a tribute to Allen Woody and in part is, Warren states, ``It's not really a tribute per se, considering it's predominately all
new material. It's very similar to the record we would have made if Allen had not passed away.'' He goes on to say, ``Since this is the
next Gov't Mule record, we wanted to capture Allen's spirit so we asked bass players whom he respected to join in.''
Initial tracks were recorded at In The Pocket Studio in Forestville, CA, the first two weeks of January 2001. Featured bassists at these
sessions include Les Claypool, Phil Lesh, Chris Squire, Jack Casady, Rocco Prestia and Alphonso Johnson. In March, additional
recording will take place in New York, at The Theater Studios, with bassists Dave Schools, Jack Bruce, Tony Levin, Mike Gordon,
Chris Wood and Oteil Burbridge with Gregg Allman and Derek Trucks. During these sessions, Chris Wood will join Bernie Worrell and
John Scofield to perform on a track written by Warren called ``Sco-Mule.'' The May sessions, which will also be recorded in New York,
will see the likes of Bootsy Collins, Me'shell Ndegecello, Mike Watt, Billy Cox, and many more.
The majority of the songs are written by Warren or they are collaborations with Warren and his special guests. Featured tracks already
include, ``Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy,'' recorded and written with Les Claypool and ``Lay of the Sunflower,'' which was written by
Warren and Robert Hunter of Grateful Dead fame and recorded by Phil Lesh, Rob Barraco and David Grisman.
The tentative release date for the disc is Fall 2001. Plans are being made to perform 5-10 shows internationally with all of the artists
participating on the record and Mike Gordon of Phish is writing and directing a documentary of the making of this record.
Warren Haynes has been busy with other projects while making this record. Warren's guitar work is featured on current tracks by
Everlast, Corrosion of Conformity, Incubus and will also appear on an upcoming track by Alanis Morrisette, which is slated for release
this summer. Look for Gov't Mule tracks to be featured on noteworthy projects such as Sony Playstation's NASCAR 2001 game and on
the 3000 Miles to Graceland soundtrack.
Gov't Mule
On Tour
3/29/01 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
3/30/01 Ziggy's Winston-Salem, NC
3/31/01 328 Performance Hall Nashville, TN
4/01/01 Peace Center Greenville, SC
4/03/01 5 Points Music Hall Birmingham, AL
4/04/01 Georgia Theater Athens, GA
4/05/01 Music Farm Charleston, SC
4/06/01 3 Rivers Music Fest Columbia, SC
4/07/01 Auburn University Auburn, AL
4/08/01 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
5/05/01 The Orpheum Theatre New Orleans, LA
5/06/01 Music Midtown Atlanta, GA |
