Mountain Jam 2011 Lineup | June 2-5

Festival season kicks off again just like it has the past several years in upstate NY with Warren Hayne’s Mountain Jam. Gov’t Mule who is taking time off from touring in 2011 will headline the festival on Saturday  & Sunday. The new “Warren Haynes Bands”  ”a soul-infused ensemble” will make its debut northeast festival appearance, headlining on Friday, June 3rd. “It’s been great to watch Mountain Jam grow over the last seven years from a one-day concert to a multi-day, destination event,” says Haynes. “I’m really looking forward to this year’s line-up and to performing with both Gov’t Mule and the Warren Haynes Band.” Mountain Jam 2011 Lineup Gov’t Mule Umphrey’s McGee MyMorning Jacket Warren Haynes…

Gov’t Mule: New Live Album 1999 NYE 3-Disc ‘Mulennium’

The new album released today features Original Mule Lineup, Blues Legend Little Milton And The Black Crowes’ Audley Freed. December 31, 1999 ushered in a new century and millennium and called for something truly magical – and that night’s Gov’t Mule show at Atlanta’s historic Roxy Theatre delivered it. What made this New Years Eve show so extraordinary? For starters, Little Milton, one of Warren Haynes’ most important influences, joins Gov’t Mule for six songs including “I Can’tQuit You Baby” and “It Hurts Me Too.” ‘Mulennium’ also marks the 10th anniversary of Allen Woody’s death and is the first official release featuring the original Gov’t Mule trio issued since his passing. ‘Mulennium’ features Gov’t Mule’s…

Gov’t Mule Rocks The Harbor 08.02.2009 Buffalo NY

Last year we witnessed the band play Art Park in nearby Lewiston NY at probably the best venue in WNY. Gov’t Mule made the trek up river this year and played the best rock/blues in the country for the Buffalo faithful. This year the Erie Harbor Basin was the party spot for the rock legends massive following. The crowd here was the biggest we’ve seen at the waterfront with Warren attracting the old timers, bikers, and the festival kids as well. Warren opened the set with John The Revolver and had those who brought chairs on their feet by the time he got into the 2nd song Banks On The Deep End. Warren opened the…

Gov’t Mule: Studio Album “By A Thread” Due 10.27

Gov’t Mule — the wildly creative and fearsomely talented rock band has completed work on ‘By A Thread’. Their first studio album in three years, it is slated for release in October with a special presale beginning today. This is Gov’t Mule’s eighth studio album, and first with new bassist Jorgen Carlsson. This album was recorded over the first few months of this year, and the recording process was captured via Blog, Photos and Video at www.mule.net/inthestudio. Now a quartet, lead by lead guitarist Warren Haynes, joined by drummer Matt Abts, keyboardist Danny Louis and new bassist Jorgen Carlsson, the band is planning a full-scale summer of activity, with nearly 40 dates in the U.S….

Warren Haynes Announces Gov’t Mule Tour

I don’t know how he does it. In addition to touring with The Dead in 2009 as well as the Allman Brothers Band in August and October jam band icon Warren Haynes has announced another tour with his pride and joy Gov’t Mule. The first few Gov’t Mule non-festival dates for the Summer have been announced. The Mule will be starting their tour at The Rothbury Festival on July 5th and will be performing in Peoria, IL (7.07), Washburn, WI (7.09), Des Moines, IA (7.10), Kettering, OH (7.11), Kansas City, MO (7.14), Minneapolis, MN (7.15) & Alta, WY (7.17) before heading towards the Mile High Festival on July 19th. Also we also have two dates…

Jam Bands Featured On Debut Of MTVMUSIC.COM

I woke up this morning and discovered that MTV has reinvented itself with an online catalog of the networks best music videos. This is the ultimate time waster! If you’re at work consider yourself warned! I’ve made a short list of a few bandsthatjam artist who have videos on this online video repository. enjoy! G. Love – Hot Cookin Jack Johnson – Hope John Bulter Trio – Better Than Matisyahu – King Without A Crown The Black Keys – 10:00 AM Automatic Citizen Cope – Son’s Gonna Rise Blind Melon – No Rain Phish – Down With Disease Trey – Shine Gov’t Mule – Million Miles From Yesterday Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues The Allman…

Mountain Jam 2008 Torrents & MP3′s

Mountain Jam 2008 was another amazing weekend for the jam scene with mind blowing performances by the country’s best bands. I wasn’t able to make it this year but we still enjoyed the festival from home. We had a party in the back yard with a fire going and and thanks to iclips.net we had sweet sounds of Umphrey’s and Gov’t Mule blasting through my stereo. For pics from the weekend check out the excellent photos from Dino Perrucci. Here’s a few shows that have started appearing online. Be sure to check back for updates.

Mountain Jam IV 2008 | iClips Stream & Sirius Play 5/30 to 6/1

Mountain Jam IV returns to Hunter Mountain Ski Resort with one of the best lineups of the 2008 festival season. Gov’t Mule whose Warren Haynes is jam scenes most polarizing figure will be playing 2 sets on both Friday and Saturday night followed up by Bob Weir & Friends on Sunday night. iClips.net will be streaming live video and audio all weekend starting Friday May 29th at noon. If you can’t make it to the show or are catching a session in your chalet at Hunter Mountain tune that PC to the net for all the jam band goodness. iClips.net Full Mountain Jam Schedule and streaming links For those of us with Sirius they will…

Gov’t Mule @ UB | Torrent Pics 10.10.07

Gov’t Mule jammed on Monday night in Buffalo. It was a cool rainy night but we didn’t mind making the trip up to UB Performing Arts Center for one of the best bands currently on tour. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals opened the evening with a great set. When Gov’t Mule hit the stage they were dead on at this great sounding venue. Unring The Bell in the second set was the highlight of the show with Warren going nuts on the improv. Many thanks to Chris for uploading a great audience recording of this show. To grab the FLAC files for this show check out the torrent at etree.org A few tracks are available…

Gov’t Mule – Euro Tour & Guitar Auction

Gov’t Mule kicked off another week in Europe last Thursday and Friday in Madrid and Barcelona. Tonight they kick off the first of two nights in Warsaw, Poland before rolling on through Stuttgart, Germany (July 11th), Amsterdam, Holland (July 12th), London, U.K., (July 14th) and Peer, Belgium (July 15th). Tickets are still available for these shows, but going quickly. Head to www.mule.net to get tickets. WARREN HAYNES CUSTOM GUITAR AUCTION Donny Barnes, wife of Mike Barnes, has breast cancer and has had a bi-lateral mastectomy (removal). She’s undergoing chemo-therapy, and as you might guess, their bills are astronomical with very limited coverage. Mike, as many of you know, is one of Warren’s oldest and closest…