OK first up - right now as I type this up, I’m rocking out to a great DVD posted on The Traders Den - Gov’t Mule 2007-06-10 Cologne, Germany (DVD9) (PAL). DVD9 means that you’ll need a DVD burner that supports dual-layer, and a dual-layer disc to burn it on. The download is a whopping 6.57 GB, and worth every byte of it. There are still lots of seeders, myself included, so it’s not too late to grab it for yourself.

Next. The Gov’t Mule Bonnaroo 2007 performance that was pulled from MuleTracks, has been added again. After the second night of Mountain Jam I was absolutely certain it would be the one ‘absolute must’ MuleTracks purchase of 2007. I was wrong, Bonnaroo is.

And speaking of MuleTracks - if anyone reading this happens to have any pull with the folks over there, could you ask them to work on fixing the Seattle, WA (10/20/06) show? It was up for a day or two, and before I got the chance to buy it, it was taken down. It hasn’t been back up since. Fortunately I’ve had a great audience source to tide me over.

Gov’t Mule - Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA - 10/20/06

Gov’t Mule - How Many More Years
Gov’t Mule - Brighter Days
Gov’t Mule - Like Flies

Was there really any question that Bonnaroo would be the topic for this weeks Mule Monday? The only difficult part of this post was picking the songs to include. The guests were great (and plentiful), the setlist was sick, and there are a couple of recordings to choose from (see my very frequently updated list of Bonnaroo lossless-only downloads). Since I only have a few more min to get this up on Monday (hey it’s still Monday here on the west coast) - here goes -

Gov’t Mule w/ John Paul Jones - Livin’ Lovin’ Maid
Gov’t Mule - Brand New Angel
Gov’t Mule w/ Luther Dickinson - That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Gov’t Mule - Sweet Leaf > War Pigs

MP3 source info here

And what the heck, some video clips too -

Thanks to BluesOxator (for seeding), The German Mule-Junkies: RoryGallagher (a.k.a. Axel) and Raimax (a.k.a. Rainer) and BluesOxator (a.k.a. Christian) (for being Mule Junkies), and Mark Kushaki (for putting this collection together). So what’s the collection? All available occasions when Marc Ford has sat in with Gov’t Mule.

Below you’ll find a few samples from the SIX CD compilation. If you like what you hear, as always, I’d suggest grabbing it from etree (see previous ‘all available occasions’ link). I’ll be seeding it for the next week’ish, I’m sure a few others will be too.

Warren and Marc have some kind of guitar-genius telepathy, which is particularly evident during the Can’t You See > Hey Jude > Can’t You See track below. It’s just over-the-top ridiculous. If long, smoking hot, retardedly-good guitar solos aren’t your thing, skip it. Otherwise crank it way, way up.

Gov’t Mule w/ Marc Ford - Can’t You See > Hey Jude > Can’t You See 4/28/99
Gov’t Mule w/ Marc Ford - 30 Days In The Hole 12/31/98
Gov’t Mule w/ Marc Ford - Sometimes Salvation 4/1/00

I’m going to regret trying to do this, but here goes..

(please feel encouraged to comment/email me links to stuff on archive.org, dime etc that I miss)

Last updated: 7/13 - 9:45PM PST
Most recently added: North Mississippi Allstars, Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline (thanks deadheadk!), Gov’t Mule 5.1 DTS Surround Sound source

Apollo Sunshine 6/14**
Clutch 6/14* (thanks George!)
Lewis Black and Friends 6/14 (comedy/spoken word)
The National 6/14
The National 6/14* (alt source)
Tea Leaf Green 6/14**
Brazilian Girls 6/15 (24bit)
Cold War Kids 6/15* (incomplete) - Thanks Adam!
Dierks Bently 6/15
Hot Chip 6/15
Gillian Welch 6/15 (alt source)
Michael Franti and Spearhead 6/15
The Richard Thompson Band 6/15
Tool 6/15*
Tool 6/15* (alt source)
Tool 6/15* (no seeder?)
The Black Keys 6/15
The Black Keys 6/15* (alt source)
The Nightwatchman 6/15
String Cheese Incident 6/15
String Cheese Incident 6/15** thx Jordy
String Cheese Incident 6/15** (alt source)
STS9 6/15**
Tortoise 06/15
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 6/16*
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 6/16* (alt source)
Demetri Martin & Flight of the Conchords 6/16* (comedy/spoken word)
Galactic 6/16 (fixed, complete version)
Girl Talk 6/16
Gov’t Mule (and guests) 6/16
Gov’t Mule (and guests) 6/16 (alt source)
Gov’t Mule (and guests) 6/16 (DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
Hot Tuna 6/16*
North Mississippi Allstars 6/16
John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uest Love - SuperJam 6/16*
John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uest Love - SuperJam 6/16* (alt source)
John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uest Love - SuperJam 6/16 (same as above source but no registration required)
John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uest Love - SuperJam 6/16* (alt alt source)
John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uest Love - SuperJam 6/16* (24bit)
Keller Williams WMDs 6/16
Keller Williams WMDs 6/16** (alt source)
Scott Amendola Band w/ Nels Cline 6/16
Spoon 6/16*
The Hold Steady*
The Police 6/16*
The Police 6/16* (alt source)
The Police 6/16* (alt alt source)
The Police 6/16 (same as above source, but on a public tracker)
The Police 6/16* (24bit)
Ween 6/16**
Ween 6/16** (2nd source)
Xavier Rudd 6/16**
Xavier Rudd 6/16* (alt source)
John Butler Trio 6/17*
John Butler Trio 6/17* (alt source)
Feist 6/17
Ratdog 6/17
Ratdog 6/17 alt source
Widespread Panic 6/17
The Flaming Lips 6/17*
The Philadelphia Experiment 6/17
The White Stripes 6/17
The White Stripes 6/17 (alt source)
The White Stripes 6/17* (alt alt source)
Wolfmother 6/17
Wilco 6/17
Wilco 6/17* (alt source)
Ziggy Marley 6/17*
Ziggy Marley 6/17* (alt source)

* = registration required
** = not a torrent, direct download

I’ll keep this post updated w/ all the latest Mountain Jam torrents - and you can expect a pretty killer next installment of Mule Monday.

This is easily the post I’ve updated the most times in the history of RMD.

New Orleans Social Club 06/01/07 (taped/transfered by Rob “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” Clarke)
Gov’t Mule 06/01/07 (taped/transfered by Rob “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” Clarke)

RAQ 06/01/07 (not a torrent, .asf format)

Umphrey’s McGee 06/02/07 (webcast source, requires login)
Gov’t Mule 06/02/07 Set I (webcast source, requires login)
Gov’t Mule 06/02/07 Set II (webcast source, requires login)

Gov’t Mule 06/02/07 (taped/transfered by Rob “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” Clarke)
Gov’t Mule 06/02/07 (webcast source, I’d suggest the above one instead)

Phil Lesh and Friends 06/03/07 (taped/transfered by Rob “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” Clarke)

Phil Lesh and Friends 06/03/07 (taped/transfered by Tony Suraci)

Phil Lesh and Friends 06/03/07 (24bit source, taped/transfered by David Barfield)

U-Melt (06/02/07) taped/transfered by Rob Clarke (direct download, not a torrent) - thanks Hans!

Umphrey’s McGee (06/02/07) taped/transfered by Rob Clarke (direct download, not a torrent)

Michael Franti and Spearhead (06/03/07) - taped/transfered by Tim Burke (direct download, not a torrent)

Michael Franti and Spearhead (06/03/07) - taped/transfered by Rob Clarke (direct download, not a torrent)

North Mississippi Allstars (06/03/07) taped/transfered by Rob Clarke

Phil Lesh and Friends 06/03/07 taped/transfered by Muletaper

Gov’t Mule (06/01/07) taped/transfered by Muletaper

One single screenshot/image can sum up how I spent the past weekend:

I don’t even want to try and figure out how many hours I spent sitting in front of my laptop, dreaming of being @ Mountain Jam. But I will say this (and repeat it a few times) - the webcast was absolutely genius. More on that later…

Gov’t Mule - Night I

Where to begin. How about with the opener - Radiohead’s “Creep”. What a way to start the show.. Next up was a retardedly good version of 32/20 Blues, and it just kept getting better. I swear the Set I closer, Blind Man In The Dark, was the best version of that song I’ve heard all year. This show is a must-buy MuleTracks purchase.

Gov’t Mule - Creep
Gov’t Mule - Brighter Days
Gov’t Mule - No Quarter

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Gov’t Mule - Night II

I really didn’t believe that they would be able to top the first night. Boy was I wrong. A couple of folks commented on the lack of sit-ins on the first night. Well Warren and the boys sure made up for that on the second night. Michael Franti joined them for Play With Fire, Jake Cinninger (Umphrey’s McGee) joined them on That’s What Love Will Make You Do, Ulises Bella and Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli) joined them on It’s A Man’s World and finally Josh Clark (Tea Leaf Green) joined them on Rockin’ In The Free World. This show isn’t a must-buy, it’s an absolutely-must-or-you’ll-regret-it-buy (MuleTracks)

Gov’t Mule - Play With Fire (with Michael Franti)
Gov’t Mule - It’s a Mans World (with with Ulises Bella and Asdru Sierra)
Gov’t Mule - Rockin’ In The Free World (with with Josh Clark)

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New Orleans Social Club

For those not in-the-know, the New Orleans Social Club is a veritable who’s who of old-school New Orleans musicians. This time the lineup included George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Henry Butler, Ivan Neville and Raymond Weber.

New Orleans Social Club - Everything is Everything (w/ Warren Haynes)
New Orleans Social Club - Fortunate Son (w/ Warren Haynes)

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Umphrey’s McGee

courtesy of the official Mtn. Jam blog

courtesy of the official Mtn. Jam blog

Final thoughts

All of the MP3s in this post came from flacs converted to mp3, via etree. I would strongly encourage you to download the flac sources so that you’ll have a lossless copy. I’ve been keeping track of the Mountain Jam torrents on this post - so check it out. Also - show your support of a band who I repeatedly refer to as the most fan-friendly group of musicians of our time by purchasing these shows from MuleTracks. AND… the next time you see a Mule-taper, offer to buy them a beer. It’s really the least you can do…

Remote Digital Media was one of the groups involved in bringing this webcast to your computer. They did such a fantastic job that I felt obligated to send them all emails telling them as much. If I was ever put in the position of organizing some kind of live-web-event, Remote Digital Media would be my first phone call.

It wasn’t enough that Gov’t Mule gave us an inside look at creating their latest album, High & Mighty (via the In the Studio blog) - they’ve now taken it to the next level. A frequently updated Mountain Jam blog in addition to a free live webcast of the entire weekend. How many other bands put this kind of effort into their shows? Not very many come to mind. I don’t care how many old ladies I have to rob, how many banks I have to hold up (joke!) - I will be at next years Mountain Jam. See you there!

From The Mountain Jam Blog:

The webcast will use 5 HD cameras. The video will be fed into a mobile production studio. The audio mix will come from the festival sound board. Then magically distributed to your computer via the Internet.

And you wonder why I call Gov’t Mule the most fan-friendly band of our time… I know what I’ll be doing this weekend.

This is without question one of my top 10 all-time favorite songs.

Warren Haynes - It Hurts Me Too (Bowery Ballroom, NYC - 6/7/04)
Susan Tedeschi - It Hurts Me Too
Eric Clapton - It Hurts Me Too (live, unknown date)
Tampa Red - It Hurts Me Too
Gov’t Mule - It Hurts Me Too (Santa Barbara Bowl 08/22/99)
Modern Blues Band - It Hurts Me Too

Sometimes I wonder if I should rename this site ‘all-mule-all-the-time’.

One of my die-hard Mule-fan friends (hi Leigh!) had been waiting for ages to hear Gov’t Mule cover “Hallelujah”. She even has a few setlists where it was listed as an encore, but never played. Well, she finally got her wish in Denver @ The Fillmore Auditorium on 4/26/07. For those of you who couldn’t attend and share my jealousy, here it is -

Gov’t Mule - Hallelujah (Warren and Danny only) | source