Gov't Mule (a work in progress)

*Sorry this was late and isn't as jazzy as some of the others... I don't have super computer skills. ;D
*I'm still working on getting this where I really want it to be. I haven't finished yet!














*Vocals, lead guitar, badass!
*Birthdate: 4/6/60
*Birthplace: Asheville, NC
*origional member


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*husband took this picture at Xmas Jam
*Drums and percussion
*Born 12/30/53
*origional member



*keys, organ, trumpet, guitar
*joined Mule in 2003
*known for wearing tabogans during performances



*I took this picture of Jorgen at Xmas Jam
*bass
*joined the band in 2008 after Andy Hess' departure
*Jorgen brings a touch of Woody back into the sound
*is from Sweeden





*beloved bassist and a driving force of the band
*born 10/3/55
*died 8/26/00



* played bass from 2003 until leaving the band in 2008


1) Gov't Mule
*released in 1995
*key tracks: Mule, Rocking Horse, Mother Earth, Grinnin In Your Face, Monkey Hill, Temporary Saint, Trane, Painted Silver Light.
*yes, I listed most of the tracks on the album, but it holds some of the best music you will hear.

2) Dose
*released in 1998
*key tracks: Blind Man in the Dark, Thorazine Shuffle, Game Face, Birth of the Mule, Larger Than Life, I Shall Return (beautiful song), She Said, She Said (Beatles cover)
*once again the Mule is rocking and I listed most of the tracks

3) Life Before Insanity
* released in 2000
*key tracks: Wandering Child, Bad Little Doggie, Lay Your Burden Down (with Ben Harper), Fallen Down, In My Life.
*this album had its share of rockers and ballads
*the last studio album Woody played upon

4) Deep End Volume 1
*released 2001
*key tracks: Banks of The Deep End, Soulshine, Effigy(CCR cover), Sco-Mule
*bass sit ins by: Jack Bruce, Oteil Burbridge, Bootsy Collins, John Entwistle, Flea, Roger Glover, Mike Gordon, Larry Grahan, Stefan Lessard
*other sit ins by: Gragg Allman, Jearry Cantrell, Audely Freed, John Scofield (hence Sco-Mule), Derek Trucks

5) Deep End Volume 2
*released 2002
*key tracks: Time to Confess, Hammer and Nails, Slow Happy Boys, Lay of the Sunflower (beautiful, sad song), Which Way Do We Run
*bass sit ins: Jack Casasy, Les Claypool, Billy Cox, Phil Lesh, Jason Newsted, George Porter Jr, Dave Schools
*David Grisman, Chuck Leavell, John Nedeski, Art Neville

6) Deja Voodoo
*released in 2004
*key tracks: Bad Man Walking, About to Rage, Little Toy Brain, Slackjaw Jezebel, Wine and Blood, New World Blues (love, love, love the emotion in this song.)
*re-released as a package with EP Mo Voodoo
* first album to feature Danny Louis and Andy Hess

7) High and Mighty
*released in 2006
*Mr. High and Mighty, Brand New Angel, So Weak So Strong, Streamline Woman, Unring the Bell, Million Miles From Yesterday, Brighter Days

8) Mighty High
*released in 2007
*key tracks: I'm a Ram, The Shape I'm In, Play with Fire( with Michael Franti), Hard to Handle, Plasticine Era
*mostly dub covers or reworkings

9) Mule is currently wrapping up another studio album that will be released later this year




1) Live at the Roseland Ballroom
*released 1996
*this is very early, bad ass mule
*recorded live on New Year's Eve 12/31/95

2) Live With a Little Help From Our Friends
*the only Mule album I don't currently posess
*recorded 12/31/98 at the Roxy in Atlanta
*released 11/16/99

3)The Deepest End
*released 10/7/03
*key tracks: Every last quacking one!
*includes a DVD of 20 different songs being performed
*The Deepest End IS Mule!
* bass sit ins: Jack Casady, Les Claypool, Roger Glover, Mike Gordon, Jason Newsted, George Porter Jr, Dave Schools, Rob Wasserman, Victor Wooten
*other sit ins: Karl Denson, Dirty Dosen Brass Band, Bela Fleck, Sonny Landreth, Ivan Nevelle

4) Holy Haunted House
*recorded 10/31/07
*released 2008
* 2nd set is a complete cover of Led Zep's Houses of the Holy



That's all for today!