Who's My Mule

Submitted by Jack on Fri, 11/05/2010 - 08:02

Government Mule performs The Who's Who's Next at the Oakland Fox.

Gov't Mule brought their Halloween Extravaganza from the East Coast to the East Bay last week and played our newly re-opened and fabulous Fox Theater in downtown Oakland. It was the Mule debut for my friend Wayne and he brought with him the guitarist from local rockers The Real Nasty. We knew we were in for something special (3 yearsago they covered Led Zep's "Houses of the Holy" record, then a Pink Floyd spectacular in 2008 and a bunch of Rolling Stones last year.) Who would it be this year? Read more about Who's My Mule

Sonic Pleasures 2007

Submitted by Jack on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 18:31

I'm not trying to be a hep music journalist here but since I do have friends that like to keep up vicariously with my music adventures, here are some the things I listened to this year... in no particular order:

Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

Era Vulgaris is far and away my favorite record this year and I consider it to be at a level of genius on par with the Flaming Lips' Pink Robots album. Some might snark, especially old school Queens fans. My old friends who have gone a little soft are horrified. And even Joshe Homme, the Queens mastermind, would squirm at any hint of pretention. Read more about Sonic Pleasures 2007

Monster Torrent Alert: Gov't Mule 9/20/2001

Submitted by Jack on Sat, 08/13/2005 - 00:00

Here's a show worthy of your spare bandwidth....

Gov't Mule @ the Warfield, SF - 9/20/2001
(w/ sit-ins galore) Read more about Monster Torrent Alert: Gov't Mule 9/20/2001

Finally.... Pure Mule!!

Submitted by Jack on Fri, 11/19/2004 - 00:00

Government Mule at the Fillmore in San Francisco

So nothing kicks like the Mule. But they are too generous... sure we like getting treated to special guests like Phil Lesh and Greg Allman but for once, please give us an SF show w/out a Dead Set in the middle?? Read more about Finally.... Pure Mule!!

Hey Dead Guys, Leave My Mule Alone!

Submitted by Jack on Thu, 04/01/2004 - 00:00

Grateful Dead members crash govt mule show at warfield

It's Friday night at the Warfield in SF and we have the tip. Expect something Deadish to happen. Please not! Tonite is exactly Gov't Mule Gig #1000. I really NEED my Mule and I'm looking forward to checking out the newly decided Mule 3.0. And that's what we get for the first set. They wasted no time... the opening Blind Man really showed us how Danny Louis can play with Warren. Matt Abst was his usual brilliant self. Andy Hess can certainly play with these guys too but he's far less in front than lost muler Allen Woody and some of the 2.0 revolving cast, such as Les Claypool. Read more about Hey Dead Guys, Leave My Mule Alone!