Sco-Mule

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Sco-Mule
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ReleasedJanuary 27, 2015
RecordedSeptember 22 and 23, 1999
Genre Southern rock, blues rock, jam rock
Label Evil Teen Records
Gov't Mule chronology
Dark Side of the Mule
(2014)
Sco-Mule
(2015)
Dub Side of the Mule
(2015)
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Juice
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Sco-Mule
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Sco-Mule is a live album by the American rock band Gov't Mule, recorded at two 1999 shows in Atlanta, Georgia. It features the band's original members: guitarist Warren Haynes, bass guitarist Allen Woody, and drummer Matt Abts, along with jazz guitarist John Scofield and keyboardist Dan Matrazzo. [3]

Contents

These Atlanta performances have been widely traded, discussed and revered by Mule fans for 15 years. [4] Sco-Mule defies both jazz and jam-band genres, "instead, it sits somewhere in-between, with everyone forgetting about artificial delineation." [5]

Track listing

Recorded at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia on September 22 and at The Roxy in Atlanta on September 23, 1999. [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hottentot" John Scofield 11:07
2."Tom Thumb" Wayne Shorter 11:06
3."Doing It to Death" James Brown 12:08
4."Birth of the Mule"Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, Matt Abts15:35
5."Sco-Mule"Haynes9:17
6."Kind of Bird"Haynes, Dickey Betts 18:13

Bonus disc

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pass the Peas"James Brown, John Starks, Charles Bobbit10:21
2."Devil Likes It Slow"Haynes13:03
3."Hottentot" (alternate version)Scofield11:40
4."Kind of Bird" (alternate version)Haynes, Betts18:18
5."Afro Blue" Mongo Santamaria 23:04

Personnel

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References

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