Victory Theatre Welcomes Gov’t Mule

GOV’T MULE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2014

VICTORY THEATRE – EVANSVILLE, IN

(Evansville, IN) – Few bands have a reputation for making music as consistently honest, organic and daring as Gov’t Mule. Now the enduring group fronted by visionary singer-guitarist Warren Haynes returned with their first album in four years — their Blue Note Records debut Shout!, a breath-taking, exploratory double-disc set released on September 17.

“This album puts a spotlight on the songs and the way that we interpret them, which hinges on the unique chemistry we’ve developed as a band,” explains Haynes, who along with Mule co-founder and drummer Matt Abts, multi-instrumentalist Danny Louis and bassist Jorgen Carlsson charted Shout!’s adventurous contours.

Shout!’s second disc shines a beam on a guest list of famed interpreters Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Ben Harper, Toots Hibbert, Glenn Hughes, Jim James, Myles Kennedy, Dave Matthews, Grace Potter, Ty Taylor and Steve Winwood, who each delivered an alternate vocal performance of one of the first disc’s new Gov’t Mule tunes.

“No one’s done this before, which is exciting,” says Haynes, “but it’s even more exciting actually listening to these artists sing our songs. Their performances bring new ideas, energy and sometimes even different meanings to every number.”

Gov’t Mule’s journey has been full of surprises. ”There’s no way I could have anticipated the way we’d grow when we started,” Haynes remarks. “Everyone in Gov’t Mule brings their own personality to the music, and we’re always looking for opportunities to expand and excite ourselves. Shout! is proof of that, as well as an album I could never have predicted we’d make even five years ago.”

In 2000, when founding bassist Allen Woody passed away, Haynes and Abts discussed the possibility of putting Gov’t Mule out to pasture. Instead the band went on to become part of the tradition they had always intended to honor. “That,” says Haynes, “is something we could only have dreamed to achieve and never expected in a million years.”

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 | 10 A.M.

Reserved Seat Tickets: $27.50 advance / $35 DOS

Buy tickets at any of the following locations:

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