''Sco-Mule'' is a live album by the American rock band
Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 as a side project of the Allman Brothers Band by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody. Fans often refer to Gov't Mule simply as ''Mule''. ...
, recorded at two 1999 shows in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
, 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
Dan Matrazzo, also known as "Dr. Dan Matrazzo" or simply "Dr. Dan," is an American keyboardist and pianist. He was a member and composer for Grammy winning blues artist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Matrazzo started playing the piano at the age of t ...
.
These Atlanta performances have been widely traded, discussed and revered by Mule fans for 15 years. ''Sco-Mule'' defies both jazz and jam-band genres, "instead, it sits somewhere in-between, with everyone forgetting about artificial delineation."
Track listing
Recorded at the
Georgia Theatre
Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. Many prominent national and local acts across all genres have performed at the Theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. The venue i ...
in
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...
on September 22 and at The Roxy in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
on September 23, 1999.
Bonus disc
Personnel
*John Scofield – electric guitar
*Warren Haynes – electric guitar
*
Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring (born January 22, 1962) is the lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead and has played with The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Lesh a ...
– electric guitar (disc 2, track 2)
*Mike Barnes – electric rhythm guitar (disc 2, track 5)
*
Dan Matrazzo
Dan Matrazzo, also known as "Dr. Dan Matrazzo" or simply "Dr. Dan," is an American keyboardist and pianist. He was a member and composer for Grammy winning blues artist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Matrazzo started playing the piano at the age of t ...
– keyboards
*
Allen Woody – bass guitar
*
Matt Abts – drums & percussion
References
2015 live albums
Gov't Mule albums
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