''Gov't Mule'' is the debut studio album by the American band

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody (both of The Allman Brothers Band at the time) and drummer Matt Abts (whom Haynes had worked with in ...

. The album was produced and mostly recorded live by Michael Barbiero at

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, with many tracks running into each other. "Mule" is still a concert favorite, and "Rockin' Horse" was later recorded by

the Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts ( ...

when

Warren Haynes Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...

rejoined the group for the album '' Hittin' the Note''.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the Mule kick with punishing metal force... Woody and drummer Matt Abts hammer out a bottom-heavy platform from which Haynes can grandstand."

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals, guitar * Matt Abts - drums *

Allen Woody Douglas Allen Woody (October 3, 1955 – August 25, 2000) was an American bass guitarist best known for his eight-year tenure in the Allman Brothers Band and as a co-founder of Gov't Mule. Biography After having studied at Vanderbilt Univ ...

- bass *

John Popper John Popper (born March 29, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter, known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and frontman of the rock band Blues Traveler. Early life Popper was born on March 29, 1967, in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was a ...

- harmonica *Hook Herrera - harmonica *

Michael Barbiero Michael Francis Barbiero (born June 25, 1949)Infidel Biography
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- production

References

{{Authority control Gov't Mule albums 1995 debut albums Relativity Records albums