GP Presents is proud to partner with Another Planet Entertainment to welcome roots rock guitar captain Warren Haynes and his stalwart crew back to the Bay Area. Gov’t Mule will celebrate 30 adventurous years with an entire evening event on the third Saturday in February.
The band’s latest studio LP Peace…Like a River (Fantasy) is a sonically varied album combining concise songcraft with the band’s trademark instrumental journeys. Billy Gibbons makes a killer cameo on the down and dirty Shake Our Way Out. Made My Peace is heavy, dreamy, and psychedelic in a way that would make David Gilmour smile.
“Most of these songs were written during lockdown,” Haynes says. “But I made a conscious decision: I didn’t want to write a bunch of Covid-centric songs.” Rather, Haynes set out to explore the changes that he, and everyone else, was going through. “I wanted to focus on the positive aspects of what we’re learning, especially to appreciate what we took for granted before.”
Haynes honed his live skills with the Allman Brothers Band and the Dead, and he brings all that improvisational experience to the harder-kicking Mule. This will be the third time GP Presents has been involved with a Haynes show at the Fox. The others were Sco-Mule with John Scofield in 2015, and the Last Waltz in 2022.
It’s always a unique experience with Haynes’ gutsy grooves, otherworldly slide excursions and tasty melodic lines providing common threads. We can’t wait to see what he brings to the musical banquet as Gov’t Mule commemorate three delightful decades at the table.
Win Tickets
For a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Gov’t Mule, send an email to gp@jimmyleslie.com with “Mule 30” in the subject and simply include a sentence about yourself and why you want to go.
Phone contact is greatly appreciated for confirmation.
Winner must provide their own transportation to the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on Saturday, February 17, and have their own accommodations in the Bay Area.
Event Details
Guitar Player Presents, an evening with Gov’t Mule
Saturday, February 17 – The Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94612
7pm doors, 8pm show; All Ages
Free Guitar Player magazines & Martin strings
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