Gov't Mule at Fox Theatre, February 17, 2024

Another Planet Entertainment presents Gov't Mule celebrating 30 Years Strong!
Fox Theatre
1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612-2109 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 2024

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tour promo

[8:20 PM] {lights down}
[8:21 PM] {band out without introduction}

1. [8:21 PM] After the Storm
2. [8:28 PM] I'm a Ram
3. [8:38 PM] Beautifully Broken
4. [8:45 PM] Wake Up Dead
   [8:51 PM] {pause for DL to swap to guitar and come out front}
5. [8:51 PM] Captured
   [9:00 PM] {DL back to the keyboard rig}
6. [9:01 PM] Sco-mule
7. [9:11 PM] Banks of the Deep End
8. [9:17 PM] The River Only Flows One Way
9. [9:29 PM] I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
   [9:42 PM] {applause at end of set}

[9:58 PM] {lights down}
[9:59 PM] {band out without introduction}

1. [9:59 PM] She Said She Said »
2. [10:04 PM] Tomorrow Never Knows »
3. [10:11 PM] Scarlet Begonias (coda) »
4. [10:11 PM] Fire on the Mountain »
5. [10:15 PM] Scarlet Begonias (jam) »
6. [10:20 PM] Fire on the Mountain
7. [10:21 PM] What Is Hip?
8. [10:30 PM] The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
9. [10:43 PM] Hunger Strike »
10. [10:47 PM] Dear Mr. Fantasy »
11. [10:52 PM] Hunger Strike (reprise)
12. [10:54 PM] The Joker
13. [11:03 PM] Goin' Out West
    [11:13 PM] {applause at end of set}
    [11:14 PM] {back out}
    
    Encore
14. [11:15 PM] Soulshine
    [11:23 PM] {applause at end of show}

Gov't Mule

• Warren Haynes: guitar, vox;
• Danny Louis: keyboards, guitar, valve trombone, harmony vox;
• John Molo: drums;
• Kevin Scott: bass.

I'm not sure what the next level epithet is past 'raining cats & dogs', but we're definitely seeing that tonight: it's coming down on giant, soaking buckets instead of the usual teensy raindrops. Hard enough that folks are driving at 50-80% of the regular speed limit, and runoff is happening in all sorts of unexpected places. Happily, we arrived safely at Rockridge BART and got a primo parking spot in the front row, out of the bad weather. Missed the train, but waiting on the platform is dry, if kind of cold tonight.

15 or 20 minutes later we arrive at our seats and hear from a neighbor that Matt Abts is out sick tonight: dang! At least John Molo is subbing, so we know that the job has been handed to another pro who has lots of history with Warren. First set is pretty good, if slightly tentative. Second set is really strong: lots of jamming! And both sets featured a fair amount of Mule-dub: I love it when Warren goes deep like that! I'm glad that we came, but feel like I need to make it to another Mule soon in order to check in with Matt. Hope he's feeling better right quick!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2024 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2024 event list! ☸ On to the next event!