Gov’t Mule Channels Pink Floyd in Boston

Gov’t Mule Channels Pink Floyd in Boston

from Hidden Track by Scott Bernstein

In one of the worst kept secrets in recent memory, Gov’t Mule treated their fans to a second set filled with Pink Floyd classics at the Orpheum Theater in Boston for Halloween. Our own Chad Berndston was on the scene and left this comment about the show in our Halloween Setlist Post…

[Photo by Chris Rushin]

Mule show was indeed a killer, and the aforementioned pig was certainly conspicuous, if it never did get off the ground. A really fun and ambitious show all around; having Ron Holloway and the girls there was a nice touch, Matt Abts singing lead on Have a Cigar was pretty wild, Warren and Danny really let their psychedelic rock joneses take over, and Jorgen is a terrific bass player—somewhere between Andy and Woody on the heaviness scale but overall like neither of his predecessors.

The Floyd set is obviously the discussion, but the first set Trane went all over the place for about 15 minutes, and the St. Stephen double-time jam at the end of it had the place going nuts. Kind of Bird was also AWESOME to hear; the song selection in the first set had a really old school Mule vibe about it. Encore was a little lackluster, but it was curfew-related: they had to cut Blind Man short and Ron Holloway wasn’t sure if he should come on for it at all until he kinda did an outtro thing with the band. Awesome show, though.

Check out Chad’s full review of the show for the Patriot Ledger at the Enterprise News website. While we wait for the Mule Tracks of this instant classic to drop, you can feast your ears on a tasty FOB recording of the show made by taper Casey Coniff. Gov’t Mule’s Kinder Revolution Tour resumes on Wednesday night at Rams Head Live in Baltimore