In 1996 Gov’t Mule was starting to feel their oats after the trio of Warren Haynes, Matt Abts and Allen Woody had three years worth of shows under their belts to hone their blues-rock sound. The first installment of the band’s new “Bootleg Series” of archival releases collects three shows from that memorable year in Mule history for  6-disc set called The Georgia Bootleg Box.

The Georgia Bootleg Box contains over seven hours of music recorded during a three-night run through Georgia that saw the trio stop at Athens on April 11, The Roxy in Atlanta on the 12th and the Elizabeth Reed Music Hall in Macon on the 13th. Along the way the band was joined by a young Derek Trucks in Athens and Atlanta as well as guitarist Tinsley Ellis in Macon. Each setlist features classic Gov’t Mule originals plus hearty covers such as Blind Faith’s Presence of the Lord and Little Feat’s Spanish Moon.

The 65-track set will be released by Evil Teen Records on October 16. Check out a sample of Blind Man In The Dark from the soon-to-be-released box set…

Here’s the full tracklist for Gov’t Mule – The Georgia Bootleg Box…

4/11/96
Georgia Theatre
Athens, GA

Disc 1:
1.Blind Man in the Dark 9:30
2. Mother Earth 8:00
3. John the Revelator 1:40
4. Temporary Saint 6:11
5. Game Face 6:22
6. No Need to Suffer 8:09
7. Trane > 7:14
8. Eternity’s Breath Jam > 2:00
9. Thelonius Beck > 4:08
10. Trane > 1:19
11. St. Stephen Jam > 4:30
12. Trane 2:48
13. Don’t Step on the Grass, Sam 8:02

Disc 2:
1. Presence of the Lord 6:41
2. Birth of the Mule 6:00
3. Left Coast Groovies 6:23
4. Drums > 6:44
5. Mule > 4:54
6. Who Do You Love > 1:35
7. Mule 3:11

Encores:
8. Goin’ Out West 7:11
9. Spanish Moon* 11:47
10. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia* 7:29

* With Derek Trucks on guitar

4/12/96
The Roxy
Atlanta, GA

Disc 1:
1. Blind Man in the Dark 11:00
2. Mother Earth 7:05
3. Mule 5:54
4. Temporary Saint 6:15
5. Game Face 6:27
6. No Need to Suffer 8:19
7. Trane > 6:51
8. Eternity’s Breath Jam > 2:02
9. Thelonius Beck > 3:56
10. Trane > 1:41
11. St. Stephen Jam > 4:37
12. Trane 1:35
13. Painted Silver Light 7:19

Disc 2:
1. Don’t Step on the Grass, Sam 7:59
2. Birth of the Mule 5:31
3. Just Got Paid 7:32

Encores:
4. Goin’ Out West 6:16
5. The Same Thing 10:17
6. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia* 8:33
7. Young Man Blues* > 2:35
8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl* > 7:23
9. Young Man Blues* 1:59

*With Derek Trucks on guitar

4/13/96
Elizabeth Reed Music Hall
Macon, GA

1. Blind Man in the Dark 9:53
2. Mother Earth 9:09
3. John the Revelator 1:42
4. Temporary Saint 5:49
5. Rocking Horse 4:36
6. Game Face 6:47
7. No Need to Suffer 8:41
8. Trane > 8:55
9. Eternity’s Breath Jam > 1:58
10. Thelonius Beck > 4:01
11. Trane > 1:41
12. St. Stephen Jam 5:46

Disc 2:
1. Presence of the Lord 6:44
2. Birth of the Mule 6:41
3. Monkey Hill > 4:36
4. She’s So Heavy Jam 1:28
5. Mule 7:07

Encores:
6. Goin’ Out West 7:55
7. She’s 19 Years Old* 10:20
8. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia* 8:20

* With Tinsley Ellis on guitar

Scott Bernstein

Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.

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