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Nieuws

05 juni 2019

Gov’t Mule deze week op Nederlandse podia

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Label: Provogue / Mascot

Tegenwoordig spelen heel veel artiesten op hun tournees avond na avond dezelfde setlist. Dan heb je bands als Metallica die enkele nummers rouleren om het interessant voor zichzelf en het publiek te houden en dan heb je bands als Gov’t Mule die eigenlijk nooit dezelfde set spelen en ook menig nummer nog wel eens willen uitbouwen tot een heuse jamsessie. Een concert van de band is dan vaak ook een bijzonder gebeurtenis. Met een 2 CD/ 2 DVD pakket Bring On The Music – Live At The Capitol Theatre viert Gov’t Mule het 25 jarig jubileum van de band. De opnamen werden op 27 en 28 april 2018 gemaakt en worden op 28 juni uitgebracht via Provogue / Mascot Label Group. De set bevat ruim twee uur livemuziek, een film, interviews met de band, beelden achter de schermen en nog veel meer.

De titel Bring On The Music komt van een gelijknamig nummer over het verstrijken van de tijd en het leven als reis. Het Capitol Theatre is het decor geweest van vele onvergetelijke shows voor de band en is een van de favoriete locaties van Gov’t Mule om te spelen. Hoogtepunten in de set zijn onder meer Life Before Insanity en Mr. Man. Uiteraard staan er ook diverse nummers van hun meest recente release Revolution Come … Revolution Go op.

Het nieuws van de live-release komt net voor de Nederlandse optredens. De band staat komend weekend op Ribs & Blues festival in Raalte en op 9 juni in de Victorie in Alkmaar.

Warren Haynes zei over het jubileum: “Twenty-five years…. By the time you see and hear the performances from these two shows, Gov’t Mule will have celebrated 25 years as a band — something we never could have imagined. It’s no easy task keeping a band together for 25 years. You don’t get to do that without having built, nurtured, depended on, tested, damaged, and rebuilt important relationships. In fact, with any band that’s stayed around that long, it’s all about relationships. When we made the decision to document where the band is currently (musically speaking), it immediately occurred to us that this would be, among other things, a celebration of a lot of those relationships — starting with the one between the four of us.

The title, Bring On The Music, is obviously taken from the song of the same name that deals not only with loss and the passing of time, but also with our relationship with our audience as well. The same applies to “Traveling Tune,” which opens and closes the main program of the film. Without our audience, there would be no chance or reason for us to be around 25 years later. It was also obvious that we wanted to film and record at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, which is one of our favorite venues. Since its re-opening in 2012, myself and Gov’t Mule (together and separately) have played there many times and have had many magical shows there. To quote Jerry Garcia, “There’s only two theaters, man…. The Fillmore and the Capitol Theatre.

Music…. The thing that’s helped us, individually and collectively, get through the inevitable hard times. The thing that’s driven every decision we’ve made as a band since our inception in 1994. The thing that’s ever-elusive but worth chasing for 25 years (and beyond), and that we’re all lucky to have as such a big part of our lives. The thing that’s connected all of us, everyone aforementioned, including the audience, and continues to grow like — and along with — the “circle” that’s been here since long before any of us and will be here long after we’re gone that will hopefully inspire and influence musicians, bands, and artists for the future the way we were all inspired and influenced by what came before.”

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