Jackie Greene with Gov’t Mule. Photo by Heath Robson, Mule.net

Gov’t Mule and Jackie Greene’s summer tour rolled on to Memphis, TN’s W. C. Handy Music Park last night. At the start of its second set, Gov’t Mule debuted a cover of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero.” Later in the night, Jackie Greene joined the members of Gov’t Mule for a take on the Rolling Stones’ “Ventilator Blues.” Mother Hips drummer John Hofer, who is on the road with Greene, then joined everyone onstage for a cover of the Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down.”

In related news, Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes and Matt Abts will make an in-store appearance at Boston’s Newbury Comics at Faneuil Hall on August 5. The Mule co-founder’s will appear at the store in support of Mulennium, the band’s first release to feature the original Mule trio since the passing of Allen Woody.