On Saturday night, Gov’t Mule celebrated Halloween early with a special performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta that saw the band don a Black Sabbath musical costume, playing through the entirety of the metal icons’ album Paranoid, along with a few select other cuts during the night’s encore.
After a first set of Mule’s regular tunes, the band returned for set two with smoke and candles onstage, launching into “War Pigs” and subsequently playing all of Black Sabbath’s 1970 sophomore studio album, including classics like title track “Paranoid” and “Iron Man.” Those two songs, along with “Planet Caravan,” “Electric Funeral,” “Hand of Doom,” “Rat Salad” and “Fairies Wear Boots,” were all live debuts for Mule.
The Sabbath antics weren’t limited to Paranoid, though, as Warren Haynes and company kept the theme going for Saturday’s encore, starting with bassist Jorgen Carlsson playing his “Swede Leif Solo” before being joined by his bandmates for “Sweet Leaf,” off Sabbath’s 1971 record Master of Reality, followed by “Into the Void” and two more Master cuts, “Solitude” and “Snowblind,” with the latter three songs marking three more live debuts from Mule.
See the full setlist below, along with some fan-shot video from Saturday night’s Sabbath show, courtesy of Got Mule? on YouTube. Next up for Mule is a show tomorrow night at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE.
Gov’t Mule
The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Set I: Stone Cold Rage, Revolution Come, Revolution Go, Mule Monkey Hill (with She’s So Heavy ending) > Larger Than Life, Game Face, Kind Of Bird, Lay Your Burden Down, Brand New Angel
Set II: War Pigs, Paranoid*, Planet Caravan*, Iron Man*, Electric Funeral*, Hand Of Doom*, Rat Salad* > Drums > Rat Salad, Fairies Wear Boots*
Enc: Swede Leif Solo > Sweet Leaf, Into The Void*, Solitude*, Snowblind*
Notes: *Debut
Source: mule.net
Bassist Jorgen Carlsson offering his “Swede Leif Solo”
11 Comments comments associated with this post
JamesBrownsWifesAss
October 30, 2018 at 7:32 pmHey Greg, never gonna question how great the mule is…they always bring it…glad you enjoyed it and wish I was there…
Greg
October 30, 2018 at 11:16 amWas a great show. Crying about covers is just ridiculous. I’m sure you pricks would of walked out when the Grateful Dead played Not Fade Away or Dylan right? Or Phish covering a classic album. My only complaint was they sold so many tix you had to wait in line to get back in after pissing. Tabernacle sucks but Mule is still great.
WD
October 30, 2018 at 8:39 amIt was Killer.
TrumpLiesMatter
October 30, 2018 at 3:52 am“Electric Funeral” is simply titled “Electric Funeral” . The word “Concert” should in no way be included in the title.
Looking forward to hearing the MuleTrax release of this show. I know it’s going to be superb!
JamesBrownsWifesAss
October 29, 2018 at 8:24 pmSounds like they pulled it off – next year Kiss?
Dick
October 29, 2018 at 6:06 pmAnd I thought they were a Pink Floyd cover band.
Chad
October 29, 2018 at 4:07 pmSnowblind is from Vol. 4, not Masters of Reality.
Cliff
October 29, 2018 at 6:04 pmBeat me to it….
Dave Moore
October 29, 2018 at 2:40 pmNo this is the real deal…no prank!
Billy Bob
October 29, 2018 at 2:12 pmThis is a prank, right?
Richard Vining
October 29, 2018 at 2:21 pmI was second row all night. It was fantastic.