Photo by Jay Sansone
On Nov. 12, Gov’t Mule will drop Heavy Load Blues, a new collection of studio tracks that includes originals by Warren Haynes as well as covers of Tom Waits, The Howlin’ Wolf, Elmore James, Junior Wells, Ann Peebles, Bobby “Blue” Bland and the Animals.
To give fans a taste of the release, the band has shared the mournful lead single “Heavy Load.”
“This album gave us a mission,” Haynes explains via press release. “Although in some way it was ‘anything goes,’ we wanted to stay true to the spirit of the blues in a traditional sense. It’s not a blues/rock record – it’s a blues record. We wanted it sonically to sound different from a normal Gov’t Mule record.”
Pre-order Heavy Load Blues here.
Listen to “Heavy Load” and check out a “Behind The Scenes” clip for Heavy Load Blues below:
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Gov't Mule Shares Cover of Tom Waits' "Make It Rain"
October 22, 2021 at 11:53 am[…] new cover follows the first single and original track off the album “Heavy Load,” which dropped in early September, and the band’s […]
Jerry W Hickman
September 8, 2021 at 10:47 pmCome on uncle Warren plz play this track in Wilmington cause we gonna be down by the river!!!! I really just want to hear it live!!! But like I all ways say before Every show ” boys play what ya want to ” cause it doesn’t matter .THE MULE BRING IT EVERY I MEAN EVERY TIME
Bott Hater
September 8, 2021 at 4:28 pmWhat’s the deal with these bott comments above I’ve been noticing them on posts lately. Some tragic ploy to get likes or web page views. I guess I’m the commodity these days. Album looks cool nonetheless.
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