Gov’t Mule Welcome Jackie Greene, Jimmy Vivino and More for Cover-Filled, “Traveling”-Themed NYE in NYC

  Gov't Mule returned to the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Monday night to ring in 2019 with two jam-packed sets and an extended encore, with the latter half of the performance featuring a number of special guests and several debut covers for the group, many of which served a running "traveling" theme throughout the second set. Last night's opening frame included a number of Mule staples, kicking off with "Broke Down on the Brazos" and featuring "Bad Little Doggie," "Blind Man in the Dark" and more, plus a couple hints at the coming second set's theme with "Railroad Boy" and Mule's debut of Jimi Hendrix's bluesy "Hear My Train A Coming." For the rest of the evening, Mule welcomed guitarist Jackie Greene and drummer Shawn Pelton and, after opening up the second set with "Traveling Tune," the band proceeded to debut a slew of covers that continued the traveling and train themes, including Deep Purple's "Highway Star," The Rolling Stones' "Silver Train," The Black Crowes' "Wiser Time," Little Feat's "Two Trains," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" (which led into the obligatory "Auld Lang Syne" as the clock struck midnight), the Grateful Dead's "Casey Jones," Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream," the Allman Brothers Band's "Seven Turns" and "Ramblin' Man" (both Dickey Betts tunes), Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath" and Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser." For the night's encore, Mule returned to the stage for more traveling tunes and more guests, welcoming drummer Corky Lang from the band Mountain and kicking off the encore with a Mule debut of his group's song "Crossroader." Lang, Pelton and regular Mule drummer Matt Abts then took turns leading the way on drums before guitarist Jimmy Vivino emerged for a "Freeway Jam" and the rest of the encore, which included the final debut of the night, Bob Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," and "Key to the Highway" with a tease of "Auld Lang Syne." See the full setlist below, along with fan-shot video from the night taken by Sean Roche. Next up for Gov't Mule is their Island Exodus destination concert event later this month in Runaway Bay, Jamaica.   Gov’t Mule Beacon Theatre New York, NY Set I: Broke Down On The Brazos > Tributary Jam, Banks Of The Deep End, Rocking Horse, Fool’s Moon, Railroad Boy, When The World Gets Small (with In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed tease), Bad Little Doggie, Blind Man In The Dark > Hear My Train A Coming* > Blind Man In The Dark, Bring On The Music Second set and encore with Jackie Greene & Shawn Pelton Set II: Traveling Tune > Highway Star*, Silver Train*, Wiser Time*, Two Trains*, Trane, Tuesday’s Gone* > Auld Lang Syne > Casey Jones*, Stop That Train, Runnin’ Down A Dream*, End Of The Line, Seven Turns*, Ramblin’ Man*, Locomotive Breath*, Roadhouse Blues, Train Kept A-Rollin’, Traveling Man* > Beautiful Loser* > Traveling Tune Enc: Crossroader*^ > Corky Drums > Shawn Drums > Matt Drums > Freeway Jam^^, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry*^^^, Key To The Highway^^ (with Auld Lang Syne tease) Notes: *Debut ^with with Corky Lang; without Matt Abts & Shawn Pelton ^^with Corky Lang & Jimmy Vivino ^^^with Jimmy Vivino Source: Mule.net