The best of all parties. Get together write eleven great songs that you know 10 years from now will become a tribute album. Then decide to go ahead and make the tribute album now! Put some icing on the cake and give away the tribute album for free. Some great dessert! The first album, the one with all the great tunes is outstanding - the whole CD will be a dinner treat for weeks to come. Many music styles - all played perfectly. I love the bass and drum, and the guitar supplies some real sweet dances. The 2nd CD feels so much like major artists performing to a karaoke track at a backyard party that I wonder why Gov't Mule didn't go one step further and provide a 3rd CD that all my Texas friends can blast in their backyard on their Karoake machines & try to out-sing the best singers in the world. Why not? Too drunk to Karaoke? On first hearing Grace Potter gives a stand-out performance, so you'll find a video with her performing with Gov't Mule a few years back below. In short, the first CD is a must-have. The second offers nothing new except for the lead singer. But that's okay, because it's free, and it's easy to party on free! Best performances on CD 2 are by Grace Potter & Toots Hibbert.
The most interesting performance on CD 2 is by Elvis Costello - Funny Little Tragedy is a high energy performance, in full rock voice. "Life has finally shown you it's a mean old world. The killer little soldier is now a scared little girl. Always had everything just handed to you always had it your way." The song would fit perfect on one of Costello's more rockin' CDs. Gov't Mule - Shout!
w/Grace Potter:
Funny Little Tragedy (Live 8/17/13):
