Sco-Mule
2015 live album by Gov't Mule featuring John Scofield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sco-Mule is a live album by the American rock band Gov't Mule, recorded at two 1999 shows in Atlanta, Georgia. It features the band's original members: guitarist Warren Haynes, bass guitarist Allen Woody, and drummer Matt Abts, along with jazz guitarist John Scofield and keyboardist Dan Matrazzo.[3]
| Sco-Mule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Live album by Gov't Mule featuring John Scofield | ||||
| Released | January 27, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | September 22 and 23, 1999 | |||
| Length | 153:52 | |||
| Label | Evil Teen | |||
| Gov't Mule chronology | ||||
| ||||
| John Scofield chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
These Atlanta performances have been widely traded, discussed and revered by Mule fans for 15 years.[4] Sco-Mule defies both jazz and jam-band genres, "instead, it sits somewhere in-between, with everyone forgetting about artificial delineation."[5]
Track listing
Recorded at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia on September 22 and at The Roxy in Atlanta on September 23, 1999.[6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hottentot" | John Scofield | 11:07 |
| 2. | "Tom Thumb" | Wayne Shorter | 11:06 |
| 3. | "Doing It to Death" | James Brown | 12:08 |
| 4. | "Birth of the Mule" | Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, Matt Abts | 15:35 |
| 5. | "Sco-Mule" | Haynes | 9:17 |
| 6. | "Kind of Bird" | Haynes, Dickey Betts | 18:13 |
Bonus disc
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pass the Peas" | James Brown, John Starks, Charles Bobbit | 10:21 |
| 2. | "Devil Likes It Slow" | Haynes | 13:03 |
| 3. | "Hottentot" (alternate version) | Scofield | 11:40 |
| 4. | "Kind of Bird" (alternate version) | Haynes, Betts | 18:18 |
| 5. | "Afro Blue" | Mongo Santamaria | 23:04 |
Personnel
- John Scofield – electric guitar
- Warren Haynes – electric guitar
- Jimmy Herring – electric guitar (disc 2, track 2)
- Mike Barnes – electric rhythm guitar (disc 2, track 5)
- Dan Matrazzo – keyboards
- Allen Woody – bass guitar
- Matt Abts – drums and percussion
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 52 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 95 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 106 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 48 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 158 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 37 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 50 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 96 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] | 14 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16] | 16 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[17] | 5 |
