''Sco-Mule'' is a live album by the American rock band

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody (both of The Allman Brothers Band at the time) and drummer Matt Abts (whom Haynes had worked with in ...

, recorded at two 1999 shows in

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, Georgia. It features the band's original members: guitarist

Warren Haynes Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...

, bass guitarist

Allen Woody Douglas Allen Woody (October 3, 1955 – August 25, 2000) was an American bass guitarist best known for his eight-year tenure in the Allman Brothers Band and as a co-founder of Gov't Mule. Biography After having studied at Vanderbilt Univ ...

, and drummer Matt Abts, along with jazz guitarist

John Scofield John Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer. His music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of Miles Davis; he ...

and keyboardist

Dan Matrazzo Dan Matrazzo, also known as "Dr. Dan Matrazzo" or simply "Dr. Dan," is an American keyboardist and pianist. He was a member and composer for Grammy winning blues artist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Matrazzo started playing the piano at the age of ...

. These Atlanta performances have been widely traded, discussed and revered by Mule fans for 15 years. ''Sco-Mule'' defies both jazz and jam-band genres, "instead, it sits somewhere in-between, with everyone forgetting about artificial delineation."

Track listing

Recorded at the

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on September 22 and at The Roxy in

on September 23, 1999.

Bonus disc

Personnel

*John Scofield – electric guitar *Warren Haynes – electric guitar *

Jimmy Herring Jimmy Herring (born January 22, 1962) is an American guitarist, known as the lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic since 2006. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead and has played with The Allman Brothers Ban ...

– electric guitar (disc 2, track 2) *Mike Barnes – electric rhythm guitar (disc 2, track 5) *

– keyboards *

– bass guitar * Matt Abts – drums and percussion

Charts

References

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