GOV'T MULE, New Album & Summer Tour

     MUSIC NEWS-  Gov't Mule has announced a July 28 release for their new, "By a Thread" album (their 8th, and first with current bassist),  the follow-up to the band's 2006 release,  "High and Mighty" album, marking the band's first new studio album in three years.  The new  11 tune, By A Thread, was recorded earlier this year down at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studio, near Austin, TX (full track list below the break).   The Southern jam-band-rockers are made up of vocalist/guitarist Warren Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, keyboardist Danny Louis and bassist Jorgen Carlsson.  Gov't Mule is headlining next week's, May 29 thru 30 Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain in Hunter, NY.   This East Coast festival was co-founded by Warren Haynes in 2005.  They'll likely show off some of the new material at the gig and on their forthcoming USA tour (full itinerary below the break).

"This record feels like we're moving between the future and the past," Haynes said in a press statement. "At heart, it feels like we're breaking new ground without forgetting our roots."

Haynes remains quite the busy performer, working as singer/guitarist for two other major band, The Dead and The Allman Brothers (who currently continue on their 40th Anniversary Tour).  More on Gov't Mule at Mule.net.

Gov't Mule Summer 2009 Tour Itinerary

Fri 5.29 Hunter Mountain Hunter, NY   Sat 5.30 Hunter Mountain Hunter, NY     Thurs 6.04 Wakarusa Ozark, AR   Fri 6.05 Wanee Festival Live Oak, FL   Sat 6.13 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN   Sat 6.27 Puisto Blues Festival Jarvenpaa, Finland   Sun 7.05 Rothbury Festival Rothbury, MI   Tue 7.07 CEFCU Center Stage Peoria, IL   Thu 7.09 Big Top Chautauqua Bayfield, WI   Fri 7.10 Simon Estes Ampitheater Des Moines, IA   Sat 7.11 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH   Sun 7.12 Renaissance Theatre Mansfield, OH   Tue 7.14 Crossroads Kansas City, MO   Wed 7.15 Weesner Ampitheatre Minneapolis, MN   Fri 7.17 Grand Targhee Americana Festival Alta, WY   Sat 7.18 Mishawaka Ampitheatre Fort Collins, CO   Sun 7.19 Mile High Music Festival Denver, CO   Thu 7.23 Sloss Furnace Birmingham, AL   Fri 7.24 Charlotte Fillmore Charlotte, NC   Sat 7.25 Masquerade Music Hall Atlanta, GA
w/ JJ Grey & Mofro   Hill Country Revue Late Night Indoors   Sun 7.26 Lincoln Theatre Street Stage Raleigh, NC
w/ Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit   Wed 7.29 Innsbrook Pavilion Richmond, VA   Thu 7.30 National Harbor Pavilion Washington D.C.   Fri 7.31 Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA   Sun 8.02 Rocks The Harbor Buffalo, NY   Tue 8.04 RiverPlex Pittsburgh, PA   Wed 8.05 The Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ   Thu 8.06 Party In The Park Rochester, NY Free Show   Fri 8.07 Saranac Brewery Utica, NY   Sat 8.08 House of Blues Atlantic City, NY   Sat 9.12 Britt Pavilion Jacksonville, OR

Gov't Mule - "By A Thread" Track List-
1. Broke Down On The Brazos 6:19
2. Steppin' Lightly 7:10
3. Railroad Boy 5:03
4. Monday Mourning Meltdown 8:08
5. Gordon James 3:48
6. Any Open Window 4:45
7. Frozen Fear 5:48
8. Forevermore 4:17
9. Inside Outside Woman Blues #3 9:04
10. Scenes From A Troubled Mind 7:23
11. World Wake Up 5:54