Gov't Mule - High & Mighty
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Artist: Gov't MuleBrand: Baker
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Model: 0880882155520
Music Label: ATO Records
Soundtracks:
- Mr. High & Mighty
- Brand New Angel
- So Weak, So Strong
- Streamline Woman
- Child Of The Earth
- Like Flies
- Unring The Bell
- Nothing Again
- Million Miles From Yesterday
- Brighter Days
- Endless Parade
- 3-String George
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Music Review: Proof that great hard rock music isn't dead (4.5 stars)
Rating: 4 Stars
Gov't Mule's latest release, High & Mighty, is an excellent release from the hard rock quartet led by guitarist Warren Haynes. While one would think that Gov't Mule's sound would be similar to the other band that Haynes plays with, the legendary Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule rock a lot harder and keep the jamming to a minimum. The only similarities between the bands are their ability to flawlessly add other genres to their sound and their killer live shows (if you saw them together on their 2006 summer tour, as I did, you know what I'm talking about).
High & Mighty starts out with the excellent riff heavy title track that immediately draws the listener in. When you add in Danny Louis' organ lines, the band essentially sounds like a harder version of the Black Crowes that recorded Shake Your Money Maker. Tracks like "Brand New Angel", "Brighter Days", and "Streamline Woman" are absolutely killer as the band plays with a hunger that you don't hear often enough in today's music. "Like Flies" is a wicked hard rocker that recalls Soundgarden, in both Haynes' lead vocal and guitar lines. But just calling Gov't Mule a great hard rock band wouldn't do them justice. Mellower tunes like "Child of the Earth", "Nothing Again", and "So Weak So Strong", the latter of which has a guitar line reminiscent of the Beatles' "Dear Prudence", are all excellent tracks that have a `70s classic rock feel while still sounding fresh. "Unring the Bell" has a cool reggae feel while the closing instrumental "3 String George" is similar to the excellent jazz-funk band, Garaj Mahal, only with Haynes' tasty licks added in. Finally, "Million Miles from Yesterday" is a gospel-tinged track that works very well. The only slight drawback to this release is that a few songs, like "Endless Parade" and "Unring the Bell", do drag a little due to their long track lengths. All told, if you like no-nonsense hard rock with both conviction and diversity, you can't go wrong with High & Mighty.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.It's invigorating to hear such a wide disparity between the music of Gov't Mule and the trusty blues/Southern rock of guitarist Warren Haynes's other full-time project, the Allman Brothers Band. Rooted firmly in the '70s riff-based power assault of bands such as Free, Mountain, and Humble Pie, with Haynes's gruff yet soulful vocals front and center, the Mule plow through 72 minutes of meat-and-potatoes, tougher-than-leather rock with the determination of their ornery moniker. The opening thump of "Mr. High & Mighty" will quickly separate the men from the boys as the band charges into one of their most potent and pointed tracks, helped enormously by Danny Louris's sinister organ fills. The disc continues with muscular material such as "Like Flies," "Streamline Woman," and the cowbell-driven "Brand-New Angel," that keep the thudding-guitar-and-drums attack at a high boil. Haynes borrows a page from Allmans co-lead guitarist Derek Trucks in the slide-powered worldbeat intro to "Brighter Days," but then it's back to business as the song transforms into a Jeff Beck Group-styled pile-driving scorcher. Things simmer down slightly for the sinuous reggae of "Unring the Bell," a few brawny ballads like "Child of the Earth," and the closing funk of the album's only instrumental, "3-String George," on which the Mule tap into an entirely credible Booker T. & the MG's vibe. The average tune is over five minutes, with the lovely yet cautionary "Endless Parade" clocking in at nearly twice that, but don't look for winding jams here. Rather, Gov't Mule have crafted their most dense and representative album yet, filled with steely licks and explosive melodies you'll be playing air guitar to after the first listen. --Hal Horowitz
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