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Today is the 10 year anniversary of one of the greatest guest-appearances ever between Widespread Panic and Gov’t Mule: on a Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama, 7-20-1997. If you haven’t heard this show from a decade ago, stream the 2 mp3′s here on my blog (click “Play In Pop-Up” at the top of the post) to hear the epic high peaks of the show:

First is Gov’t Mule’s encore, with WSP sitting in, from 7-20-1997, Montgomery Civic Center.

To download the mp3 to your computer, Right-Click, Save As…. where it says “Download” (above)
mule1997-07-20t6-shallbereleased-wsp.mp3

Gov’t Mule (Warren, Matt, Allen) with JB, Houser, Schools, Sunny, Jojo
I Shall Be Released*

I cleaned up the audio a little bit and saved it as 320kbps mp3

* on the “I Shall Be Released” mp3
* Listen to HOUSER take a solo from 3:20 to 4:12
* and then JB sings a verse from 4:12 to 4:47
* that minute-and-a-half is SO PANIC

* at 5:19 Warren calls for “Jojo” to take the lead

* at 6:25 That’s Allen Woody you hear on mandolin. Schools played the bass.

* at 8:33 JB takes the lead vocals again ~ and changes up the words a bit ~ beautiful. With THIS and the Amazing Grace JB sings later in the night, this is really a peak Sunday show for John Bell.

Next – Here is WSP’s post-Drums in second set, with Gov’t Mule sitting in, from Sunday 7-20-1997, Montgomery.

Right-Click, Save As…. and you’ll get the file,
wsp1997-07-20-with-govt-mule.mp3

Widespread Panic with Gov’t Mule (Allen Woody on mandolin, Matt Abts on timbales, Warren Haynes on guitar)

SUNDAY 7-20-97 Montgomery Civic Center

Nobody’s Fault But Mine* >
Amazing Grace* (!) >
Nobody’s Fault But Mine* (!!) >
Feelin’ Alright*

all on one track ~ 19 minutes

SBD 256kbps mp3

* 00:27 Warren Haynes, Dave Schools, JB and Mike Houser drop this show into a conversation of blues, starting Nobody’s Fault But Mine which builds up and breaks down, then…

* 07:11 ….JB’s brief but beautiful Amazing Grace (!) falls perfectly back into…

* 08:01 to 09:16 ….an apocalyptic ending jam (!!) for Nobody’s Fault But Mine, with Nance / Sunny / Abts thunder roll into a devestating dual layered lead from Haynes and Houser.

* 09:32 jam into Feelin’ Alright
* 16:32 The dual lead guitar peak is back towards the climax of Feelin’ Alright.
* 18:27 The whole ending is just epic with everyone on at once… cathartic

By this point in the show the 2 bands had virtually destroyed Mongomery Civic Center. 10 Years Later, in 2007 the city of Montgomery actually undertook tearing down part of the building, which is the basis of the animated GIF file I made to illustrate this post.

If you want to know why, or what I like about WSP and Mule and the way they combined older music in new ways for some of the most exciting concerts of the 1990′s, just listen to these mp3 examples. –Dgold

July 20th, 2007 | Category: I Love Music, What's Up | Print | Subscribe to comments | Both comments and pings are currently closed