Track Listing

1. Broke Down On The Brazos
2. Steppin' Lightly
3. Railroad Boy
4. Monday Mourning Meltdown
5. Gordon James
6. Any Open Window
7. Frozen Fear
8. Forevermore
9. Inside Outside Woman Blues #3
10. Scenes From A Troubled Mind
11. World Wake Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4282 in Music
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Buy a Thread
This is the first time I have left a review but I felt compelled to do so as it is so good. It not often in recent years, that I have enjoyed every track on a new Album.
Yes I am a fan of Southern Rock and anyone that likes that genre will not be disappointed. However it is much more than that. Or, if like me you feel that Southern Rock is a true melting pot of all forms of music, then here it is.
My favourite track at the moment is Railroad Boy and very old folk song given a whole new lease of life. It opens with a very African sounding guitar, moves into a traditional folk lament and then rocks up into a very Led Zep style tune.
Buy it and no that you are supporting a truly great band.

...back from the brink...
I still sometimes wake up in a cold sweat, aghast at the horror that was the Gov't Mule remix / thingymajig / dub album that "Mighty High". A record that was so wrong, I could have wept. So I was a wee bit wary when their new album landed on my doormat. Would it be a return to their glories, or another step towards redundancy? Well, with some minor qualms, I'm plumping for the former.

The opening track, 'Broke Down On The Brazos', is a thing of wonder. Texas funk fried Blues with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons popping in to add some greasy guitar licks. And things continue in fine fettle on tracks like 'Monday Mourning Meltdown' and 'Frozen Fear'. However, Warren Haynes seems keen to continue his quest for uninspired reggae rhythms which leech inappropriately into songs such as 'Steppin' Lightly'.

But new bass player Jorgen Carlsson seems to have slotted in seamlessly, and Haynes continues to demonstrate one of the best, if under appreciated, voices of the last two decades as he shines on tunes like the immense, Bluesy 'Railroad Boy'. Fans of his guitar picking also have plenty to salivate over, as the music ranges from Blues to classic rock to sixties psychedelia, with almost everything the band touching, turning to gold.

Minor quibbles aside, it's good to have them back.

A bit of a change of Mule
This new album(I've heard the pre-release) is a bit of a departure fom the last album. Warren Haynes has got to be one of the most hard working and talented musicians around. If you love Free, Humble Pie, Allmann Bros, Mountain, Crowes etc you'll love this. They've never released a poor album yet. Haynes has a fantastic voice and he plays a mean Gibson to boot!