
Memorial Park with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue tonight. Gov’t Mule co-headlines Rochester’s MLK Jr. A nicely extended “Soulshine” was the evening’s encore. The inspired “Brown Sugar” segment was followed by High & Mighty’s “So Weak, So Strong” and Revolution Come…Revolution Go’s “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground.” Last night’s second set ended “I’m A Ram” by Al Green. Friday marked the Mule debut of the ZZ Top cover and the group’s fifth live version of the Stones cover. As previously mentioned, last night’s concert featured both acts’ “Brown Sugar.” Billy Gibbons wrote ZZ Top’s “Brown Sugar” for inclusion on their debut album, 1971’s ZZ Top’s First Album while The Rolling Stone originally released the Mick Jagger/Keith Richards-credited “Brown Sugar” on Sticky Fingers that same year. Gov’t Mule have been honoring The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who each recently passed away, by covering at least one song by each band at every show they’ve played so far this summer. The debut of a jam dubbed “Green Grass & High Tides” came within “Lay Your Burden Down.” Another well-played song sandwich followed as Gov’t Mule worked Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” into their own “Endless Parade.” Man,” Gov’t Mule dug in on live staple “Lay Your Burden Down.” Haynes urged the crowd to singalong and the audience accepted the assignment. The four-piece went back to Revolution Come…Revolution Go to end the set by pairing the emotional ballad “Dreams & Songs” and hard-hitting “Stone Cold Rage.”Īfter kicking off Friday’s second set with “Mr. ZZ Top's early sound was rooted in blues but eventually grew to exhibit contemporary influences.

Formed in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar and vocals), Dusty Hill (bass and vocals), and Frank Beard (percussion). Next came the improvisational highlight of the night as Gov’t Mule performed an 18-minute “Kind Of Bird” featuring elements of The Allman Brothers Band’s “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed.” Warren Haynes co-wrote “Kind Of Bird” with Dickey Betts for the ABB’s 1991 album Shades Of Two Worlds. Brown Sugar Listen online ZZ Top ZZ Top FAVORITE (5 fans) ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band from Houston, Texas. High & Mighty” and “Unring The Bell,” with a take on Memphis Slim’s “Mother Earth” played between the two.

The band then turned to the previous LP, High & Mighty, for “Mr. Mule opened last night’s first set with “Traveling Tune” from their latest studio album, 2017’s Revolution Come…Revolution Go. Warren Haynes and company performed both ZZ Top’s “Brown Sugar” and The Rolling Stones beloved classic with the same name during the second set at Freeman Arts Pavilion.

Gov’t Mule tour resumed on Friday in Shelbyville, Delaware, where the quartet treated fans to a double dose of “Brown Sugar” covers.
