The consummate power trio of the '90s,
Gov't Mule drew on influences from
Mountain and
Cream to the Jimi Hendrix Experience. This, the band's second album, was recorded live in concert with no overdubs, and it rocks hard.
Warren Haynes and
Allen Woody pull their experiences from several years with
the Allman Brothers Band into the mix and turn out one impressive record. Highlights include the rock radio track "Mule" and "Kind of Bird," co-written by
Dickey Betts of
the Allmans, a song that was still in
the Allmans' set list at the end of the '90s. [The 2007 edition includes a live version of
Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" as a bonus.] ~ Michael B. Smith