Gov't Mule

The good ol' boys in Gov't Mule still crank up the southern-steeped boogie rock like it was 1972. Not that this roots-ripping rocker is a total throwback to the Allmans -- the more poignant lyrics do celebrate the here and now -- but it's just good to know that there's still a band keeping the bellbottom blues alive and kicking.

Warren Haynes, rock's most valuable player, must have to check his calendar to figure out
which band he's in on any given day. If it's Tuesday, it must be the Dead or the Allman
Brothers Band (or both). That's both remarkable and -- from the enervated sounds of Deja
Voodoo -- a little problematic. Voodoo is slow-burning Southern bar-band music with an
angry, haunted edge. There are just two up-tempo rockers -- "Slackjaw Jezebel"... More >