Ben Ellman Of Galactic Guests With Gov’t Mule In Raleigh

Rock quartet Gov’t Mule continued their Summer Tour on Thursday night at the Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, North Carolina. New Orleans funk act Galactic played a set to open the evening and the band’s Ben Ellman sat-in at various points during Gov’t Mule’s performance.

Gov’t Mule played one long set on Thursday. After opening with “Bad Little Doggie” and “Mr. High & Mighty,” Ellman emerged to add sax to a “Lay Your Burden Down” > “Smokestack Lightning” > “Lay Your Burden Down” sequence. Up next was a segment of Pink Floyd covers: “One Of These Days” > “Fearless.” The band’s new album, Revolution Come…Revolution Go was then represented by “Stone Cold Rage” and the title track.

Thursday’s set rolled on with a cover of Billy Cobham’s “Stratus” followed by “Fool’s Moon,” “Million Miles From Yesterday” and “Slackjaw Jezebel.” From there, Mule played a “Trane” featuring teases of “Norweigan Wood,” “Les Brers” and “Third Stone From The Sun” that they segued into “Eternity’s Breath” and a jam on the Grateful Dead’s “St. Stephen” before finishing “Trane.” Warren Haynes & Co. ended the set with “No Need To Suffer” and an “I’m A Ram” with “Unblow Your Horn” within.

Ben Ellman returned as part of the evening’s “Fallen Down” > “The Other One” jam encore. The tour continues to night at Volvo Car Stadium in Daniel Island, South Carolina.