Gov’t Mule Debuts ‘Burning Point’ & Welcomes Tony Coleman In Portland

Gov’t Mule continued a tour of the West Coast with a show Tuesday night at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The band offered the live debut of an original song on their just-released studio album and welcomed special guest drummer Tony Coleman to sit-in on a song as well.

Frontman Warren Haynes opened the show with “Mr. Man” followed by a cover of Muddy Waters’ “Streamline Woman.” The third offering of the set was the debut of “Burning Point,” a song Mule recorded with guitarist Jimmy Vaughan on their recently issued studio album Revolution Come … Revolution Go. Later in the set drummer Matt Abts stepped aside for Coleman, a renowned blues musician known for his tenure with B.B. King and others, to join Mule on the blues staple “Need Your Love So Bad.” Mule concluded the set with “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground” from the new LP and the favorite “Soulshine.”

The second set opened with “Wandering Child” and was filled out with a cover of The Beatles “I’ve Just Seen A Face,” as well as “Pressure Under Fire” coupled with “Thelonious Black” and a “Painted Silver Light” > “Drums” > “Raven Black Night” sequence. The set wrapped with “Thorazine Shuffle” and the encore was the Revolution Come … Revolution Go single “Stone Cold Rage.”

Mule continues their tour tomorrow at Century Center in Bend, Oregon.

[Streamline Woman | Captured by Johnnie Furthur]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69tZouueEA

Setlist

Set One: Mr. Man, Streamline Woman, Burning Point (Concert Debut), Rocking Horse, Which Way Do We Run, Lively Up Yourself, Need Your Love So Bad (with Tony Coleman, without Matt Abts), Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground, Soulshine

Set Two: Wandering Child, Don’t Step On The Grass, Sam, I’ve Just Seen A Face, Pressure Under Fire > Thelonius Beck, Child Of The Earth, Painted Silver Light > Drums > Raven Black Night, Thorazine Shuffle

Encore: Stone Cold Rage