Gov’t Mule & Railroad Earth Collaborate In Ohio

Members of Gov’t Mule and Railroad Earth exchanged sit-ins during their sets Saturday at the Smoky Run Music Festival in Butler, Ohio. Mule multi-instrumentalist Danny Louis first joined RRE and then Tim Carbone, John Skehan and Matt Slocum came out during Gov’t Mule’s headlining set at Clear Fork Adventure Resort.

Louis added clavinet to Railroad Earth’s set-closing rendition of “Elko.” A few songs into Gov’t Mule’s set, frontman Warren-Haynes tapped Carbone to add fiddle and Skehan mandolin to “Patchwork Quilt.” Haynes recorded his 2015 solo album, Ashes & Dust with Railroad Earth and toured with the band in support of the record. Saturday’s collaborations continued as Slocum emerged to join Louis on keys for The Allman Brothers Band’s “Mountain Jam.”

The headliners closed out their performance with “Time To Confess” and “Mule” featuring “I’ve Been Working” played within. The Smoky Run Music Festival concludes today with a lineup featuring The Travelin’ McCourys, Larry Keel and more. Check out a couple of clips of “Mountain Jam” posted by Carla Orvis Hunt and the festival below:

Gov’t Mule Setlist (via Mule.net)

Set: Traveling Tune, Thorazine Shuffle (with Oye Como Va tease), Banks Of The Deep End, Revolution Come, Revolution Go, Patchwork Quilt (with Tim Carbone & John Skehan), Mountain Jam (with Tim Carbone, John Skehan & Matt Slocum), Time To Confess, Mule > I’ve Been Working > Mule

Encore: Soulshine

Railroad Earth Setlist (via RRE FB)

Set: Black Elk Speaks > Bird in a House, Bread and Water, Farewell to Isinglass > All That’s Dead May Live Again > Where Songs Begin > Fisherman’s Blues > Grandfather Mountain, RV, Elko*

Notes:

• *with Danny Louis of Gov’t Mule on clavinet
• This entire show featured Matt Slocum on keys and Mike Robinson on pedal steel, guitar, and banjo