Warren Haynes Discusses Gov’t Mule Contribution To Howard Stern Beatles Special

This Friday, October 7 the Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM satellite radio will premiere a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beatles album Revolver. The show enlisted 14 different acts to cover the 14 songs on the LP and will air the results on Howard 101.

Joe Bonamassa, The Milk Carton Kids, James Taylor, Cheap Trick, Grace Potter, O.A.R., Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Living Colour are just some of the acts who contributed to the Stern Show’s special on Revolver. Another band who laid down a Revolver cover was Gov’t Mule. The band’s front man Warren Haynes discussed the quartet’s version of “And Your Bird Can Sing” with HowardStern.com.

“We’re all obviously big Beatles fans. ‘Revolver’ in particular was among their many milestones in the way that it represents their changing from a pop band to a rock band. Subject matters were changing with their songwriting and they were on the forefront of what was changing with, not only music, but pop culture.

“Gov’t Mule has performed songs like ‘She Said She Said’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ in our live shows but had never offered up a take of ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ until this recording. We wanted to put our own slant on it and it came together rather quickly and turned out great. We’ve since added it to our live repertoire and really enjoy playing it.”

As we await the studio recording of Gov’t Mule’s “And Your Bird Can Sing,” watch the group’s live take on the song from their August visit to Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1giSu_D0Eh4

Howard Stern Show Tribute To The Beatles’ Revolver Tracklist

1. Joe Bonamassa – Taxman
2. Jewel – Eleanor Rigby
3. The Milk Carton Kids – I’m Only Sleeping
4. Rachael Yamagata – Love You To
5. James Taylor – Here, There and Everywhere
6. Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear – Yellow Submarine
7. Cheap Trick – She Said She Said
8. Grace Potter – Good Day Sunshine
9. Gov’t Mule – And Your Bird Can Sing
10. Grouplove – For No One
11. J Mascis – Doctor Robert
12. O.A.R. – I Want To Tell You
13. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Living Colour – Tomorrow Never Knows