I have this on CD-R somewhere in a stack at the house. Woody was so good on all those 1990s acoustic sets with that fat driving base sound. It gave it substance (best example being Elizabeth Reed).

I remember reading here some years ago that it was an inexpensive acoustic bass he found somewhere that you hear (which is kind of ironic because Woody spent big $$$ on an extensive bass & guitar collection)

Always love this and all the acoustic stuff. You guys are bang on about Woody. Took those performances to a different level.

One of the highlights of that 1995 live release 2nd Set is Woody's solo on the acoustic Liz Reed. I had an opportunity to speak with Allen and Warren at a small club in Winston Salem, NC at an early Gov't Mule show in 1995 and Kirk West was with them as road manager and introduced the band.

West told me 2nd Set wasn't selling worth a s*** and the 1991 Decade of Hits just passed 2 million in sales and last years Where It All Beings sold over 500,000 making it the first Brothers new album to go gold since 1979 so it's a mystery 2nd Set is less than 100,000. Woody spoke up and said his solo on Liz Reed is the highlight of his playing so far with the Brothers so get me a copy and check it out. I told him I bought it the day it was released and his solo is killer. Woody then said he was using a cheap bass he had just picked up and who would have thought it would sound that good considering all the top dollar bases he has. But he said when they were fooling around Bud Snyder who was kinda the producer of that acoustic set they did in LA said to use that bass, it is dynamite. Woody said he was real skeptical but trusted Synder like Tommy Dowd so he used it and "wham-o".

I have that show on my ipod... All three were so good. Southbound was great! Swing it...

West told me 2nd Set wasn't selling worth a s***

I remember the surprise at seeing 2nd Set in a record store in 1995, I had no idea it was coming out. I never recall seeing any promotion for it.

I love a lot about 2nd Set, but one of the mistakes was song selection - 4 out of 8 songs were from Where It All Begins. I get that was a hot record for them in 1994, but the world really didn't need a live "Soulshine" or "No One to Run With", or even another live "You Don't Love Me". Even that acoustic "Liz Reed" had been floating around since it was previously released 3 years prior to 2nd Set. Jaimoe wasn't even on the "Jessica" that won a Grammy. Had they included more unique performances, it would have been a more memorable album. But I guess it was kind of a reflection of how that lineup was slowing down in 1995.

Yep...a little much of Where It All Begins album on 2nd Set. WIAB was mostly live in the studio anyhow. I was really hoping they'd have included the MTV Unplugged version of Seven Turns. would have given it some flavor/variety (and it's the definitive version).

That said, have to strongly disagree on You Don't Love Me. Amazing version. The drums plus Marc along with Dickey is just dancing & bouncing throughout the song. I love what they did with it and that lineup made their own. A Gregg has a deeper voice than the original which makes it more unique too. And glad they chose that one over One Way Our or Statesboro Blues.