Guest Book

As a New Yorker, a guy who supports keeping religion out of schools, and a pretty liberal type, I found the other bit not about Warren pretty unnecessary, too. Any particular reason you felt you just had go out and insult some people, Tom? Anyway, congrats to Terri, Warren and the band. And I did want to say that the Robert Randolph/Gov't Mule show on Thusday was really cool. The Family Band was much funkier than I expected (I was expecting something more like the Word, but was not disappointed). Warren jammed with them on a song that segued in and out of Purple Haze a couple of times, and that seemed to get him thoroughly warmed up. The Mule set began with Pygmy Twylye>Blind Man in the Dark, and then Bad Little Doggie>How Many More Years/Goin' Upstairs, which rocked everybody's socks. What a batch of covers, too: the Bee Gees, Chaka Khan, Creedence, Prince, and Frank Zappa (plus jams on Beatles and Grateful Dead songs). Heady stuff. I've said it before, but I really love George Porter, Jr. on bass with the Mule. And it was announced that the Mule has booked the Beacon for December 29, 30 and 31 of this year (maybe this is old news by now). Mighty cool, though. I had a great time, of course, and Emily and PeachNutt - each attending their first Mule shows - did as well.