wickedflea | (no subject)

I still enjoy Gov't Mule a lot (shaddup,

dangerpest), but they miss Woody a lot more than I'd realized. I'm listening to their 7/26/00 show -- recorded about a month before Woody died -- and it slays anything they've done with any of their stand-in bass players. That guy was a total badass -- like Cliff Burton, except he played with a pick and sounded even heavier. Woody could do the heaviest walking bass line imaginable. I wish I'd gotten to see him with the Mule. (Saw him once with the ABB in '94, but his role was a good bit more subdued there.)

Speaking of Gov't Mule, it turns out that they're going to have two guest bassists at the 10/11 Roseland show -- George Porter, Jr., from the Meters and Jason Newsted, formerly of Metallica. Should be interesting. I'll be happy as long as they don't play any post-Justice Metallica, but I'm throwing a brick at Newsted's ass if they bust out "Enter Sandman."