'Woke up singing a dead man's song...' is the opening line from the Warren Haynes original and album title 'Heavy Load Blues'. On this album, Gov't Mule plays blues. Haynes is, of course, the leader of Gov't Mule, hailing from a Southern rock tradition of scruffy virtuosity. Gov't Mule is Warren's show and the blues is the informing foundation, personal and universal. Blues is a feeling. Something you know when you hear it. 'Heavy Load Blues' has Haynes originals and reinventions of songs by Bobby Bland, Junior Wells, Elmore James and Tom Waits, to name a few. Haynes makes these songs spring to a new life, while paying an homage to the music and culture of the music that has inspired him and his band. Presenting this Warren Haynes/Gov't Mule contribution to the art form with this American soul treasure.
