Gov't Mule

Irving Plaza, NYC

03-07-2000

Life Before Insanity Release Party

Source: AKG C1000s>Sony PCM-M1

Transfer: Fostex D5>HHB 830>CDR>EAC>SHN

Taped by : Barbara Doughty

Seeded by: JBGoode

Disc 1 Set 1

1. Wandering Child

2. Life Before Insanity

3. Bad Little Doggie (3)>

4. Lay Your Burden Down (1)

5. Fallen Down (1)

6. World Gone Wild (2)

7. Tastes Like Wine

8. I Think You Know What I Mean (4)

9. Far Away (2)

10. No Need To Suffer,

Disc 2:

1. In My Life (5)+

Set 2:

2. Never In My Life (6),

3. Stormy Monday (6),

4. Mississippi Queen (6),

5. 32-20 Blues (7),

6. Smokestack Lightning (8),

7. Soulshine (9)

Encore:

8. Mule (4)

Setlist Notes:

(1) w/Johnny Neel on keyboards & back-up vocals

(2) w/Johnny on keyboards

(3) w/Johnny on keyboards, back-up vocals & harmonica

(4) w/Johnny on keyboards & harmonica

(5) acoustic

(6) w/Leslie West on guitar and vocals, Johnny on keyboards

(7) w/Derek Trucks on guitar & Danny Louis on keyboards

(8) w/Derek on guitar, Danny on keyboards & Johnny on harmonica

(9) w/Derek on guitar, Johnny on keyboards & vocals

+ first time played

Known Flaws: D1T05 @ 4:53 1-2 sec. of digi-noise

D2T08 dropout before Encore

D1T5 3:50 Left Static

D2T2 static

D2T5 static @ 7:00 left

This show gets my vote for the best Kirk West intro