Black (Pearl Jam original) by Gov't Mule 12/31/08, Temple of the Mule, Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC

[egidrum]

How deep is Warren's soul?

[SLAYERMETALLICA357]

@egidrum I'd say it's deeper than Pamela Andersons vagina... so it's pretty deep.

[TheBever64]

devine intervention. omg.

[SlyHobbit]

face melter@3:56



[vansong1]

Warren always performs songs whether his own or someone else's with passion and honor! or you could simply call him a "Guitar Gentleman" .

[1313FLYROD]

IF WARREN DOESNT RESPECT APPRECIATE AND AD HIS OWN LITTLE SOMETHING TO EVERY COVER HE DOES HELL AINT A BAD PLACE TO BE I THINK MOST OF US KNOW AND FEEL DIFFERENTLY GODBLESS WARREN & MATT LONG LIVE MULE

[JustLovingLifeDude]

just discovered these guys....a hidden jewel with this crazy super musical talent. Wow

[MountainJammn]

The best part is Danny at the end just not wanting to let the song end.

[nickthestripper28]

I envy the American audience the possibility of watching such a great band perform live. Here, in Eastern Europe, there is no tradition of bands like this, jamming, rocking, grooving, doing covers of the greats from Coltrane, Young and Pink Floyd to Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. I'm also impressed with Warren Haynes as a person. Such a decent, modest, open-minded guy and one of the most versatile musicians alive.

[aemerson0425]

@nickthestripper28...well said man

[madmalik13]

For me, the ideal would be Mule's music with eddie's voice for this song. If you could combine the two this would be fucking crazy amazing. As it is, both this and the originial are still outstanding though. 

[asaum3]

This is incredible man. Warren is the best. Hope I can make it to Hookahville to catch these guys again. So good..so good...

[manofthehour114]

I never thought I'd see a version of Black that came close at all to being as great as Vedder's. This is amazing.

[check2theline]

What is it with this guy? He makes every song by everyone his own. I don't even want to hear the original anymore'

[MountainJammn]

It's funny, isn't it? I don't even like listening to Zepp anymore because every Zepp song that Mule does blows away the original.

[MWINEKNOW1]

@MountainJammn

check out the achilles from new years if you werent there.....i watched some videos of zep doin it and it wasnt even close....fucking warren...incredible

[niconude]

@check2theline

Its a good version, but no one can sing this long like eddie can. Especially back in the their heydays.

One of my favourites is this one from Berlin in 2006. /watch?v=mptSle_PgFY

Great touch towards the end where eddie adds some words.

The best version of this song is probably from their mtv unplugged show though.

[SlyHobbit]

@check2theline

I know man Im the same way with damn near every GM cover I've seen. I've always been pretty hard-core about bands not covering good songs unless they could do it AT LEAST as good as the original.....every time I hear these guys crank one out it has that special touch, that special mule kick to the face that only they have.

[JKryanX]

pete thorn is the shit!!! i mean he is sick!!!

[stuco]

I was there, great show.

[vedderfan]

"sick" = great

are you 75 yrd ols mule?

[mindmusic90]

this was sick

[budz73]

It's U.S. slang for great. Thanks for assuming right away that it meant something bad, now go eat some Fish N'Chips and have a cigarette...I mean "Fag" whatever that means.

[moedude420]

yeah go suck a fag