Gov't Mule Gallery Spotlight: Nashville, TN - Jan. 28, 2010

Roots-rockers Gov't Mule like to take a quality-vresus-quantity approach to making albums, and it seems to be paying off. Last July's "By a Thread"--the group's first studio set in three years--reached No. 9 on the The Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.

Recorded at Willie Nelson 's Pedernales Studios near Austin, TX, "By a Thread" might surprise some followers of The Allman Brothers Band off-shoot. "This record feels like we're moving between the future and the past," Gov't Mule frontman Warren Haynes said in a recent statement. "We're breaking new ground without forgetting our roots."

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Fans can catch Gov't Mule live during the current leg of their US tour through the end of February. This weekend’s shows include tonight (1/29) at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati, OH, and Saturday (1/30) at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, MI.

LiveDaily photographer Samantha Shrader attended their show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last night (1/28), and here are some of the highlights.

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