Gov't Mule / moe. October 21, 2005

GOV'T MULE and MOE. TO CO-HEADLINE WEST COAST TOUR DATES

New York, NY -- Gov't Mule and moe. have announced an October West Coast tour. Several multiple-night appearances have been scheduled. The bands will alternate the headlining position each night. A complete list of tour dates are below.

moe. and Gov't Mule have a long history of great collaboration, most recently as a co-bill at Red Rocks on July 1st of this year. The closer was determined by a coin toss on Sirius Radio's Jam On program, and the show was hit. As both bands had plans to tour the West Coast this fall, touring together seemed like a natural fit.

"We first worked together on the Summer Session Tour in 1999. We hit it off immediately, both personally & musically. We've jammed together numerous times in numerous settings, always with good results," says Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes.

"I think that the west coast is long overdue for a tour like this" wryly adds moe.'s Rob Derhak. "Audiences can expect to experience Jamming Rock-n-Roll the like of which has never been seen or heard before. It's the Audio equivalent of retro fitting a "66" microbus with a Rochester Big Block and jumping Snake River Canyon. I can't freakin' wait."

Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1991, moe.'s tours have taken them from Woodstock '99, to New York's Central Park and to Japan. As one of the finest groups in the jamband movement, moe. is also critically acclaimed for its songwriting and studio work; the group's 2001 studio album, "Dither," was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone. moe. has released 10 recordings in the last 14 years: Their latest album, "Wormwood," finds moe. at the top of their game - receiving four stars by Blender Magazine. moe.'s Tsunami Benefit concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on February 10, 2005, raised $150,000 for Tsunami survivors. The bands annual Labor Day Weekend event, moe.down, draws fans from all over the world. Past performers include The Flaming Lips, Ani DiFranco, They Might Be Giants. This year, The Sixth Annual moe.down line up includes The Violent Femmes, North Mississippi Allstars, Keller Williams and many more.

Formed in 1994, then-Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody, with drummer Matt Abts, brought the power trio structure back to rock - and Gov�t Mule was born. The thunderous threesome had released four studio and numerous live CDs by 2000, when tragedy struck. Woody passed away on August 26, 2000. Tributes to Woody followed; two volumes of "The Deep End" series, featuring many of the world's greatest bass players, including: John Entwistle, Chris Squire and Larry Graham, and a live concert DVD, "The Deepest End". A track off "The Deep End Vol 1.," �Sco-Mule,� was nominated for a Grammy in February 2003. Haynes and Abts carried on, adding new members keyboardist Danny Louis and bassist Andy Hess. In 2004, Gov't Mule played their 1,000 show and released the first studio recording as a quartet, "D�j� Voodoo." 2005 brought the "Mo' Voodoo" EP, and the band's first two tours to Europe.

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