AMG Review of Live at Roseland Ballroom [Bonus Track]

Michael B. Smith
All Music Guide

The consummate power trio of the '90s, Gov't Mule drew on influences from Mountain and Cream to the Jimi Hendrix Experience. This, the band's second album, was recorded live in concert with no overdubs, and it rocks hard. Warren Haynes and Allen Woody pull their experiences from several years with the Allman Brothers Band into the mix and turn out one impressive record. Highlights include the rock radio track "Mule" and "Kind of Bird," co-written by Dickey Betts of the Allmans, a song that was still in the Allmans' set list at the end of the '90s. [The 2007 edition includes a live version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" as a bonus.]