Mighty High
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Mighty High is an album released by Gov't Mule
on October 16, 2007. Mighty High features reggae
and dub
versions of classic Mule covers and originals with special guest appearances by reggae legends Michael Franti
, Toots Hibbert
, and Willi Williams
. Most tracks on Mighty High were recorded in the studio but a few of the songs are remixed dubstyle from live recordings at the Beacon Theatre, Bonnaroo, and Mountain Jam.
Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a Southern rock jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody.The band released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
on October 16, 2007. Mighty High features reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
versions of classic Mule covers and originals with special guest appearances by reggae legends Michael Franti
Michael Franti
Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock...
, Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert is a ska and roots reggae singer and leader of the reggae band Toots & the Maytals.-Biography:...
, and Willi Williams
Willi Williams
Willi Williams is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer. He is known as the "Armagideon Man" after his hit, "Armagideon Time", first recorded in 1978 at Studio One in Kingston. The song was covered by The Clash as the flipside of their "London Calling" single.-Biography:Williams was born...
. Most tracks on Mighty High were recorded in the studio but a few of the songs are remixed dubstyle from live recordings at the Beacon Theatre, Bonnaroo, and Mountain Jam.
Track listing
- "I'm a Ram" (original mix)
- "Rebel with a Cause" (feat. Willi Williams)
- "Horseflies"
- "The Shape I'm In" (original unedited mix)
- "Play with Fire" (feat. Michael Franti)
- "Hard to Handle" (feat. Toots Hibbert)
- "Hard to Dubya"
- "Unblow Your Horn"
- "Unthrow That Spear" (feat. Michael Franti)
- "So Ram, So Strong"
- "Outta Shape"
- "Reblow Your Mind"
- "Plasticine Era" (feat. Willi Williams)
Personnel
- Warren HaynesWarren HaynesWarren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...
- guitar, vocals, production - Matt AbtsMatt AbtsMatt Abts is a Grammy Award-nominated American drummer best known as a member of the band Gov't Mule.-Biography:Abts started playing music while attending high school in Panama before relocating to Virginia where he spent the next eight years playing music regionally in vast number of local bands...
- drums, percussion - Danny Louis - keyboards, guitar, background vocals
- Andy Hess - bass
- Gordie JohnsonGordie JohnsonGordie Johnson is a Canadian musician, best known as the front man for the reggae-rock band Big Sugar, and later southern rock band Grady.-Biography:...
- production, mixing, guitar