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The Rooftop at Pier 17

89 South Street, 10038, New York (NYC), NY, US

Capacity: 3,400

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Doors open: 19:00

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Gov't Mule biography

Gov’t Mule (formed in 1994) is an American Southern rock and blues group, and originally the side project of guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody of The Allman Brothers Band.

During breaks in the Allman Brothers Band’s touring and recording schedules, Warren Haynes and Allen Woody of the band, and Matt Abts of Dickey Betts, formed Gov’t Mule. Aiming to combine to be a psychedelic power trio of a similar ilk to The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, Haynes on guitar and vocals, Woody on bass and Abts on drums, Gov’t Mule released their self-titled debut in 1995.

The album was produced by Michael Barbiero and was followed by the live album “Live from Roseland Ballroom”, which highlights the band’s keen improvisation and jam style of performing. The follow-up studio album “Dose” released in 1998 was also produced by Barbiero, and exposed a number of the band’s influences including Neil Young, Traffic and Pearl Jam. The release was also followed by the first of two concert albums entitled “Live… with a Little Help from Our Friends”.

Following the release of their third album “Life Before Insanity” (2000), Allen Woody was found dead in New York City, U.S. The band went on a tribute tour titled “Smile at Half Mast Tour” alongside Ben Harper and released two tribute albums “Deep End, Volume 1” and “Deep End, Volume 2” using Woody’s favourite bass players, including Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers and John Entwistle of The Who.

Gov’t Mule’s first studio album since Woody’s death “Déjà Voodoo” featured Woody’s replacement Andy Hess and keyboardist Danny Louis, and despite the loss of the power trio, it was seen as Haynes’ best vocal performance. On top of their album releases Gov’t Mule were a regular on many North American festivals including Bonnaroo, Wakarusa and New Orleans Jazzfest, with Haynes playing a number of solo shows in his Warren Haynes Band.

The band has continued to release studio albums every few years including 2006’s “High & Mighty” which reached No. 3 in the Billboard Indie chart, 2009’s “By a Thread” and 2013’s “Shout!”, which has been their highest charting album reaching No. 32 in the Billboard 200, and features a bonus disc with guest vocalists including Toots Hibbert and Elvis Costello.

Ziggy Marley biography

Ziggy Marley (born 17 January 1968) aka David Nesta Marley is a reggae artist from Kingston, Jamaica- the eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley and part of a musical legacy.

Following in his famous father's footsteps, Ziggy made his recording debut alongside his siblings on Bob Marley's track "Children Playing in the Streets”. From an early age Ziggy had developed an interest in music as his father showed him the ropes and taught him the drums and guitars as he sat in mesmerised by studio sessions of The Wailers.

In 1979 along with his siblings Ziggy formed the Melody Makers who signed to EMI with Ziggy on lead vocals. They released their debut album "Play the Game" in 1985, produced by their mother which leaned towards a much poppier sound. After the lack of sales from their second release “Hey World” in 1986, the label wanted to market Ziggy as a solo artist but standing firm in belief they parted ways with EMI, moving to Virgin Records where they came to be known as Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.

With the new label on board the band released the album “Conscious Party” in 1988 which was a commercial success, making its way into the Top 40 US charts featuring the iconic track “Tomorrow People”. In 1989 the album received a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.

As the nineties held little success for the band, Ziggy’s political voice became more apparent as he began working more with the United Nations after being recognised as their Goodwill Youth Ambassador. In 2002 alongside his brothers Ziggy started up Ghetto Youths Crew record label with the premise of helping under privileged youths in their daily struggle to survive.

Ziggy released his first solo album “Dragonfly” in 2003 which featured Flea and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chilli Peppers on the track “Rainbow in the Sky” and reached number three in Billboard’s top reggae albums. His second release “Love Is My Religion” in 2006 through his father’s label Tuff Gong Worldwide continued the success of his previous album and earned him another Grammy in 2007 for Best Reggae Album. It was the title track which saw Ziggy reach unprecedented heights as he blossomed into a worldwide star with his music the hitting airwaves.

Continuing his father’s namesake, Ziggy has continued building on the Marley legacy divulging into children’s author, philanthropist and musician.

Live reviews

Gov’t Mule, what a wild band name. They are often colloquially referred to as The Mule. This Southern rock band who hail of course from the Southern States, bring their vibe to this huge room full of punters this evening. Everyone is ready for a second set, which is still well over, and hour. They have an impressive back catalogue of music having been together as a band for a good twenty years now. There are songs such as “Forsaken Saviour” which has a pretty catchy hook in the chorus. I think it could maybe use a bit of harmony to really fill out the sound. “Drums” is the penultimate song that really gets this audience in a good place before launching in to the last song “Broke Down On the Brazos”, which turns into a bit of a jam altogether, each of the group taking solos here and there, and then breaking it down for singer Warren Haynes to thank this fantastic audience, they burst right back into the song at the chorus and jam it out right until the end.

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Ziggy Marley puts his incredible mark on the legacy that was started by his father Bob Marley. Ziggy is the eldest son, and has been releasing reggae and Jamaican infused soul for the past decade.
When you see Ziggy live, you understand immediately where he comes from, and how he's managed to amass a large following in a relatively short time. As far as reggae goes, Ziggy plays the style in the familiar modern style, with Caribbean sounds and feel. There is political, romantic, and cultural references abound in the songs, which are incredibly smooth and catchy.Ziggy Marley plays for bigger crowds in recent years.
I saw him open up for 311 back in 2011 in St. Louis. For an opening act, he really blew me away -- as well as the rest of the crowd -- with an incredible performance full of passion and professionalism. He had a large band, including backup singers off to the side of the stage, which added to the feel of the show. He played songs spanning his entire studio collection, but I'd say the show peaked during "Melancholy Mood" and "Changes."
The show is full of color and rasta attitude; I can't wait to see him perform again.

Anonymous

Monday 19th December. The Borderline. Yola Carter. In one of the last gigs at The Borderline before its refurb in the new year it’s the fabulous Yola Carter once of Phantom Limb now solo cutting a new path in the country soul scene. Hitting a lot of the ‘one to watch’ lists for 2017 we jump on board at the first stop.

It’s refreshing to see the artist hit the stage at the allotted time and despite her nursing a cold we are overwhelmed by the force of that voice from song one. Self-medicating on water and beer, if she’s not at 100% it’s not showing tonight.

She hops, skips and jumps through her only recorded release to date the EP ‘Orphan Offering’ joined on stage variously by her backing band and guest vocalists Danni Nichols and Emily Barker. Highlights for me are the excellent ‘Fly Away’ and the new song about her mother’s death ‘Free to Roam’.

After the usual charade of leaving the stage before the encore, Carter reappears with the excellent Emily Barker for a great version of the Band’s ‘The Weight’. I am not familiar with Barker but her higher range perfectly complements Carter and I would have welcomed a lot more of them together.

It’s a small but enthusiastic crowd and I’m sure that once the word gets out the crowd and the venues will get bigger. Carter is such a talent and her voice in the lower range grabs you from your toes and envelopes your whole body as she goes through her vocal gears. If this is what it is like with a cold then stand well back when she unleashes the full force of that voice when fully fit.

It’s been a hellava ride this year with this being my 52nd gig (many thanks to the most understanding wife in the world) and considering what has happened in the world in the past twelve months it’s a fine way to send off 2016. This year has only cemented my passion for live music and 2017 is already shaping up nicely.

One final word for The Borderline and its makeover. Don't change too much, lose the velvet curtain so we can see the iconic sign on the wall again and please, please make the men’s toilets bigger and drier!

Keep on rocking into 2017 y’all.

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