_Photo: Dino Perrucci_

Gov’t Mule’s Island Exodus rolled on last night with the headliners performing two sets full of special guests on the island. To start, Anders Osborne joined the band early on in the first set for the CSNY cut “Almost Cut My Hair” and Jerry Garcia’s “Loser.” Saxophonist Ron Holloway and Sonny Landreth joined in for “Sco-Mule,” “32/30 Blues” and the closing take on Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”

Set two started with a “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” with Paul Nelson, who has sat in with the band throughout the week (same goes for all previous guests). Nelson also joined in on “Be Careful with a Fool.” The ensemble got a major overhaul for Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” as Nelson, Holloway, The London Souls and Papa Gros all joined the band, with Matt Abts and Jorgen Carlsson leaving the stage. Along with “Killing Floor,” the large cast also dug into Dylan’s “Highway 61.”

As order was restored on stage, Warren Haynes and Sonny Landreth offered up a duet of the old blues tune “Death Letter Blues.” As Gov’t Mule returned to the stage, they were joined by Paul Nelson and Landreth on “It’s My Own Fault” before Holloway joined the fray for the set-closing “Tore Down.”

Mule wasn’t quite done as the three-song encore once again featured guests as Holloway and The Better-Half Singers started things off with a take on “Bird on a Wire” before Landreth and Holloway aided Mule on The Stones’ “Ventilator Blues.” Holloway, Landreth and The Better-Half Singers helped close the show with a version of Dylan’s “Stay With Me.”

Here’s a look at the setlist as it appears in our Box Scores section:

Gov’t Mule
Gov’t Mule’s Island Exodus Negril, Jamaica

Set I:
I’m A Ram, Game Face (with Mountain Jam & Birdland teases), Banks Of The Deep End, Time To Confess, Almost Cut My Hair* > Loser*, Captured, Sco-Mule^, 32/20 Blues^, Dreams^

Set II: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl^^, Be Careful With A Fool^^, Killing Floor$, Highway 61$, Death Letter Blues$$, It’s My Own Fault%, Tore Down%%

Enc: Bird On A Wire&, Ventilator Blues^, Stay With Me&&

Notes:
*with Anders Osborne
^with Ron Holloway & Sonny Landreth
^^with Paul Nelson
$with Paul Nelson, Ron Holloway, Tash Neal, Chris St. Hilaire, Stu Mahan & Papa John Gros: without Matt Abts & Jorgen Carlsson
$$Warren Haynes & Sonny Landreth only
%with Paul Nelson & Sonny Landreth
%%with Paul Nelson, Ron Holloway & Sonny Landreth
&with Ron Holloway, Machan Taylor & Mini Carlsson (The Better-Half Singers)
&&with Ron Holloway, Sonny Landreth, Machan Taylor & Mini Carlsson (The Better-Half Singers)

Source: www.mule.net