Wow, what an awesome package for any mule fan. Taken from the all star concert held on May 3rd, 2003 in New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre, The Deepest End includes two CD’s and a DVD, all in one package, and not a slow spot in the set. Combined time between the CD’s and the DVD is 6 hours, 4 minutes. Like I said before, wow.
The closing chapter to what has been a two year tribute to the memory of the Mule’s founding bassist, Allen Woody, “The Deepest End” features an “A” list of guest jammers, including bass players from Jack Casady to Deep Purple’s Roger Glover, from Ozzy sideman Jason Newsted to Flecktone Victor Vooten and the wickedly funky Primus thumper, Les Claypool.
And it doesn’t even begin to end with the bass - guest players also include horn man Karl Denson, Bela Fleck, Ivan Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and many more.
Now, don’t think the DVD and the CD’s feature the same songs. Very few performances appear on both the CD and the DVD.
DVD highlights include - well, the entire DVD, how about that? Some of the coolest moments include= Karl Denson adding a wailing tenor sax to “Blind Man In The Dark;” “Lay Of The Sunflower,” with Rob Wasserman on bass, Danny Louis on keys, and Bela Fleck on banjo. “John The Revelator” with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; “Beautifully Broken” one of several tunes to feature the hard working Meter’s bassist. George Porter, Jr. (to see just how hard working Porter is, view the bonus behind the scenes video)’ a bang up of Deep Purple’s “Maybe I’m A Leo,” with Roger Glover on bass; Jack Casady re-creating the bass line he laid down on the Hendrix “Electric Ladyland” LP, “Voodoo Chile;” Los Lobos cats David Hidalgo and Conrad
Lozano with the Mule doing it up on the Creme classic, “Politician.” Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” and “War Pigs, “back to back.” Les Claypool on “Greasy Granny’s Gopher Gravy;” a totally unplanned Warren solo rendition of The Eagles “Wasted Time;” and the show stopping 3-bass player version of “Thorazine Shuffle.”
See why I used the word “wow?”
Audio highlights run rampant as well.
“Game Face;” “Patchwork Quilt,” with Bela and Victor; yet another Deep Purple (originally Freddie King) tune, “Goin’Down” with Roger Glover; “and “Soulshine” with Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools.
Wow. A massive, ass kicking mule if ever there was one. Woody has just got to be grinning his ass off.