Govt Mule 1998-02-27 Dose Release Party.shn 🆓

The first set was a complete showcase of the new album. The band tore through Dose track-by-track, featuring:

: A run starting with " Blind Man in the Dark " and the bass-heavy fan favorite " Thorazine Shuffle ".

, then a rising teenage guitar prodigy, sat in for Taj Mahal’s " She Caught the Katy ". Govt Mule 1998-02-27 Dose Release Party.shn

While the first set focused on the new record, the second set turned into a massive jam session featuring high-profile guests from the Southern rock and jam scene:

: A massive 10-minute rendition of The Beatles’ " She Said, She Said " that spiraled into a "Tomorrow Never Knows" jam. A Star-Studded Second Set The first set was a complete showcase of the new album

: Instrumentals like " Thelonius Beck " (honoring Thelonious Monk and Jeff Beck) and " Birth of the Mule " (a nod to Miles Davis).

The ".shn" (Shorten) file format is a relic of early high-fidelity digital trading, once common on sites like etree.org before FLAC became the standard. This specific recording is prized by collectors because it captures the raw, peak-era chemistry of the original trio—particularly the late , whose thunderous bass defined the Dose era. While the first set focused on the new

Coming just three days after the album’s official release on February 24, 1998, this show captured the original powerhouse trio——at a pivotal moment as they introduced a darker, more experimental sound to their fanbase. The Setting: Atlanta’s Roxy Theatre