Jam band Gov't Mule will play at the 713 Music Hall on Friday, October 28.For many years, James Brown was called “The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business.” These days, that title might go to guitarist Warren Haynes.
“So I went down the blues path for a while,” he continues. “But I also love folk music and singer-songwriter music. I would go through these phases where I was immersed in something for a long period of time. It all kind of stuck with me, and I think it all adds up to what I do onstage and in recording. I just really love the opportunity to express myself in different ways.”
Haynes has jammed with so many musicians during the course of his career that he has some definite ideas regarding the ingredients for a successful musical collaboration. “Well, it’s a yin / yang sort of thing, where one balances out the other,” he explains. “When two or three or four or however many people come together in a musical sense, it’s not something that can be forced, and if it happens organically, it’s a beautiful thing.