ZZ Top Harnesses Gov’t Mule For September

ZZ Top welcomes Gov’t Mule on select dates in September. You’ll find the little ol’ band from Texas and Warren Hayne’s musical beast of burden in locales along the East Coast and on gigs in Illinois and Missouri.

Photo: Steve Jennings

Wells Fargo Center For The Arts, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Gov’t Mule is the latest act set to travel with Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill. ZZ Top will do a series of shows with Gregg Allman beginning in August and running through Octrober. June through July has the band in Europe playing headlining dates as well as a few festival gigs, such as Switzerland’s Montreaux Jazz Fest, Germany’s Tollwood, and Finland’s Rockin’ Bastion.

Gov’t Mule has added a ZZ Top tune to the band’s catalog. Due Aug. 5, the Tel-Star Sessions features Gov’t Mule’s earliest demos, including a 1994 recording of ZZ Top’s “Just Got Paid.” Plus, Billy Gibbons appeared on Gov’t Mule’s 2009 album, By A Thread.

Photo: Joshua Timmermans

Mountain Jam Festival, Hunter Mountain, Hunter, N.Y.

“ZZ Top and the Mule are cut from the same dyed-in-the-blues cloth,” Billy Gibbons said. “I’ve long admired the band and Warren Haynes’ guitar work. He has a certain grit to everything he does. We’re gonna have a fine time.”

Here are your ZZ Top dates with Gov’t Mule:

Sept. 9 – Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sept. 11 – Bethlehem, Pa., Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Sept. 13 – Baltimore, Md., Pier Six Pavilion
Sept. 14 – Cary, N.C., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Sept. 15 – Fredericksburg, Va., Marks & Harrison Amphitheater
Sept. 17 – Rosemont, Ill., Rosemont Theatre
Sept. 18 – Maryland Heights, Mo., Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 20 – Kansas City, Mo., Starlight Theatre

Presales begin this week and general onsales start May 20. Go to ZZTop.com for more details.