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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Gov’t Mule Releases Fan-Made Music Video For Single “Funny Little Tragedy” Ft. Elvis Costello
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Critically Acclaimed Star-Studded Double-Disc Album ‘<i>Shout!’</i> Out Now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Gov’t Mule</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">L-R: Matt Abts, Danny Louis, Warren Haynes, Jorgen Carlsson
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Photo Credit: Anna Webber<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">*To download high-res album cover and publicity photo, please
</span><a href="http://emimusicpublicity.net/artist.php?artistid=419&projectid=710"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">click here</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i>“…</i></b><i><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">a sprawling double-album assault…” –
<b>ROLLING STONE</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>“ [Shout! is] packed with some of the most powerful songs the band has ever recorded…”<b> – BILLBOARD<o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>October 28, 2013 – New York, NY -</i><b> Gov’t Mule </b>has released their fan-made music video for<b> “Funny Little Tragedy” featuring Elvis Costello.</b>
<a href="http://vevo.ly/Nqdqlv"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch or embed the stop-motion clip which recently
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/govt-mule-raids-fruit-bowl-in-funny-little-tragedy-premiere-20131025#ixzz2ikc6K1sI">
<span style="color:#003399">premiered</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span>
on<b> RollingStone.com. </b>It will cause you to never look at fruit the same way again.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The video’s creator Ryan Louie was chosen as the winner of the
<b>Genero.tv contest</b>, which put out a call to action in partnership with <b>Gov’t Mule</b> several months ago for fans to create their own video for the song.
</span><b> </b>Fans could choose to make a video for either version of<b> “Funny Little Tragedy”
</b>– the Mule-only song sung by Warren Haynes, or the version featuring the incredible Elvis Costello.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span">Gov't Mule's <b>Warren Haynes</b> commented: "We opened this up to fans to see what kind of creative treatments folks would come up with for this song, and got some amazing submissions - and this one is truly
something original."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span">For more on <b>“Funny Little Tragedy,”</b> head over to
<b>Yahoo Music</b> (</span><b><a href="http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/gov-t-mule-warren-haynes-discusses-elvis-costello-155526301.html">PRESS HERE</a></b><span class="apple-style-span">) to hear Warren speak about how the song came to be and
how <b>Elvis Costello</b> helped to spark the idea to include a bonus disc of guest vocalists with
</span><b>Gov’t Mule</b>’s new album <b><i>Shout!.</i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The critically acclaimed star-studded double disc album <b><i>Shout!</i></b> is out now on
<b>Blue Note Records</b>, featuring 11 new songs plus a bonus disc <span class="apple-style-span">
<span style="color:black">with a world class lineup of vocalists re-interpreting The Mule’s new songs.
</span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black">Special guests on the album are:
</span></span><b>Elvis Costello</b>, <b>Dr. John</b>, <b>Ben Harper</b>, <b>Toots Hibbert, Glenn Hughes,</b>
<b>Jim James,</b> <b>Myles Kennedy</b>, <b>Dave Matthews</b>, <b>Grace Potter, Vintage Trouble’s Ty Taylor
</b>and <b>Steve Winwood</b>. <a href="http://teamcoco.com/video/gov-t-mule-09-11-13">
PRESS HERE</a> to watch the band perform <b>“Funny Little Tragedy” </b>on<b> Conan.
</b>The band is currently playing to packed venues across the country on their Fall tour. The Mule will continue their annual tradition with
<b>two special Halloween themed shows</b> on <b>October 30<sup>th</sup> at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
</b>and <b>October 31<sup>st</sup> at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.</b> <b>Robby Krieger of The Doors will be sitting in with the band
</b>for these shows.<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0D0D0D">Gov’t Mule Tour Dates: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">10/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre (Robby Krieger of The Doors sitting in)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/31 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater (Robby Krieger of The Doors sitting in)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/1 Las Vegas @ House of Blues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/2 Tahoe, CA @ Harrah’s Tahoe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/4 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/5 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/7 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/8 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/9 Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11/10 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">12/27 Philadelphia, PA @ The Tower Theatre</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">12/28 P<span class="apple-style-span">hiladelphia, PA @ The Tower Theatre</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">12/30 New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">12/31 New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>About Genero.tv<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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