We’ve always had a soft spot for Coheed & Cambria, which has garnered a legion of fans over the years as it continues to top itself with prog/alt concept record after batshit prog/alt concept record. Jam Nation’s old pal Warren Haynes, does, too, as Uncle Warren was the surprise guest at the final night of Coheed’s four-show Terminal 5 residency in NYC this past Saturday, stepping up during the encore for a staggeringly tight version of Dylan’s I Shall Be Released and Coheed’s crackling Welcome Home.
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That wily Warren Haynes loves to get around the town: he’s been spotted in his NYC homebase the past few months, when not already here with the Mule or the Allmans, jamming with the Lee Boys; cutting up with Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters and now letting his prog-riffic freak flag fly, too. Where will he turn up next? Well, the Mule kicks off its fall tour with brand new bassist Jorgen Carlsson on Thursday in Vermont, and is headlining Boston’s Orpheum Theater for its Halloween event.
Last year’s show, if you’ll recall, focused the Mule’s second set on a most wheelhouse-appropriate costume, Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy. Who knows what’s in store for this go-round, but the scuttlebutt round the message boards and from the Mule camp—not to mention the curious looking event poster, pop up available at www.mule.net—suggest something rhyming with Link Boyd is in the offing, plus a special guest or two.
