Loudmouse said:
WDR is a TV show? And they show two hour Mule concerts!! Wow, american TV SUCKS! They never would even think of showing anything so cool.
The WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) is one regional TV station of the ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands) which was the first nationwide TV station in Germany. And the show where Gov't Mule appeared was the Rockpalast which is also well known outside of Germany for his long and "glorious" history of live TV rock concerts since the mid '70s (e.g. ZZ Top 1980 in Essen).
Any idea how a fan in the States would get a copy of the WDR show (video)?
They are not allowed to send you a copy because of the copyrights, but there's a trading scene of Rockpalast fans for private use, and sometimes you can find illegal copies of any Rockpalast show sold on Ebay, too. Furthermore the WDR got the copyrights back from certain artists and has already published official DVDs of some legendary concerts like Rory Gallagher etc. which you can buy on Amazon or elsewhere.
You may be lucky if you ask at the Rockpalast Fans site in the "Tausch-Forum" (= Trading forum). Although it's in German, everybody will understand English there, too. Another possibility is the guestbook of the WDR Rockpalast, and more information about the Gov't Mule concert should be available in the Rockpalast archive:
http://www.rockpalast-fans.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=2
http://www.rockpalast.de/gaestebuch/
http://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/
By the way, I cannot copy my VHS tape for you, because I don't have a DVD burner.
I have had the pleasure of seeing the Mule twice when Allen Woody was still with them. Awesome shows.
In that 2 hour show they also interviewed the band for a few minutes, and they talked a bit about how Gov't Mule was formed. Warren Haynes said that Allen Woody and him were inspired by listening to an improvising rock trio (Cream or the like) while being on the tour bus with the Allman Brothers, and Allen said "Nobody does that anymore..."