Matt Abts, longtime drummer for the band Gov’t Mule, took the band’s 2011 hiatus as an opportunity
to explore new collaborations, and the Planet of the Abts [POA] was born. Abts is joined in Planet of the
Abts by Mule bassist Jorgen Carlsson and guitarist T Bone Andersson, both of whom had met as session
musicians in LA, long before Carlsson joined Mule in 2008. Having recently circled New England during the last months of 2011, the electric rock trio appeared on stage and on their self-titled debut (produced by Steve Holyrod and released independently through Hitthenote.com) as being a thrashingly good trio, in the tradition of Cream.
The 2011 POA tour began with a brief west coast run, a handful of dates in the northeast, and ended with the group reuniting with Mule bandmates, as well as guests including Bela leck and Del McCoury, at Warren Haynes’ annual Christmas Jam fundraiser/festival in Asheville, North Carolina on December 10.
In some ways, POA bridges the gap between the Allman Brothers-inflected jam band sound of Gov’t
Mule (originally a side project of Allman alums Warren Haynes and Allen Woody) and the strategic power blues settings of John Mayall and Led Zeppelin. At the very least, POA Read More ...
to explore new collaborations, and the Planet of the Abts [POA] was born. Abts is joined in Planet of the
Abts by Mule bassist Jorgen Carlsson and guitarist T Bone Andersson, both of whom had met as session
musicians in LA, long before Carlsson joined Mule in 2008. Having recently circled New England during the last months of 2011, the electric rock trio appeared on stage and on their self-titled debut (produced by Steve Holyrod and released independently through Hitthenote.com) as being a thrashingly good trio, in the tradition of Cream.
The 2011 POA tour began with a brief west coast run, a handful of dates in the northeast, and ended with the group reuniting with Mule bandmates, as well as guests including Bela leck and Del McCoury, at Warren Haynes’ annual Christmas Jam fundraiser/festival in Asheville, North Carolina on December 10.
In some ways, POA bridges the gap between the Allman Brothers-inflected jam band sound of Gov’t
Mule (originally a side project of Allman alums Warren Haynes and Allen Woody) and the strategic power blues settings of John Mayall and Led Zeppelin. At the very least, POA Read More ...
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