Warren Haynes recently released his orchestral take on the Grateful Dead classic "Shakedown Street." The song arrived accompanied by an official live video.
The Gov't Mule frontman's "Shakedown Street (Live)" will feature on his upcoming 16-track symphonic album Dreams & Songs.
"'Shakedown Street' is a really powerful orchestrated arrangement that enhances the power of the original, which I played and sang a ton of times with those guys through the years, especially with Phil Lesh and Friends, but with The Dead as well," Haynes said in a press release.
"It's a very danceable song. A lot of people just focus on the groove and get lost in the rhythmic quality of it. The orchestra forces you to pay attention to it in a different way," he added. "It's very dark and powerful and, I think, very effective. This song goes back to the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, which was my first experience with an orchestra. That's kind of what started this whole journey for me, which is still going on."
Haynes had shared the live version of Mule hit "Banks of the Deep End" last month.
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