As they get ready to release their upcoming collaborative album Ashes and Dust, Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth have played a number of shows fine tuning the material. But on Saturday night, the band played the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN for the first time, which had Haynes unusually nervous. The Gov’t Mule and former Allman Brothers guitarist told USA Today, “The whole day, I’ve been, like, not nervous and not nervous and not nervous,” Haynes says. “Then, right before we go on, I’m like, ‘This is the Grand Ole Opry. This is nerve-wracking.”
Listen To Two New Warren Haynes and Railroad Earth Songs
The band played “Company Man”, which was dedicated to Haynes’ father who was a life-long Opry fan, as well as the number “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House” a song that Haynes co-wrote in 1987, which was made famous by country singer Garth Brooks. “I just started doing it recently, and people say, ‘Why is Warren playing that Garth Brooks song?’ No, Garth Brooks is playing my song, and I thank him very much.”
[fan video courtesy of Sarah Fowler]
Warren Haynes & Railroad Earth Tour Dates
8/1 – Gathering of the Vibes – Bridgeport, CT
8/3 – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater – Wilmington, NC
8/4 – Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
8/6 – Riverbend – Cincinnati, OH
8/7 – Niagara River Rocks – North Tonawanda, NY
8/8 – Paper Mill Island – Baldwinsville, NY
8/9 – Lake Champlain Maritime Festival – Burlington, VT
8/13 – 8/16 – Peach Music Festival – Scranton, PA