After the death of founding member and bass guitarist Allen Woody, the band considered breaking up. Instead, remaining members Warren Haynes and
Volume 1 was issued in 2001. Originally, The Deep End, Volume 1 was released with a bonus disc called Hidden Treasures which featured live performances by the "New School of Gov't Mule" (Haynes, Abts, bassist Dave Schools, and keyboardist Chuck Leavell).
The Deep End, Volume 2 was released a year later, featuring a somewhat heavier sound.
"Sco-Mule" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2003.
Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar
Matt Abts – drums
Bass players
Allen Woody ("Sin's a Good Man's Brother")
Jack Bruce ("Fool's Moon")
Oteil Burbridge ("Worried Down With the Blues")
Bootsy Collins ("Tear Me Down")
John Entwistle ("Same Price")
Flea ("Down and Out in New York City")
Roger Glover ("Maybe I'm a Leo")
Mike Gordon ("Banks of the Deep End", "Jesus Just Left Chicago")
Larry Graham ("Life on the Outside")
Stefan Lessard ("Beautifully Broken")
Dave Schools ("Blind Man in the Dark", "Fallen Down")
Mike Watt ("Effigy")
Willie Weeks ("Soulshine")
Chris Wood ("Sco-Mule")
Plus:
Gregg Allman – vocals, keyboards ("Worried Down With the Blues")
Rob Barraco – organ and Wurlitzer ("Down and Out in New York City")
Keith Barry – tenor sax ("Down and Out in New York City")
Randall Bramblett – organ ("Maybe I'm a Leo")
Jerry Cantrell – vocals ("Effigy")
Audley Freed – guitar ("Life on the Outside")
Eddie Harsch – keyboards and organ ("Life on the Outside")
Chuck Leavell – organ and Wurlitzer ("Soulshine", "Blind Man in the Dark", "Fallen Down")
Little Milton – guitar, vocals ("Soulshine")
Danny Louis – organ and Wurlitzer ("Banks of the Deep End", "Beautifully Broken")
Page McConnell – organ, Wurlitzer and synthesizer ("Same Price", "Jesus Just Left Chicago")
John Scofield – guitar ("Sco-Mule")
Derek Trucks – slide guitar ("Worried Down With the Blues")
Mike Uhler – trumpet ("Down and Out in New York City")
Dan Weinstein – trombone ("Down and Out in New York City")
Bernie Worrell – organ, clavinet and Mini Moog ("Fool's Moon", "Sco-Mule", "Tear Me Down")
Tim Reynolds – guitar ("Soulshine")
Larry McCray - vocals guitar (“Soulshine”)
The Deep End, Volume 2 is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Gov't Mule. The album was released on October 8, 2002, by ATO Records.
After founding member and bass guitarist Allen Woody died, the band began recording tracks using bass players that Woody had admired. Originally, there was to be one disc, but so many musicians wanted to be part of the sessions that over 160 minutes of music were recorded. At this point, the remaining members, Warren Haynes and Matt Abts, decided to split the project into two releases.
The Deep End, Volume 1 was issued in 2001, and Vol 2 was generally the harder-sounding of the two releases, although it also featured country and jazz tracks. The release also featured a bonus disc, Hidden Treasure, which contained live material, a song remix, and a new studio track recorded after the Deep End sessions had ended.
Warren Haynes — vocals, guitar
Matt Abts — drums
Bass players
Jack Casady ("Slow Happy Boys")
Les Claypool ("Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy" Pts. 1 & 2, "Drivin' Rain")
Billy Cox ("Catfish Blues")
Alphonso Johnson ("Babylon Turnpike")
Phil Lesh ("Lay of the Sunflower")
Tony Levin ("World of Confusion")
Meshell Ndegeocello ("Hammer and Nails")
Jason Newsted ("Trying Not to Fall")
George Porter Jr. ("Time to Confess")
Rocco Prestia ("What Is Hip?")
Dave Schools ("Which Way Do We Run?", "Rockin' Horse", "Lay Your Burden Down")
Chris Squire ("Sun Dance")
Chris Wood ("Sco-Mule")
Plus
Rob Barraco — piano ("Lay of the Sunflower")
David Grisman — mandolin ("Lay of the Sunflower")
James Hetfield — vocals ("Drivin' Rain")
Chuck Leavell — organ ("Slow Happy Boys"), keyboards ("Rockin' Horse", "Lay Your Burden Down")
Danny Louis — Wurlitzer and organ ("Which Way Do We Run?")
Gary Lucas — guitar ("World of Confusion")
John Medeski — organ and Wurlitzer ("Hammer and Nails")
Johnny Neel — organ ("What Is Hip?", "Sun Dance"), piano ("Babylon Turnpike")
Art Neville — organ ("Time to Confess")
John Scofield — guitar ("Sco-Mule")
Pete Sears — piano ("Slow Happy Boys")
Bernie Worrell — organ ("Catfish Blues"), keyboards ("Sco-Mule")
