DESCRIPTION:
After the death of founding member and bassist Allen Woody, Gov't Mule began recording tracks using bass players that Woody had admired. Originally, there was to be one disc, but so many wanted to be part of the sessions that over 160 minutes of music was recorded. At this point, the remaining members Warren Haynes and Matt Abts decided to split the project into two releases. The Deep End, Volume 2, issued in 2002, was the harder sounding of the two releases (The Deep End, Volume 1 had been released a year earlier), although it also featured country and jazz tracks as well. 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.


Track listing
The Deep End, Volume 2
1. "Trying Not to Fall" (Haynes/Louis) -- 5:29
2. "Time to Confess" (Haynes) -- 5:43
3. "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy - Part 1" (Haynes/Abts/Claypool) -- 3:24
4. "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy - Part 2" (Haynes/Abts/Claypool) -- 3:35
5. "What Is Hip?" (Kupka/Castillo/Garibaldi) -- 6:22
6. "World of Confusion" (Haynes/Lucas) -- 5:52
7. "Hammer and Nail" (Hess/Schroeder) -- 7:58
8. "Slow Happy Boys" (Haynes)
9. "Sun Dance" (Haynes/Neel)
10. "Lay of the Sunflower" (Haynes/Hunter) -- 6:54
11. "Catfish Blues" (traditional) -- 7:53
12. "Which Way Do We Run?" (Haynes) -- 5:31
13. "Babylon Turnpike" (Haynes/Neel) -- 8:05
Hidden Treasures
1. "Drivin' Rain" (Haynes) -- 4:08
2. "Rockin' Horse" (Haynes/Woody/Allman/Pearson) -- 6:38
3. "Lay Your Burden Down" (Haynes) -- 5:40
4. "Sco-Mule" [remix] (Haynes) -- 3:07
Personnel
Gov't Mule
• Warren Haynes - vocals, guitar, production
• Matt Abts - drums
Bass Players
• Jack Casady
• Les Claypool
• Billy Cox
• Alphonso Johnson
• Phil Lesh
• Tony Levin
• Me'shell Ndegeocello
• Jason Newsted
• George Porter, Jr.
• Rocco Prestia
• Dave Schools
• Chris Squire
Additional Personnel
• Michael Barbiero - production
• John Cutler - production
• Les Claypool - production
• Rob Barraco - keyboards
• David Grisman - mandolin
• James Hetfield - vocals
• Chuck Leavell - keyboards
• Danny Louis - keyboards
• Gary Lucas - keyboards
• John Medeski - organ
• Johnny Neel - keyboards
• Art Neville - organ
• Pete Sears - piano
• Bernie Worrell - keyboards