Editing Life Before Insanity (section)

==Production==
The album was produced by [[Michael Barbiero]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55|title=Studio Monitor|magazine=Billboard|date=September 9, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>  Unlike the band's first two albums, ''Life Before Insanity'' utilized both overdubbing and multiple guest musicians.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=POWER TRIO GOV'T MULE PACKS ITS OWN POTENT KICK |journal=The Morning Call |date=11 Aug 2000 |page=D14}}</ref> It was the last album recorded with founding member [[Allen Woody]], who died in August 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1123486/allen-woody-govt-mule-bassist-dies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804204952/http://www.mtv.com/news/1123486/allen-woody-govt-mule-bassist-dies/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2020|title=Allen Woody, Gov't Mule Bassist, Dies|website=MTV News}}</ref>