Full Albums features covers of every track off a classic album. Got an idea for a future pick? Leave a note in the comments! Richard Thompson's solo debut, Henry the Human Fly, began with a song that contained the line, "Don't expect the words to ring too sweetly on the ear." This would become his songwriting credo, as he penned lyrics that were incisive, emotive, and not the least bit sentimental, bringing them home with an equally biting guitar. His wife Linda sang with a powerful clarity, her voice full of aching, mischief, mourning, celebration, or whatever else the song [...]
The Gourds, Austin's loosest and most literate roots band, rolls into Dan Electro's Guitar Bar tonight. The occasion is the release of the band's latest album, Old Mad Joy. Produced by Bob Dylan... Continue reading "The Gourds on Italian Sandwiches, Jaded Nashville and Life in a Van" >
I asked Kevin Russell, vocalist and lead guitarist for the Gourds , to describe the band's new album, Old Mad Joy , as if addressing both someone who had never heard the Austin rockers before and someone who's been in on the Gourds for years. Musicians are usually pretty bad with - and notoriously irritated by - requests to do such a thing, but I have to hand it to Russell: a few quick turns of phrase that nail what makes the Gourds such a terrific listen. [...]
[Photos courtesy of Cassandra Mullinix at Bucket Of Rock ] Having been playing together for the better part of two decades, The Gourds have drawn favorable comparisons to The Band and Los Lobos. After my first exposure to them, they also remind me at times of The Radiators crossed with the looniness of their Austin, Texas brethren Butthole Surfers. Anyway you want to call it, it's evident that they bring great songcraft, spot-on vocalizing and tightly meshed musicianship to a brilliant combination of blues, country, bluegrass and shake-yer-ass rock 'n' roll. And with two frontmen [...]
The weird guard takes the stage again tonight, as the Gourds bring their astonishing versatility to the Tex-Mex mile, Threadgill's South tonight, 9/23. Old Mad Joy , their 10th studio album overall and their debut on the Vanguard label, was born in Woodstock but still Gourds-like by the grace of God. Also playing FREE in-store @ Waterloo, 5pm. Shiner keg attends. One way or the other, send 'em off on tour in style, they won't be back until December at the Paramount.
The lineup for next year's Suwannee Springfest was just announced featuring Yonder Mountain String Band , Peter Rowan & Tony Rice, Justin Townes Earl and Emmitt-Nershi Band all topping the list of artists announced so far. The festival returns to Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL for the weekend of March 22-25, 2012 and three-day passes are now on sale for $125. Read on for the lineup... 2012 Suwannee Springfest confirmed lineup (so far): Yonder Mountain String Band Peter [...]
The day is cloudy with the possibility of rain. When I woke up, the house was only 62°, and I was darn cold. Obviously Fern and Gracie were too as both of them were leaning against me in bed. I warmed up the house so I can take a shower when I finish here, but it still feels damp and chilly. Life has gone back to the mundane. I've started my daily list of chores and was busy yesterday with the trash, the litter and the dump. Today I have wash. Just over a week ago I was [...]
Your picks for Tuesday: ► Buzz Bands LA's SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe goes off with Nik Freitas , the Sister Ruby Band , Ben Heywood of Summer Darling and Adeline & the Philistines . The festivities start at 9; details here . ► We Are Augustines , the new project from Pela's Billy McCarthy and Eric Sanderson who were explosive when they visited the Roxy back in May, swings back through L.A. for a show at the Bootleg Theater behind their album "Rise Ye Drunken [...]
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from A Winged Victory For The Sullen, ANR, Astronautalis, Big Harp, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Kevin Devine, Melissa Ferrick, Girls, the Gourds, Glenn Jones, the Kooks, Lydia Loveless, Mates Of State, Memoryhouse, Neon Indian, Pajama Club, Paley & Francis, Chuck Ragan, St. [...]
The Gourds - I Want It So Bad
A recent article about using shock as a marketing tool got me thinking about a different approach. Lady Gaga , The Gourds & The Chemical Brothers all share one characteristic, that of achieving success via creatively shifting the context of aesthetic content and surprising audiences. So, instead of going for the shock, one goes for the creative surprise. Lady Gaga is the most complete example because so much of what she does is lifted from avant garde & performance art [...]
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… In 2007, Lisa Hannigan parted ways with Damien Rice, after recording two critically acclaimed albums, as frustrations arose within their working relationship. The split, which was far from amicable, seemed to have worked out well for Hannigan, as Rice hasn't put out much in the way of new material since 20062s 9 , while the folkie-chanteuse will release her sophomore album Passenger via ATO Records on [...]
Photo by Joe Ryan The Gourds are still around? No kidding. Seems like the Austin five-piece has been around forever, making "music for the well-read and unwashed." Guilty on both charges, folks. For their latest, the band (who are ironically frequently compared to The Band) made their way to Levon Helm's The Barn in Woodstock and holed up with longtime Dylan compatriot, producer Larry Campbell. The result is Old Mad Joy , and it comes out September 13th thanks to the fine folks [...]
The Gourds, Doyle Bramhall Sr. Miller Outdoor Theatre July 22, 2011 It was all Texas big beat Friday night as old-school Austin blues-rocker Doyle Bramhall Sr. and those funny, funny Gourds cut... Continue reading "Friday Night: The Gourds & Doyle Bramhall Sr. At Miller Outdoor Theatre" >
As an album title, Old Mad Joy sounds like redundancy when placed in the context of Austin roots rock gonzos the Gourds. As anyone who has ever been in earshot of the band or its records, if the ... Continue reading "Gourds Unleash Old Mad Joy On Unsuspecting Public" >
This is from their album Noble Creatures.
At some point in the Nineties, I became fascinated by "rock" covers of hip-hop songs. For example, there's the Gourds' cover of "Gin and Juice," the Barenaked Ladies' version of "Fight the Power" and Dynamite Hack's "Boyz-N-The Hood." It was around '91 when rap music really took off nationally, and we started to see artists like MC 900 Ft. Jesus and Bloodhound Gang mix alternative music and hip-hop elements. What interested me was the recontextualization of lyrics. Let's face it – almost all of hip-hop is rooted in a specific [...]
After one week back in Austin, I have rediscovered an essential truth. The tex-mex gods ( los dios de texmexicano ) send us their tacos, queso, and pico de gallo for our own good. All they ask is 100% devotion to their glorious manna, and once properly appeased, the tex-mex gods will contact the roach gods and tell them to knock their shit off. It's how things work here and I have no problem with that. One of Austin's texiest, mexiest stretches of road is on S 1st St between Ben White and the [...]
Huey Meaux loved to say that he came up with the idea for the Sir Douglas Quintet while holed up in a San Antonio motel armed with nothing but Beatles records, Thunderbird wine , and underage Mexican hookers. His drunkpiphany was that The Beatles were basically playing a variation on the Cajun two-step, with a similar accent on the beat. Meaux called Doug Sahm , then 22 and still a relative unknown, cajoling him, "Bring your guitar and come over, Doug. I'm drunk, but I've got that beat. And that's how [...]
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