Okay, so here's how it all went down. A little over 12 years ago, The Gourds played a gig at an all-day event in Dallas called Barley-Palooza. The show was captured on video from two angles by a guy named Jeff, who lives in Washington. A separate audio recording was also made by a guy named Stan, who lives in Idaho. A couple of months ago, Jeff went looking for someone to put the whole thing together and found Joe in California. So, in a variation of the West Coast Effect, Washington, Idaho, and California have combined to bring back a truly unusual Gourds performance....the old-timey, 4-piece version with original Welsh drummer, Charlie Llewellin, and without multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston, who hadn't yet joined the band. The complete show can be viewed here for free:
http://www.gilbertgrillo.com/Ancient_Gourds_Show.html
The Gourds
3rd Annual Barley Palooza Concert
Barley House
2916 North Henderson Avenue
Dallas, TX
6-01-97
01. Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard)
02. LGO
03. Piss & Moan Blues
04. Coppermine
05. Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
06. Caledonia
07. At The Crossroads (Doug Sahm)
08. Gravity Talks (Dan Stuart/Chris Cacavas) >
09. Wildwood Flower (prev. "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" by Maud Irving/Joseph Philbrick Webster)
10. I Come Up >
11. All The Labor
12. I'm Troubled (trad.)
13. If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Shane Macgowan)
14. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et. al) > Daytime Friends (Ben Joseph Peters) > Heroin (Lou Reed) > Gin and Juice
Special thanks to Jeff, Stan, and Joe for not allowing this show to fade away like so many others.
I love it!
ReplyDeletewell, damn! that was worth waiting for all night! indeed.
ReplyDeleteheading over to that linky for the full dose tomorrow. kudos to all involved.
Thanks for posting that! I was at that show and it may have been the second time I ever saw them play.
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