5-28-10 Austin, TX

© Jim Ranes

Audio: by Aaron Wevodau / by Larry Pillman

The Gourds
Threadgill’s World Headquarters
301 West Riverside Drive
Austin, TX
5-28-10

01. Lament

02. Pine Island Bayou

03. I Like Drinking

04. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > Promised Land (Chuck Berry) > Grievin' & Smokin'

05. I Come Up >

06. All the Labor

07. Shamrock Bound

08. "Stab" >

09. Ringing Dark & True

10. Plaid Coat

11. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) >Burn the Honeysuckle

12. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > El Paso
13. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
14. Best of Me
15. The Tinys Variety Hour (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
16. New Dues
17. Luddite Juice
18. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
19. Tex-Mex Mile

E:

20. Maria

21. Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard)

22. Waterbag



Soundcheck: Frosty The Snowman (Walter "Jack" Rollins/Steve Nelson), Heaven's Radio (Carter Family), Ain't It a Shame (trad.), Rainbow in the Dark (Ronnie James Dio/Vinny Appice/Jimmy Bain/Vivian Campbell), Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother (Ray Wylie Hubbard), Blue Yodel No. 1 (Jimmie Rodgers), Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard)

© Aaron Wevodau

Special thanks to Mrs. Katherine Wolfrom Walsh, Aaron Wevodau, Larry Pillman, Jim Ranes, Chris Saunders, and the team of G. Nelson & K. Hallowell for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-28-10...They Say It's Your Birthday

Today marks the first anniversary of TGN's non-stop coverage of The Gourds (a.k.a., rock and roll's best kept secret). We'd like to thank everyone who's been kind enough to contribute a set list, picture, video, or audio recording during the past 12 months, and ask for your continued support in the coming year. We simply couldn't do it without you.

5-27-10 New Braunfels, TX

© Brad & Jennifer

Photos: by Brad & Jenifer

The Gourds
Whitewater Live Music Amphitheater
11860 FM 306
New Braunfels, TX
5-27-10

01. Do 4 U
02. Lower 48
03. Pill Bug Blues
04. New Dues
05. Luddite Juice
06. Red Letter Day
07. Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard)
08. El Paso > Get Back tease (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
09. Bridgett
10. Blanket Show
11. Omaha (Billy Joe Shaver/Hillman Hall)
12. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
13. Country Love
14. All the Labor
15. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
16. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) (Johnny Paycheck) > Grievin' & Smokin'

17. Burn the Honeysuckle
E:

18. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Waylon Jennings) > Gin and Juice

Souncheck © Cassandra Mullinix

Special thanks to Cassandra Mullinix and Brad & Jenifer for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-21-10 Austin, TX

Before the show © do512_jimmy

Photos: by Raoul Duke

The Gourds

Rock, Register and Drive (Car2go launch event)
Republic Square Park
422 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX

5-21-10

01. Tex-Mex Mile
02. Lower 48

03. New Dues

04. Luddite Juice

05. Yoli Found a Possum

06. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack

07. Pill Bug Blues

08. Blanket Show

09. Shake the Chandelier

10. Mister Betty

11. How Will U Shine

12. Waxy's Dargle (trad.)

13. Burn the Honeysuckle

Note: Related article can be found here.


During the show © Meghan Turner

Special thanks to do512_jimmy, Meghan Turner, Raoul Duke, anna jeter, car2goNA, and Shara Kilarski for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-15-10 Austin, TX

Soundcheck (Lft) and "Token dooshbag band alley shot" (Rt) © stageview

The Gourds
Paramount Theatre's 94th & State Theatre's 74th Anniversary Gala
Paramount Theatre
713 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
5-15-10

01. Country Love
02. Trampled by the Sun
03. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
04. Tex-Mex Mile
05. Flamenco Cabaret
06. "Stab" >
07. El Paso
08. All the Labor
09. Yoli Found a Possum
10. Burn the Honeysuckle

Note: Related articles can be found here and here.



Special thanks to Kenneth Cho and Michael Barnes for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-14-10 Austin, TX [Private Event]

Audio: by KUT 90.5 FM
Video: Honduras / Gin and Juice > Cupid > State Trooper > Highway to Hell > Up on Cripple Creek > Gin and Juice
Photos: by Amanda Klaus / by Jennifer Cassaday / by Rhonda Peterson

The Gourds
KUT Live
Austin City Limits Studio 6B
2504 Whitis Avenue
Austin, TX
5-14-10

01. Lower 48
02. Tex-Mex Mile
03. El Paso
04. Honduras
05. Plaid Coat
06. Mister Betty
07. Pill Bug Blues
08. Shake the Chandelier
09. Omaha (Billy Joe Shaver/Hillman Hall)
10. New Dues
11. Luddite Juice
12. The Tinys Variety Hour (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
13. Magnolia
14. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
15. Shreveport
16. Blanket Show
17. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
E:
18. Gin and Juice > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen) > Highway to Hell (Bon Scott/Angus Young/Malcolm Young) > Up on Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson) > Gin and Juice



Note: Pairs of tickets to this performance were made available during the KUT Spring 2010 Fund Drive for a donation of $250.



Special thanks to Karl Manley Richter, Rhonda Peterson, Jennifer Cassaday, Ducktaper, Chris Larson, Jonathan Weldon, creolenation and Amanda Klaus for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Alert...Alert...New Shows!

Claude & Max celebrate the new dates with a kegger

05-14-10 Austin, TX Private Event - KUT Party @ ACL Studios
05-15-10 Austin, TX Paramount Theater 94th Anniversary Gala
05-21-10 Austin, TX Republic Square Rock, Register & Drive
05-27-10 New Braunfels, TX Whitewater Music Amphitheater
05-28-10 Austin, TX Threadgill's World Headquarters / South Store
06-05-10 Johnson City, TN Blue Plum Festival - Main Street Stage
06-11-10 Austin, TX Republic Of Texas Biker Rally
06-25-10 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
06-26-10 Austin, TX The Scoot Inn
07-04-10 Austin, TX Threadgill's World Headquarters / South Store *
07-09-10 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom (with Ray Wylie Hubbard)
07-10-10 Veneta, OR 41st Annual Oregon Country Fair
07-11-10 Veneta, OR 41st Annual Oregon Country Fair
07-13-10 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern *
07-15-10 McCall, ID Common Ground Cafe *
07-16-10 Moscow, ID East City Park - Rendezvous in the Park
07-17-10 Boise, ID The Bouquet *
07-30-10 New Braunfels, TX Gruene Hall
07-31-10 Fort Worth, TX Capital Bar *
08-29-10 Missoula, MT River City Roots Festival
09-02-10 Conroe, TX Heritage Place Amphitheater - First Thursday Concert Series
09-05-10 Bryan, TX Ziegfest
09-25-10 Palmetto, GA Private Event
09-30-10 Austin, TX Shady Grove - Unplugged at the Grove
10-08-10 Marfa, TX TBA
10-09-10 Alpine, TX Private Event
10-16-10 Austin, TX Private Event *
02-26-11 Boykin, SC Private Event

*Indicates a new show that was not listed on the previous New Tour Date post

Please note that some dates get cancelled or rescheduled for a variety of reasons. This itinerary reflects the most up to date information available. Private events do not appear on The Gourds official website calendar.

5-08-10 Santa Fe, NM [Private Event]

Video: The Hotel

The Gourds
The Smith/Rodriquez Wedding
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa
330 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM
5-08-10

Set I

01. Baby, We're Really in Love (Hank Williams) *
02. Hands on the Wheel (Willie Nelson)
03. Pill Bug Blues
04. Mister Betty
05. O Rings
06. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
07. Steeple Full of Swallows
08. Hey Thurman
09. Dooley (trad.)
10. Rugged Roses **
11. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Fred Rose)
12. Rootie Tootie (Fred Rose) ***

Set II

13. Do 4 U
14. Waxy's Dargle (trad.)
15. Yoli Found a Possum
16. All in the Pack
17. Burn the Honeysuckle
18. My Name is Jorge
19. Miss You (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) ****
20. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Gin and Juice

*Not on original set list
**Original set list had County Orange b/t Dooley and Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
***Original set list had Valentine and Flavor on yer Tung after Rootie Tootie to close the first set
****Original set list had (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin', Kicks in the Sun, Escalade, Bridgett, and Lower 48 b/t My Name is Jorge and Gin and Juice


"Max motions...No lap steel" © stageview

Special thanks to Candace Evans for the field report. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-07-10 Durango, CO

"GROUDS" (Lft) were cut off before they could get to a fan's written request (Rt)

Photos: by Jk Ron

The Gourds
The Henry Strater Theatre
699 Main Avenue
Durango, CO
5-07-10

Set I

01. El Paso
02. Magnolia
03. Caledonia
04. Plaid Coat
05. I'm Troubled (trad.)
06. Tearbox
07. Hooky Junk
08. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
09. Illegal Oyster
10. Flavor on yer Tung
11. Steeple Full of Swallows
12. Hey Thurman
13. Blanket Show
14. Mister Betty *

Set II

15. How Will U Shine
16. Pill Bug Blues
17. New Dues
18. Luddite Juice
19. Bridgett
20. Shreveport
21. Tex-Mex Mile
22. My Name is Jorge
23. Honduras
24. Pine Island Bayou
25. All in the Pack **
26. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Slow Ride (Dave Peverett) > Gin and Juice

*Original set list had How Will U Shine after Mister Betty to close the first set
**Original set list had "Max [song]" and Burn the Honeysuckle b/t All in the Pack and Gin and Juice

Note: Due to time constraints, there was no encore. The band had intended to play Lower 48, per fan request (K. Russell, personal communication, May 8, 2010)



Special thanks to Jk Ron and Jon Huerta for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-06-10 Santa Fe, NM

Video: Lower 48 / Gin and Juice > Cupid > State Trooper > Life During Wartime > Up on Cripple Creek > Gin and Juice

The Gourds
Santa Fe Brewing Company
35 Fire Place
Santa Fe, NM
5-06-10

01. How Will U Shine
02. Pill Bug Blues
03. Mister Betty
04. Blanket Show
05. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
06. Burn the Honeysuckle
07. Honduras
08. Plaid Coat
09. All in the Pack > 54-46 That's My Number (Toots Hibbert) > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack *
10. Lower 48
11. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen) > Life During Wartime (David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth) > Up on Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson) > Gin and Juice
E:
12. Magnolia

*Original set list had Shreveport b/t Plaid Coat and All in the Pack

Note: The Gourds opened for Toots & the Maytals



Special thanks to FlipSideSlide and Nazca Warren for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-05-10 Sunland Park, NM

photos © Yvette Lopez

Photos: by Carrie Murphy / by Yvette Lopez
Video: Pre-game / How Will U Shine

The Gourds
Cinco de Mayo Super Fiesta
Ardovino's Desert Crossing (Sunset Hall)
1 Ardovino Drive
Sunland Park, NM
5-05-10

01. El Paso
02. Maria *
03. LGO *
04. How Will U Shine *
05. Mister Betty
06. Shake the Chandelier
07. Blanket Show
08. Shreveport
09. My Name is Jorge
10. All in the Pack
11. Pine Island Bayou
12. Country Love
13. Dooley (trad.)
14. Burn the Honeysuckle
15. Tex-Mex Mile
16. Lower 48
17. New Dues **
18. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > El Paso reprise > State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen) > Girls Got Rhythm (Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Bon Scott) > Life During Wartime (David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth) > Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong) > Surrender (Rick Nielsen) > Gin and Juice > Mexican Blackbird (Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard) > Gin and Juice
E:
19. Feelin' on Yo Booty (R. Kelly)
20. Up on High
21. Honduras
22. Ringing Dark & True
23. All the Labor
24. Pill Bug Blues

*Accompanied by Mariachi Los Toritos, who stood in front of the stage and played unplugged
**Original set list had which had Luddite Juice b/t Lower 48 and Gin and Juice

Special thanks to Yvette Lopez, lamichi28, and Tim Staley for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-03-10 Phoenix, AZ

Photos: by Jennifer Hibbard
Video: Pine Island Bayou > Living for the City > Pine Island Bayou

The Gourds
The Rhythm Room
1019 East Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ
5-03-10

01. How Will U Shine
02. Pill Bug Blues
03. Country Gal
04. Mister Betty
05. Luddite Juice
06. Omaha (Billy Joe Shaver/Hillman Hall)
07. Burn the Honeysuckle
08. I'm Troubled (trad.)
09. Plaid Coat
10. Honduras
11. Ants on the Melon
12. El Paso
13. Tearbox *
14. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
15. Country Love
16. Tex-Mex Mile
17. Pick and Roll **
18. Shreveport
19. Pine Island Bayou > Living for the City (Stevie Wonder) > Pine Island Bayou ***
E:
20. Lowlands ****
21. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > A Quick One, While He's Away (Pete Townsend) *****



*Original set list had Blanket Show
**Original set list had Hellhounds
***Original set list had Gin and Juice after Pine Island Bayou
****Kevin solo
*****Did not finish Gin and Juice


photo © Old Man Army

Special thanks to Ross Brian Cobb, Jennifer Hibbard, TheRealEstateTwins, and Old Man Army for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-02-10 Tucson, AZ

The Gourds
Club Congress

Folk Festival After Party
311 East Congress
Tucson, AZ

5-02-10

01. Moon Gone Down
02. Bridgett *
03. All in the Pack
04. Burn the Honeysuckle

05. Lower 48

06. Country Love

07. Declineometer

08. New Roommate
09. Mister Betty

10. Omaha (Billy Joe Shaver/Hillman Hall)

11. Tex-Mex Mile

12. Hooky Junk

13. El Paso **
14. Collections

15. Weather Woman
16. Kicks in the Sun

17. Red Letter Day
18. Pill Bug Blues
19. Shreveport

20. All the Labor

E:

21. Rock Salt and Nails (Utah Phillips) ***

22. Nuevo Laredo (Doug Sahm)
23. Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard)

*Original set list had Pair of Goats

**Original set list had Jericho
***Kevin solo

© stageview

Special thanks to Levi S. Knurles for the field report. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

5-01-10 Scottsdale, AZ [Private Event]

Video: Pre-game

The Gourds
Party for The McMillan Wedding
InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa
4949 East Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ
5-01-10

Set I

01. My Name is Jorge
02. Moon Gone Down
03. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
04. When Wine Was Cheap
05. Meat off the Bone

06. Pushed Her Down
07. Cold Bed

08. Big Santiago Bust
09. LGO
10. Pine Island Bayou
11. Steeple Full of Swallows *

12. Caledonia

13. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
14. Lower 48 **

Set II

15. La Bamba (trad.) > Twist and Shout (Phil Medley/Burt Russell) > La Bamba

16. Miss You (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
17. Dead Flowers (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) ***
18. Hollywood Nights (Bob Seger)
19. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Let's Work Together (Wilbert Harrison) > Gin and Juice > Mexican Blackbird (Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard) > Gin and Juice
E:
20. Waterbag
21. Think (Lowman Pauling)

22. Shake the Chandelier
23. The Weight (Robbie Robertson)

*Original set list had Cracklins
**Original set list had Miss You
***Mark Creaney on lead vocals and acoustic guitar



Special thanks to thenotoriousmark for the field report. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.